The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow
Allen French
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Rolf, son of Hiarandi the Unlucky, is a character who exemplifies the effect of Christ's teachings upon the Icelandic people during their heroic age. The book is set in Iceland in the days when Christianity has come to the island though the old customs still linger. Hiarandi, at the urging of his wife, does an unprecedented thing. He lights a signal fire on a dangerous point of his land, thereby challenging the accepted custom which places lucrative salvage at higher value than the saving of life. However, the life that is saved that night, in the end, causes his own death and the unjust outlawing of his son Rolf. Rolf's response to this injustice creates a suspenseful, thought-provoking tale difficult to put down. Ages 10-up. Paperback, 256pgs.
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They Loved to Laugh
Kathryn Worth
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Tears and laughter alternate in this novel of a young girl's growth to womanhood in the 1830's. Sixteen-year-old orphan Martitia is taken into the home of Dr. Gardner, a North Carolina Quaker, who has five lively sons as full of merriment as himself. The boys do their best to get Martitia to laugh, but she is at first overwhelmed by their pranks. Little by little she struggles to become a true Gardner daughter. And in so doing, she grows in humor and in love. Ages 8-up. Paperback, 256pgs.
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Twice Freed
Author: Patricia St. John
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Onesimus is a slave. From early morning until last thing at night he belongs to someone else and has no control over any area of his life. But just for one hour, in the blistering, mid-day sun, while every body else is asleep- he climbs the high canyons and escapes his master's rule for a while. Here Onesimus meets Eirene, a rich merchant's daughter. They become firm friends and more than ever Onesimus longs for his freedom . However he doesn't realize where true freedom lies. He wants notheing to do with Jesus Christ or the man Paul who preaches about him. Finally Onesimus escapes to freedom. He makes friends and enemies and fights for this life as a gladatior in the Roman arena.. Will he survive? Will he return to Eirene to find true love and freedom with Christ? Paperback, 245pgs.
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Visions of Heaven and Hell
John Bunyan
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This book will draw you to the joys of Heaven and warn you of the reality of Hell. Take a visionary pilrimage to the glorious City of God nd the wretched inferno of satan. Find out how to equip yourself for spiritual warefare so that you can one day enjoy the indescribable pleasures of Heaven. Paper, 158pgs.
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With Pipe, Paddle and Song
Elizabeth Yates
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Son of a French nobleman and a Chippewa Indian woman, Guilluame has spent half of his life in his father's Montreal chateau, half in his mother's village. When his father returns to France the sixteen-year-old is determined to make his own way in the world. He signs up with a rough and ready crew of voyaguers ready to start on their journey into the wilds of Canada to bring back the rich furs that have made New France prosperous. All his life he has heard of the perilous waterways and dangerous portages, but Guilluame feels he can prove himself worthy. "Moi, je suis un homme moi, je suis voyageur! Me, I am a man, me, I am a voyageur!"
Newbery Award-winner Elizabeth Yates' meticulous research is obvious in this authentic story of the French-Canadian fur trade. Against a vivid background she skillfully weaves history and the theme of a young man coming to grips with two worlds' conflicting demands.
Included in the book is an extensive list of voyaguer songs, with music and lyrics. Ages 12-up.
Paperback, 254pgs.
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