The story of all that happened as Menno went about preaching is seen through the eyes of Bettje and Jan. They too suffered hardships because their father was a night preacher. One Mennonite historian who read the story said that it was a ""lively, accurate, highly readable"" story of Menno Simons. The author was careful in adding details to see that they were in keeping with the way people lived and thought in those days.

When Indians burn her home, kill her parents, and take her young brother captive, Kate has no one to turn to but Uncle Josh. Her uncle, a circuit-riding preacher in the back country of Pennsylvania, takes her to the Moravian settlement of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. From the Moravians, Kate learns that true strength lies in trust in God and peace with all people, including enemies.

When his father, one of the translators working on the King James Bible, is accused of treason, Nat finds himself involved in a series of baffling incidents as he attempts to discover the identity of his father's enemy.