When his kindly master dies, a ten-year-old orphan living in seventeenth-century England joins a group of Separatists and follows them to Holland and on to America, where their quest for religious freedom becomes a struggle to survive.

Thirteen-year-old Arnold Hutton wanted to go to college. How could he go without money? He had to earn his living some way. Should he work in the fields or beg for the church?Why did Arnold lose his temper and hit his friend Timothy's little brother? What was Arnold's punishment? Why did he run away? Above all, why was the Bible entrusted to beggars?The Beggar's Bible is based on John Wycliffe's own writings, as well as histories of those times.

"Erasmus laid the egg that Luther hatched" is what the people said. And that made young Gerhard Koestler smile. He knew that Erasmus had influenced Luther's thinking. He also believed both men were trying to serve God according to the Scriptures. Young Gerhard Koestler lived in Germany in the 1500s. He inherited money and a castle when his rich parents died. After a series of adventures and narrow escapes, Gerhard arrived in Basel, Switzerland, where he was able to live in the same house as Erasmus. Although Erasmus' enemies accused him of agreeing with Martin Luther, Erasmus said that the Bible was his guide.

Louise A. Vernon recounts the story of the Anabaptists during the Reformation. The main characters are two teenage boys who are cousins and a teenage girl whose mother is dead and whose father is the most hated man in the community. This story is about their involvement in a church considered heretical.

Johann Gutenberg is working on printing the first Bible with type. Twelve-year-old Hans Dunne works in Gutenberg's shop as an apprentice printer. Soon, Hans finds himself in the middle of a type-stealing mystery. Will Hans, and the other pressmen be able to keep Herr Fust from getting the type? Will they be able to finish the Bible so many people will be able to read and learn from it? The National Association of Christian Schools honored Ink on His Fingers as one of the best children's books with a Christian message released in 1972.

Louise A. Vernon explains William Tyndale's work of translating, printing, and distributing the Scripture. The main character of the story is Collin, William Tyndale's helper. Collin begins his work as a carrier boy in smuggling a copy of Luther's New Testament to William Tyndale in England. Later he travels with Tyndale to Europe to meet Martin Luther. Roger Hane, illustrator.