Sketching A Whole New Life Won t Be Easy Life comes full circle for Sadie as she heads back to Menlo Park, California. But Sadie finds she no longer fits in, especially when one of her dad s cases thrusts her into the spotlight and puts her in danger. She turns to her faith, but the youth group just isn t the same, and Sadie has a lot to think about when she hears what some kids believe. She returns to Owl Creek for a reprieve, but everything feels different. She just wants things to go back the way they used to be. Will her faith be strong enough to get her through?"

It s Going to Be a Bear of a Year Sadie thought she d have a perfect fresh start when she moved to Owl Creek, Michigan, but finding her place in her new school proves harder than she expected. In this divided town, Sadie s father s job mediating between bear hunters and researchers doesn t help her social life. Sadie s art instructor encourages her to explore her beliefs and express herself through her sketchbook, and things improve after Sadie befriends a kind girl from school and a researcher s son---but she can t stop worrying about the bears. As everything swirls around her, Sadie must learn what it means to have faith when you don t have all the answers."

Can You Ever Trust the Enemy? Things finally seem to be falling into place for Sadie. Bear season is over, and her relationship with her art teacher is on the mend. Her home life is going better than ever, and even her enemy, Frankie, wants to be friends. But can Frankie be trusted? Ruth and Andrew think she s spying for her father, helping him find a way to capture Sadie s favorite bear. But Sadie suspects something else is going on with Frankie. She must decide who to trust and find out if---and how---her growing faith can get her through."

A collection of exceptional short stories and poems by young authors in 3rd-9th grade.

A collection of exceptional short stories by young authors in 5th-9th grade.

Where is God when you need him? After struggling to fit into a new town and school, Sadie faces questions about her faith, family, and friendships, questioning all she has come to believe. Sadie s life is spinning out of control. Her friend moved away, her mom remains ill, and her dad wants to leave town. At least the play Sadie is helping produce appears to be going well. After all, she gets to create the sets with her art teacher s help. But even that falls apart when a flash flood destroys her teacher s home and art. How can she trust or even believe in a God who would allow all this? God isn t fair. With everything crumbling and her faith on the edge, Sadie must find strength in the God she s questioning in order to hold on in the midst of her struggles."