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While making the pilgrimage from Holland to America in 1620 with other English Separatists, teenaged Mary Chilton endures many hardships that test her faith in God.
The "Daughters of the Faith" series has been a great success for
Moody so far with 120,000 copies sold. "Courage to Run" is the most
successful, with sales of 39,000. "Tinker's Daughter" is the next
highest, at more than 19,000. They are all continuing to grow.
There are a few elements of this series that separate it from many
other children's book biographies. First, these books are about
little girls. They are not biographies of the entire life of these
characters- these are stories about girls who made a difference
while they were still young. This enables the young girl readers to
relate to the characters more than they would if these characters
had to wait until they were thirty or forty before doing anything
significant.
Second, these stories are faith journeys. Wendy gets inside the
minds of these girls in order to portray their struggles to make
God an active part of their lives.
In 1761, Phillis Wheatley was a little girl of seven or eight years
old when she was captured in Gambia and brought to America as a
slave. But she didn't let her circumstances keep her down. She
learned to read and write in English and Latin, and showed a
natural gift for poetry. By the time she was twelve, her elegy at
the death of the great pastor George Whitefield brought her
worldwide acclaim. Phillis became known to heads of state,
including George Washington himself, speaking out for American
independence and the end of slavery. She became the first African
American to publish a book, and her writings would eventually win
her freedom. More importantly, her poetry still proclaims Christ
almost 250 years later.
Once upon a time there was an Algonquin princess named Pocahontas,
a curious 10-year-old who loved exploring the tidewater lands of
her people. One day she encounters strangers, a group of people
that look different from her own. She befriends them, and when her
people come into conflict with these new settlers, Pocahontas steps
in to save the life of one of them by offering her own. Based on
the true story of Pocahontas' early life.
Young Anita Dittman's world crumbles as Hitler begins his rise to
power in Germany, but because she's a Christian and only
half-Jewish, Anita feels sure she and her family are safe from "the
Final Solution." She couldn't have been more wrong. "Shadow of His
Hand" is an inspirational young adult historical fiction book based
on the real-life story of Anita Dittman, a Holocaust survivor. It
follows her struggle against Nazi persecution and her growth in her
relationship with God through the worst of times.
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