Books for Young Teens

A CHANCE TO DIE Elisabeth Elliot | A Chance to Die is a vibrant portrayal of Amy Carmichael, an Irish missionary and writer who spent fifty-three years in south India without furlough. There she became known as "Amma," or "mother," as she founded the Dohnavur Fellowship, a refuge for underprivileged children. Amy's life of obedience and courage stands as a model for all who claim the name of Christ. She was a woman...

A GREATER CALL | Harvey Yoder | Born into a poor family in China little Wei was just another mouth to feed. And in a land racked with famine, that was the last thing anyone wanted. Spiritual famine also gripped China. The Communist government demanded loyalty and had ways of dealing with people who held other views. But to Chinese Christians, Jesus Christ was worth any sacrifice, position, family, freedom, even...

ADOPTED | by Becky McGurrin | This is the day you give up the most precious thing you've ever been given, Pat said in a quiet, sad corner of her mind. The time had come, the last time she would see her daughter-forever. Pat's decision to place Suzzane for adoption haunted her for years. The true story of a woman whose life of disappointment and loss was transformed by her growing awareness of a God who surprised and...

BLUE CHRISTMAS| Katrina Hoover | A Memoir of the 2010 Cholera Epidemic in La Source, Haiti With perceptive observations and heartwarming language, Blue Christmas is one volunteer's perspective on what it was like to face the cholera epidemic in La Source, Haiti, during the latter part of 2010. Drawing on her firsthand experiences, the author leads us into the world of a blue tarp hospital, describing the medical...

BORN TO DIE | Angela K. Zehr The year was 1527, and unrest was sweeping through the Swiss region. Concerned men called for church reform, but the kind of church they wanted would threaten the core of established government and many "long-held" practices. An unwilling observer of the upheaval, Annabelle Friesen faces a drama that she can't wish away. She watches with trepidation as all her beliefs and relationships...