Daughters of the faith series

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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.

4) Ransom's mark: a story based on the life of the pioneer Olive Oatman

Author

Series

Pub. Date

c2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5

Physical Desc

138 pages ; 19 cm.

Description

When thirteen-year-old Olive Oatman's wagon train is raided by outlaw Indians, she and her sister are captured, only to be ransomed later by a band of Mohaves.

5) The Hallelujah Lass: a story based on the life of Salvation Army pioneer Eliza Shirley

Author

Series

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5

Physical Desc

149 pages; 20 cm.

Description

Follows the experiences of sixteen-year-old Eliza Shirley, who traveled from England to the United States in 1879 to pioneer the work of the Salvation Army.

6) Shadow of His hand: a story based on the life of holocaust survivor Anita Dittman

Author

Series

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5

Physical Desc

150 pages ; 19 cm.

Description

The daughter of a German and a Jew, Anna's dreams of becoming a famous ballerina are crushed by increasing Nazi persecution, but she is sustained, even while in a Nazi work camp, by her strong Christian faith and the conviction that she will one day be reunited with her mother and sister.

7) The captive princess: a story based on the life of young Pocahontas

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Series

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Based on a true story... 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 who look different from her own. She befriends them, and when her people come into conflict with these new settlers, Pocahontas steps in to save a life by offering her own. Based on the true story of Pocahontas' early life.

8) Freedom's pen: a story based on the life of freed slave and author Phillis Wheatley

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2009

Physical Desc

135 pages ; 19 cm.

Description