In 1915, young Sam Ferrier moves with his family from Iowa to Curlew, Alberta, and must adjust to an entirely different life--one shaped by isolation, brutal winters, the disappearance of his little brother, and a remarkable horse.
Samira and her brother flee when the Turkish army invades northwestern Persia in 1918, but the director of the orphanage where they end up decides to lead the refugee children on the three-hundred-mile journey back to their homes.
When Ellen and her mother board with Aunt Gladys in the city, Ellen finds comfort in the old tree near her window, and realizes she must overcome her fears of the outside world when she overhears a disturbing plot.
Stories from the life of Jesus : retold from the Bible
Lottridge, Celia Barker
2004
Presents illustrated retellings of sixty-seven Bible stories from the Old Testament, including thirty-five about the events in Jesus' life and the stories he told, and provides Scripture references.