Books published by publisher JourneyForth

In The Slide, Christian youth fiction by Catherine Farnes, Taren agrees to go backpacking with the church youth group. She is actually excited about the trip, even though the teens in the group are people she has been diligently trying to avoid. But now that her father has reappeared after years away, Taren views the trip as an escape from her emotional and spiritual struggles. Also in the Back Trails series: Over the Divide (#1), and Snow-Blind (#3)

Josh leaves Denver to live with an uncle he has never met on a New Zealand sheep farm. New Zealand looks pretty ordinary, but he soon faces cultural differences that aren't so obvious. Josh sees problems in his school and sets out to fix them, but first he has to see a different side to life than he has ever seen before. This humorous book for kids aged 9-13 explores differences in culture and personality and encourages the reader to look at life from a different point of view.Discussion Questions for Two Sides to Everything:1. Have you ever visited a place very different from your normal home life? Was it fun or scary? What did you learn about life while you were there?2. If you have read Peanut Butter Friends in a Chop Suey World, contrast that book with this one. How were Josh McKay's original home and Amy Kramer's alike and different? How were their new homes alike and different? Why do you think the author made Josh to be from a big city and Amy to be from a small town?3. When you think of a church on a mission field, what do you picture? Think about the missionaries you know. Who works with poor people? Who works with people like middle class Americans? Which missionaries work only in English? Which missionaries work in other languages? What are they?4. Do you have someone at your school like Neville who calls all the shots, someone whom no one dares to stand up to? Why do you think people always do what that person says to do?5. Think of someone at your school who isn't very popular. Why do you think others don't like him? What are some good things about him? Have you ever tried to be his friend?6. Think of a person you don't like very much. What could you learn from her?7. Discuss how Josh became like Neville in the math exam incident. When someone says something mean to you, how can you avoid responding the same way? 8. On page 123 Carlton talks about dogs being like people. If you were a dog, what kind would you want to be? What kind of dog are you most like?9. What are some ways Josh changed by the end of the book? What do you think made him change?10. How is a New Zealand sheep farm and country school different from your home and school? How would this story have been different if it had been set in a big city?11. What main idea do you think the author was trying to get across in this book? Did you learn anything from the book?12. Think of something that happened in your family in the last month. How do you think your various family members thought about it? How would the same thing seem different to your mom or your dad or your sister?

In this second book in the India's Street Kids series by Kimberly Rae. Jasmina, who was rescued by missionaries in Capturing Jasmina, leaves safety to search for her brother Samir. She finds him but discovers he is now working for the men who once enslaved them. In telling Jasmina's and Samir's story, Rae takes the reader into the world of international child slavery. When Jasmina tries to free a group of girls Samir helped recruit, she puts all their lives in peril.

Many years ago, a lone mouse fled as rats burned her village. Wounded and footsore, she left her infant son in the care of the kind mice of Fleur Gardens. Then she vanished into the night. Now her son Horace has grown to mousehood, and he has a talent beyond any that Fleur Gardens has ever seen. Every night, this talent drives him and his friend Max to the second floor of the humans' office building. But the human world is forbidden to all the mice of Fleur Gardens. And each time Horace crosses the carefully-patrolled borders, he risks exposing his colony to the humans. When one fateful escapade puts Fleur Gardens in danger, Horace must set aside his own dream to defend his friends.

The most exciting and action-packed book in the series!"I asked for help, for mercy from the God who sets the captives free."- JasminaIn Seeking Mother, the third book in the India's Street Kids Series, Jasmina joins Amrita in a dangerous plan to bring down a human trafficking ring in Kolkata. Getting a lead on the location of her parents, Jasmina enlists the help of a new friend to find them. When she finally crosses paths with Samir again, she starts to question who she can trust.Order Seeking Mother and discover what happens to Jasmina and Samir.

Jacques Futrelle’s classic mystery novel, Professor Van Dusen: The Thinking Machine, introduces us to a determined, often impatient, and self-absorbed professor, also known as The Thinking Machine, who insists that logic will solve any problem. In this collection of ten stories, he more than proves his assertion. Whether he is playing his very first game of chess and beating a world champion, cracking a coded message to prevent a high-stakes jewelry heist, or retrieving a stolen painting from a wholly unsuspected house guest, the escapades of Professor Van Dusen provide a splendid romp for all lovers of traditional mysteries.

Moose, a new believer, drives other Christians crazy because he can't figure out how to act in his new Christian world. Other Christian teens can't figure him out either. This humorous young adult book explores the challenges Christian teens face when stretching past their Christian subculture to reach the world beyond.Discussion Questions for Moose:1. If you are a Christian, can you think of a time you were totally surrounded by unbelievers who had very different values and priorities? How did that make you feel? Did you try to blend in? 2. How do you think an unbeliever feels when he or she visits your church or youth group? How could you make him or her feel more comfortable?3. When you participate in sports are you usually one of the best, the worst, or average? Have you ever made your team lose? Did that make you afraid to try that same sport again? Have you ever said words to a loser that humiliated him or her?4. What pranks have you pulled on other people? What pranks have others pulled on you? What is the best prank you've heard of? Did any of the pranks backfire and hurt someone or get someone in trouble?5. How much do you think God controls our lives? Does hard work on our part make a difference to what happens in our lives? What are some ways God can use difficult things in our lives? What are some good things God has done for you? Do you feel closer to God when things are going well or when life is particularly difficult?6. How do you feel when you think people are nice to you simply to get you to do what they want? Is that different from being nice to someone so he'll get saved? In what way? Why should you bother being nice and friendly to someone if you think he'll never get saved?7. Do you think it's right to be a friend to people mainly to influence them to make good life choices? Would you still want to be their friend if they make bad choices and won't listen to you?8. What do you think God was doing before he created the earth and the angels? What questions do you have about God that you know you won't find the answer to duringyour lifetime?9. Contrast Cody's idea of friendship with Wesley's. What kind of friend are you to unbelievers and new believers? What could you learn from Cody or Wesley?10. What character do you like most in Moose? Which do you like least? Who are you most like?11. We can learn from people we don't like and who aren't like us. What did Wesley learn from Moose? What did Moose learn from Wesley?12. Cody wanted his team to win so Moose would like camp and grow as a Christian. How do you think the final outcome affected Moose?