Books published by publisher Herald Press (VA)

John Wycliffe is a famous Oxford professor who translated the Bible into English. Wycliffe believes that everyone should be able to read the Bible. Arnold Hutton hears Wycliffe's teachings and is inspired by his ideas. Arnold learns that Wycliffe's enemies are sending spies to his lectures and encouraging Oxford students to riot. Will Arnold be able to convince Wycliffe that he is in danger? Will they be able to save the English translation of the Bible? For 9-to-14-year-olds.

<p>Peter Cook has a good life as a bound boy by a master who treats him like a son. Everything changes the day that Peter discovers that his master has died of the black plague and he is thrown out of the great house. Peter soon meets a group of people called Separatists&mdash;because they have chosen to separate from the established Church of England. Join young Peter and his friends, as they make the long and dangerous trip across the Atlantic Ocean. There they meet the Native American people whom they called Indians. Peter befriends one of them, Squanto, and celebrates the first Thanksgiving as a Pilgrim.</p>

John Wycliffe is a famous Oxford professor who translated the Bible into English. Wycliffe believes that everyone should be able to read the Bible. Arnold Hutton hears Wycliffe's teachings and is inspired by his ideas. Arnold learns that Wycliffe's enemies are sending spies to his lectures and encouraging Oxford students to riot. Will Arnold be able to convince Wycliffe that he is in danger? Will they be able to save the English translation of the Bible? For 9-to-14-year-olds.

<p>Ellie Maust, an Old Order Amish girl growing up in the early 1900s, wishes she could wear bright dresses like her English friend, Missy, and face cream and perfume like their fancy Amish hired girl, Susie Glick.</p><p>As Ellie helps to care for the new babies in her family, milks cows, and learns to can and garden, she strains against her father&rsquo;s strict ideas and wonders what her future will hold. Along the way, she has adventures, including a sleepover at her English friend&rsquo;s house and a runaway buggy ride.</p><p>When Ellie&rsquo;s family moves to a new farm, she must take on even more chores and responsibility for her younger siblings. But attending Sunday night singings with the young people in her community and beginning a courtship with kind, gentle David Eash fill Ellie&rsquo;s days with contentment.</p><p>When tragedy strikes her family, Ellie must find a way to go on. Finding comfort in her Amish faith and her community, Ellie blossoms into a young woman who dedicates her future plans to God.</p><p><strong>Book 1 of the Ellie&rsquo;s People: An Amish Family Saga series. </strong></p><p>The nine books of the Ellie&rsquo;s People series, beloved classics among young and old readers in Amish and Mennonite communities, are now available for today&rsquo;s reader. Author Mary Christner Borntrager grew up Amish and based her novels on events in her Amish childhood. Fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder&rsquo;s Little House on the Prairie series will love learning to know spunky Ellie and her friends and family.</p><p><strong>What’s new in the Ellie’s People series:</strong></p><ul><li>Pennsylvania Dutch glossary at the end of each book</li><li>A sample chapter from the next book in the series</li><li>Language and examples updated for today’s readers</li></ul></p>

Publishers Weekly: A probing and personal debut . . . [that] builds a compelling case for Christians to welcome immigrants.Will you beware or be welcoming?As a young Christian, Sarah Quezada had a heart for social justice. She was also blissfully unaware of the real situations facing today's immigrants. Until she met someone new. . . who happened to be undocumented. In Love Undocumented, Quezada takes readers on a journey deep into the world of the U.S. immigration system. Follow her as she walks alongside her new friend, meets with lawyers, stands at the U.S.–Mexico border, and visits immigrants in detention centers. With wisdom from Scripture, research, and these experiences, Quezada explores God’s call to welcome the stranger and invites Christians to consider how to live faithfully in the world of closed doors and high fences.Is it possible to abandon fear and cultivate authentic relationships with new arrivals?What if hospitality to immigrant and refugee neighbors puts us at personal risk?How can churches create safe spaces for those living at the precarious edge of our society?With Quezada as your guide, discover a subversive Savior who never knew a stranger. Get to know the God of the Bible, whose love and grace cross all borders. Respond to an invitation to turn away from fear and enter a bigger story.Free downloadable study guide available here.

John Wesley is a fiery preacher who is stirring up the people in London. One day, while peddling his father's wares, Robert Upton meets Wesley and his life is changed forever. Robert and his father start going to Wesley's meetings. Gradually, Robert begins to understand what Wesley's preaching is all about. As he allows God to work in his life, Robert finds that his own heart, like Wesley's, is strangely warmed. For 9-to-14-year-olds.

William Tyndale wants to translate the Bible into English. He feels the common people of sixteenth-century England should be able to read the Scriptures for themselves. The church and government violently disagree with him.Collin Hartley, an English boy, works with Tyndale on his dangerous project. Tyndale has to flee to Europe for his life. Collin goes along. Tyndale’s enemies follow him and try to catch him. But Tyndale manages to complete the translation. Then he has the English-language Bibles printed and smuggles them into England.Along with Collin Hartley, you will participate in all the important events of this story. For 9- to 14-year olds.

“I promise: you will be transported,” says Bill Moyers of this memoir. Part Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, part Growing Up Amish, and part Little House on the Prairie, this book evokes a lost time, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, when a sheltered little girl with big dreams entered a family and church caught up in the midst of the cultural changes of the 1950’s and ‘60’s. With gentle humor and clear-eyed affection the author, who grew up to become a college president, tells the story of her first encounters with the “glittering world” and her desire for “fancy” forbidden things she could see but not touch. The reader enters a plain Mennonite Church building, walks through the meadow, makes sweet and sour feasts in the kitchen and watches the little girl grow up. Along the way, five other children enter the family, one baby sister dies, the family moves to the “home place.” The major decisions, whether to join the church, and whether to leave home and become the first person in her family to attend college, will have the reader rooting for the girl to break a new path. In the tradition of Jill Ker Conway’s The Road to Coorain, this book details the formation of a future leader who does not yet know she’s being prepared to stand up to power and to find her own voice. The book contains many illustrations and resources, including recipes, a map, and an epilogue about why the author is still Mennonite. Topics covered include the death of a child, Pennsylvania Dutch cooking, the role of bishops in the Mennonite church, the paradoxes of plain life (including fancy cars and the practice of growing tobacco). The drama of passing on the family farm and Mennonite romance and courtship, as the author prepares to leave home for college, create the final challenges of the book.

<p>Andy Maust likes to write poems, and he&rsquo;s not good at running or wrestling or any of the other activities that Amish boys enjoy. The other boys tease him mercilessly, and then Andy&rsquo;s dog disappears in a mysterious way. Drifters are roaming the country on trains, looking for work and a hot meal, and Andy begins to imagine running away from his troubles. He decides to catch a train to somewhere&mdash;anywhere&mdash;where he can be himself. Will Andy find contentment and peace in his new life, or will God call the prodigal home?</p><p><strong>Book 6 of the Ellie&rsquo;s People: An Amish Family Saga series. Ages 10 and up.</strong></p><p>The ten books of the Ellie&rsquo;s People series, beloved classics among young and old readers in Amish and Mennonite communities, are now available for today&rsquo;s reader. Author Mary Christner Borntrager grew up Amish and based her novels on events in her Amish childhood. Fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder&rsquo;s Little House on the Prairie series will love learning to know spunky Ellie and her friends and family.</p><p><strong>What’s new in the Ellie’s People series:</strong></p><ul><li>Pennsylvania Dutch glossary at the end of each book</li><li>A sample chapter from the next book in the series</li><li>Language and examples updated for today’s readers</li></ul></p>

<p>Mandy Schrock&rsquo;s little brother is different. As a child with special needs, he is loved and cared for by many in their Amish community. But Mandy gets tired of him following her around, and when a group of girls start to tease him, she gets even more furious and frustrated. When an awful tragedy strikes, Mandy wonders whether she is to blame. Will she carry guilt and grief for years to come, or can Mandy find her way home to God’s redemption and grace? <b>Book 8 in the Ellie&rsquo;s People series</b>.</p><p>The books of the Ellie&rsquo;s People series, beloved classics among young and old readers in Amish and Mennonite communities, are now available for today&rsquo;s reader. Author Mary Christner Borntrager grew up Amish and based her novels on events and experiences from her childhood. Fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder&rsquo;s Little House series will love the spunky main characters and old fashioned communities of the Ellie&rsquo;s People series.</p><p><strong>What’s new in the Ellie’s People series:</strong></p><ul><li>Pennsylvania Dutch glossary at the end of each book</li><li>A sample chapter from the next book in the series</li><li>Language and examples updated for today’s readers</li></ul></p>

<p>The Anabaptists are a small group of Christians who believe that everyone is a priest and should be able to study the Bible. They refuse to baptize their babies, and instead baptize adults on a confession of faith in Christ. Because of these heretical acts they are persecuted and sometimes put in prison.</p><p>Richard lives in Germany and is caught up with the Anabaptists when his cousin Otto shows up seeking refuge. Richard needs help to hide Otto, but can he trust his friend Trudi? Her father hates the Anabaptists and wants to get rid of the whole movement!</p><p>Join Richard as he helps his family, runs from guards, meets the legendary Menno Simons, and decides for himself whether he too wants to join the secret church.</p>