Books published by publisher BJU Press/JourneyForth

World War II is the setting for Gunner’s Run, a historical fiction novel for teens by Rick Barry. Nineteen-year-old Jim Yoder is an ocean away from his childhood home in Elkhart, Indiana, and his pretty friend, Margo Lace. He is serving in the United States Air Corps as a waist gunner flying on a B-24 high above the battlefield. Through a strange chain of events, Jim finds himself back on the ground and trapped behind enemy lines. As Jim is running across Nazi Germany to reach the safety of Allied soil, he discovers that to survive he will have to trust the God he once rejected. This Christian fiction book is full of excitement, danger, and realistic details about World War II Europe.

The Incredible Rescues by Ed Dunlop is the third book in the Young Refugees Series. This historical fiction story details the exciting adventures of fourteen-year-old Hans and his younger sister, Gretchen, in numerous close calls with Nazi soldiers. Hans and Gretchen assist the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg by delivering food, messages, and hope to the many Jewish people in various locations around the city of Budapest. Throughout the pages of this book, they assist Mr. Wallenberg in evacuating many Jewish people from Hungary during the closing days of World War II. Trust in the Lord is the focus of this Christian fiction book.

The Daniel Dilemma: Real Courage for Real Life is a Christian teenagers’ survival guide for not getting eaten by lions in a world that rejects God and expects them to reject Him too. From this study, teens can find the courage to overcome the daily peer pressure that threatens to pull them away from their faith. Rand Hummel uses his more than twenty years of Christian camp experience to formulate fourteen Laws of Courageous Leadership from the book of Daniel and apply them to the real-life situations young people face today.

Capturing Jasmina, fiction for young adult readers by Kimberly Rae, is the story of Jasmina, a young girl in India, and her brother, Samir. The children are sold by their father to a man promising them an education and good jobs. But, as Jasmina and Samir soon discover, the man is providing an education, not in a school, but as a slave in his sweatshop garment factory. While Samir quickly submits to his new life of misery, Jasmina never stops planning an escape.She comes to realize that escape doesn't always mean freedom. ****A Note for Parents:Rae is a Christian homeschool mom, who cares about sharing the dangers and raising awareness, but within boundaries that parents will approve.Parents will find the whole India Street Kids series a safe way to introduce the concept of trafficking to teens and pre-teens in an appropriate way.For specific questions, contact Kimberly through her website.

Drawing from a lifetime of writing experience, Newbery Medalist Elizabeth Yates shares her thoughts with aspiring writers in the nonfiction guide Someday You’ll Write. Christian youth who are interested in writing biographies, historical fiction, or fiction of any kind will want this book. In a friendly and practical manner, the award-winning author gives helpful suggestions and discusses such issues as getting ideas, being persistent, and studying the basics of a good story. Encouraging without being sentimental or unrealistic, this book reveals the writing life from the perspective and with the authority of someone who has written many kinds of books over many years.

The Next Fine Day is historical fiction by award-winning author Elizabeth Yates. Each spring for hundreds of years, the herons have returned to Chilham, England, but only now have they become important to Kent. Their departure this fall marks the beginning of a new life for his mother, who has closed her heart to love, and for Kent, who thinks of himself as Nobody. Kent’s life is changed forever when he meets an artist who has come to paint the herons of Chilham.

Set in the world of international child slavery, Buying Samir is the second book in India’s Street Kid series by Kimberly Rae. Jasmina dreams of the day when her family will all be reunited. When missionaries Asha and Mark go on summer break, Jasmina leaves safety to search for Samir alone and discovers that her brother is now working for the men that once enslaved them. By attempting to free some girls Samir recruited, Jasmina puts everyone’s lives in peril. Has Samir really turned evil? Will he help her get away?

In Book 4 of the Sherlock Jones, Jr. Detective Series, Sherlock Jones: The Phantom Airplane by Ed Dunlop, Penny and Sherlock feel they have landed in the lap of luxury when they are invited to vacation in the plush lakeside lodge of a wealthy friend. But soon they begin to uncover the secrets of some shady activity at a neighboring estate, and their investigative zeal gets them a little too close to suspected illegal activity in this popular Christian fiction adventure. Boys especially will love the action and suspense in this fast-moving plot.

Nick Newton is not a Genius. He’s just a merely average boy from the country of Thauma. He may not be brilliant like his mom and dad or a child prodigy like his sister, but he won’t let that stop him from uncovering the mysteries of a clockwork factory or revealing a war hero’s greatest secret. With help from two new friends and his butler named Jude, Nick embarks on an adventure that will change his life forever.

The daughter of a drunken mill worker, Mary Slessor wonders how God can possibly use her. But God is preparing her for more than she knows. With His power and a personality to match her fiery red hair, Mary stands up to African chiefs, adopts abandoned children, and slowly begins to change the hearts of the African people. Prayer and determination pave Mary’s path to trusting God and becoming one of the most cherished missionary “mothers” in the history of Scotland and the world.