Bethlehem Children's Fiction

Set on the island of Nan-tucket just before the War of 1812. More than a tale of whaling ships and gentle Quaker eccentricities, it is a tale of friendship-the kind most truly espoused by these 'plain' folk, with all the struggle and complexity one should expect. Dionis (Dencey) Coffyn is a mystery to her mother, Lydia, whose stern exterior hides a heart that breaks every time her husband Captain Tom goes to sea. Within a context of outward simplicity of living and inward intricacy of relationship, Dencey matures from the little girl who, in unquakerly violence of temper, throws a rock that wounds the town outcast. She becomes a young woman ready to bear her part in life with grace and courage.

' Welcome is Maggie\'s beloved town and "Tara" is her home and refuge where she and her mother, Mara, have lived sine the death of her father. New friends, new adventures and new answers to mysterious happenings in both Welcome and Paris unfold for Maggie as she catches the rhythm of life happening a long way from Welcome. 175pp, softcover, ages 10 + '

'A sixteen-year-old lad, who can paddle, sing, and swim, signs a three-year contract as a voyageur and joins an expedition to north-west Canada in 1750 to search for furs and his future. 254pp'

'In 1831 in rural North Carolina, sixteen-year-old Martitia, newly orphaned and timid, comes to live with a large, boisterous Quaker familywhose five sons delight in teasing and laughter. 254pp'

Thirteen-year-old Bani, though born in Jerusalem, has lived from infancy with his uncle in beautiful Susa, the city of the Persian King Artaxerxes. Now, his Uncle Nehemiah wants to leave his position of high honor as Cupbearer to the King to return to Jerusalem, a city in ruins and beset by every kind of trouble! Nehemiah's request of the king, permission to return to help his own people, could so easily\xe2\x80\x94in an empire riddled with political intrigue\xe2\x80\x94be misconstrued as treasonous scheming. Bani himself is given an unexpected part to play, the outcome of which is to forever change his life. Seen through the eyes of Bani, this novel dramatizes a turning-point of history, in 445 BC, when\xe2\x80\x94through confrontation and daring risks\xe2\x80\x94Judaism was re-established in the Promised Land, and purified for her unfolding mission. 182pp

'In late 1940\'s England, twelve-year-old Kit, growing up as the youngest and "untalented" child of a musical Quaker family, finally discovers where she fits in. 196pp'