"Idealistic, misguided Morten Falck is a newly ordained priest sailing to Greenland in 1787 to convert the Inuit to the Danish church. A rugged outpost battered by unremittingly harsh winters, Sukkertoppen is simmering with the threat of dissent: natives from neighboring villages have unified to reject Danish rule and establish their own settlement atop Eternal Fjord. As Falck becomes involved with those in his care--his ambitious catechist, a lonely...

Rowan Sterling should be worrying about normal teenage things like attending college and whether her best friend Lucas is maybe more than a friend. . . . Instead, she’s having terrifying visions of blood and violence. As the premonitions increase in number and intensity, Rowan seeks her father’s help, but instead finds herself drugged, kidnapped, and sent to a mysterious facility called Rosewood. It isn’t long before Rowan discovers Rosewood...

When Emily and her brother, Evan, move to their new African home, they quickly realized this wasn't England. God has called their family to an unreached people in central Tanzania. Struggling with a new culture, language and religion, Emily's family need to rely on the Lord for each step of their journey. How would they ever break into this closed muslim community? Will they ever make good friends? How can this village ever hear of the love of Jesus?...

As a fourteen-year-old intent on living a "modern" life, the last thing Isobel Kuhn wanted to grow up to be was a missionary. But as it turned out, this young agnostic's life was redirected—from crisis and doubt to hope and strength. Convinced that God wanted her to preach the gospel as a China Inland missionary, Isobel bravely served among the Lisu people in remote mountainous regions of China and Thailand. After twenty years of ministry Isobel...

On July 28, 1797, an elderly Lenape woman stood before the newly appointed almsman of Pennsylvania's Chester County and delivered a brief account of her life. In a sad irony, Hannah Freeman was establishing her residency--a claim that paved the way for her removal to the poorhouse. Ultimately, however, it meant the final removal from the ancestral land she had so tenaciously maintained. Thus was William Penn's "peaceable kingdom" preserved. This book...

"Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she's given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle...

"The New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14 returns with the riveting and revealing story of one of the most persistent "alternative facts" in American history: the story of a missionary, a tribe, a massacre, and a myth that shaped the American West. In 1836, two missionaries and their wives were among the first Americans to cross the Rockies by covered wagon on what would become the Oregon Trail. Dr. Marcus Whitman and Reverend...

Rogue Agent: Ben Ripley, age 13. Mission: You got expelled from spy school thanks to a game of capture the flag gone wrong. It happens. Now you've been recruited by the evil organization SPYDER. They're training you for something--but they won't tell you what. Team: At SPYDER's high-end training facilities, you'll team up with Ashley Sparks, an elite gymnast with an axe to grind, and Nefarious Jones, who does only two things: play video games and...

Agent: Ben Ripley, age 12. Mission: Survive the "science school" that is really a front for training junior CIA operatives. And try to get the girl. Objectives: 1. Find the devious double agent who has infiltrated the school. 2. Try not to die. 3. Prove to everyone that you are capable of being a spy, save the day, and try not to look like a fool while doing it.