Nancy Rue Books In Order

The Rescue

Ten year old Josiah Hutchinson has never tried to cross the river in spring. Suddenly, the icy waters tear his feet from the ground, and he’s swept away by the raging current. Just as he takes his last gasp of air, a strong arm pulls him out, and everything goes black. When he comes to, he finds himself looking in the face of an old widow woman. She’s an outcast in the village because of her religious beliefs. Josiah promises to keep their friendship a secret. But then his older sister, Hope, becomes desperately ill, and no one can help her except maybe the widow. Will Josiah’s father and mother listen when he tells them the widow might be able to help? Can she save Hope, or is it too late? And what will the villagers say when they find out the widow is Josiah’s friend?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of Focus on the Family youth books that explores the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Salem Years books take place in early 1690s Massachusetts. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a number of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C.S. Lewis Honor Book Award.

The Stowaway

Sent to Salem Town to be educated, Josiah dreams of becoming a sailor. Nothing is going to stop him. or so he thinks! Josiah is drawn to the dock, where he sneaks into the cargo hold of one of the vessels. In a moment, someone is on him, dangling a huge rat over his face. He’s been discovered! Desperate to stay out of trouble, Josiah strikes a deal his conscience tells him isn’t right. Meanwhile, Josiah’s sister, Hope, is accused of stealing a gold chain. What will happen to Josiah? Can Josiah convince everyone that Hope is not guilty?

The Guardian

In the middle of the night, eleven year old Josiah Hutchinson hears the howling wolves. They sound lonely, and as the Salem Village residents set cruel traps to kill them, Josiah wonders if there is a better plan to keep them away. But there’s no time to think one up as Josiah’s Aunt Esther and Cousin Rebecca come to live with the Hutchinsons. His sister, Hope, is enraged to be stuck with loud overweight Rebecca. Hope rebels and begins a friendship forbidden by her parents. Rebecca admires Josiah, and she follows him like a shadow everywhere. Josiah, Hope, and their friends in the village finally devise a dangerous plan to thwart the wolves, and Rebecca tags along. Can Josiah and Hope protect her? Will their daring idea end in disaster?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of youth books that explore the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Salem Years books take place in early 1690s Massachusetts. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a variety of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C.S. Lewis Honor Book Award.

The Rebel

The adventures continue as 10 year old Thomas Hutchinson great grandson of Josiah Hutchinson struggles to find his place in a world that’s rapidly changing before his eyes. There are rumors of war as the townspeople take their stances for or against remaining under the rule of England. His older brother Sam is anxious to join the army, but fighting for freedom could cost his life and many more! Following in his peacemaking father’s footsteps, Thomas believes himself to be a Patriot. But when his teacher and best friend both turn out to be Loyalists, his faith is put to the test. Will he have to sacrifice friendships for the sake of politics? What does God want the family to do? Can these two opposing sides live in peace, or is bloody battle inevitable?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of Focus on the Family youth books that explores the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Williamsburg Years books take place in early 1780s Virginia. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a number of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C.S. Lewis Honor Book Award.

The Thief

Thomas’s life becomes complicated when a strong, 15 year old Scottish servant named Malcolm comes to live with the Hutchinsons. Not only is he the first boy to ever beat Thomas in a brawl, but Caroline seems to like him, as well! Meanwhile, the heated anger between the Loyalists and the Patriots about to boil over. When the horses of the Patriots begin to disappear, it seems pretty obvious who’s behind the thievery. Or is it? While on a picnic, Malcolm, Caroline, and Thomas encounter the masked rider in the woods, and it may cost Malcolm his life! Can Thomas save Malcolm before he bleeds to death? Who is the man behind the mysterious mask? Are some things just plain wrong no matter whose side you’re on?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of youth books that explore the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Williamsburg Years books take place in early 1780s Virginia. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a variety of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C.S. Lewis Honor Book Award.

The Burden

While rumor has it that Benedict Arnold has been sharing secrets with the British, young Thomas Hutchinson is struggling to keep a few of his own. His brother, Sam, makes him promise not to tell what he knows about a possible spy in town. Then, Francis Pickering entrusts Thomas with the secret of what happened to his missing medicines. And when Thomas discovers that Malcolm, too, is holding back something about a mysterious orphan girl who was shot in the foot, the weight is nearly more than he can take. Is this what the preacher meant when he urged the congregation to bear one another’s burdens? Would God want Thomas to tell his Papa what’s going on when it could mean the difference between life and death for both his brothers? Can anyone help him carry the load?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of Focus on the Family youth books that explores the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Williamsburg Years books take place in early 1780s Virginia. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a number of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C.S. Lewis Honor Book Award.

The Prisoner

It’s not easy being the youngest in the family. Just ask Thomas Hutchinson. While his brother Sam has run off to join the Patriots in the battle against the British, he’s stuck in a new school with an angry schoolmaster and three bullies who are out to get him. What’s worse, his best friend, Caroline, now seems to hate him. And when the crazed Xavier Wormley drags Dr. Quincy off to the war against the doctor’s religious beliefs, there’s nothing Thomas can do to help his friend. Or is there? Should he risk his life for a daring rescue attempt of the doctor? Can he remain friends with a girl who now is considered by many to be the enemy? Can God help him see the difference between right and wrong?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of Focus on the Family youth books that explores the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Williamsburg Years books take place in early 1780s Virginia. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a number of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C.S. Lewis Honor Book Award.

The Invasion

It was bad enough that Thomas Hutchinson’s brother, Sam, left his home to join the war. But now his older brother, Clayton, has set sail for England to become ordained as a minister, and his father has hired Dawson Chorley to keep things in order at the plantation. The Fearsome Foursome soon discover that this overseer is a hardened, cruel man who treats servants, including Malcolm, like property. But can the children prove it? In the midst of that struggle, the war turns from rumor to reality as a crazed British captain and his men raid the Hutchinson plantation and take Caroline prisoner! Will Thomas lose his best friend to this mad horseman? Will Malcolm, Patrick and the other hired hands continue to suffer at the violent hand of Dawson Chorley? Can God help Thomas bring about justice and bridge the gap between the way things are and the way they should be?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of youth books that explore the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Williamsburg Years books take place in early 1780s Virginia. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a variety of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C.S. Lewis Honor Book Award.

The Misfit

With the crusade to abolish slavery nearing its peak, 11 year old Austin Hutchinson Great grandson of Thomas Hutchinson goes to Charleston to live with relatives. He is eager to make friends with his cousins even though they’re girls! and experience the adventures he’s dreamed of. But when Kady, Polly, and Charlotte take little interest in him, and Henry James, the slave boy, won’t trust him, Austin is convinced that he doesn’t fit in after all. And if that isn’t enough, Jefferson, his bratty younger brother, is spoiling everything! Then Austin hears an incredible story about Jesus, Who is the best friend anyone could ever have. Can He help Austin find his place and a friend? Or will Jefferson ruin these plans, too?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of Focus on the Family youth books that explores the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Charleston Years books take place in early 1860s South Carolina. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a number of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C.S. Lewis Honor Book Award.

The Ally

Austin Hutchinson would love living on Uncle Drayton’s rice plantation if his uncle didn’t own slaves. Is it possible for one person to have such control over another? Austin is puzzled. So when he learns that Henry James is illiterate, Austin resolves to teach his new friend how to read even if it is illegal to educate slaves. But that only leads to trouble! Uncle Drayton is furious when he realizes Henry James has secretly been given lessons, and locks him in an old shack until he can be sold. Can Austin free Henry James without getting them both into more trouble? Will he be able to forgive Uncle Drayton for being so harsh? Will Austin ever understand why Jesus forgives him?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of Focus on the Family youth books that explores the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Charleston Years books take place in early 1860s South Carolina. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a number of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C.S. Lewis Honor Book Award.

The Threat

With the entire summer stretched before him, Austin Hutchinson is looking forward to fun, family, and quiet but trouble has a way of following Austin wherever he goes. First, while traveling to the Ravenals’ vacation home, he overhears two men scheming against his Uncle Drayton and spies a boy tampering with the family’s stagecoach. Then, while playing one afternoon near the church, Austin and Charlotte have a run in with the same boy and his brother! The bullies, who hate ‘Yankees,’ are intent on making Austin sorry for wearing his American flag pin a symbol of unity among the Union states. Will Austin, Uncle Drayton, and the others escape the dangers surrounding them? Can Austin find peace amidst all the hostility?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of youth books that explore the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Charleston Years books take place in early 1850s South Carolina. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a variety of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C.S. Lewis Honor Book Award.

The Trap

It’s harvesttime at the Ravenal plantation, and Austin can’t wait for the annual festival to begin. But when Austin’s slave friend Henry James beats a hired hand named Narvel during a wrestling match, Narvel is furious and determined to get even. He picks a fight with Henry James, gets Charlotte in trouble and even traps Austin in a water well! To make matters worse, Austin’s cousin Kady runs away from home when her parents try to force her to marry a soldier she doesn’t love. When Austin, Henry James, and Charlotte go looking for her, the evidence points toward Narvel. Can Austin convince Uncle Drayton that it’s Narvel and not Henry James who’s causing all the trouble? Will Austin learn to trust God to resolve the problems?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of youth books that explore the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Charleston Years books take place in early 1860s South Carolina. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a variety of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C.S. Lewis Honor Book Award.

The Hostage

Tensions mount as the North and South grow more and more hostile and Austin Hutchinson is right in the middle of it all! Vigilante secessionists are threatening to tar and feather abolitionists for wanting to free slaves. And when Austin overhears men plotting to arrest his father, Wesley, he realizes how bad the situation really is! Will Austin be forced to leave Uncle Drayton’s plantation and Lottie and Henry James, the only friends he’s ever known? Just when it seems things couldn’t get worse, Daddy Elias becomes very ill. Then Austin is kidnapped by the men who are after his father! Will Wesley be lured into their trap? Can Austin trust Jesus to take care of him and the people he loves?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of Focus on the Family youth books that explores the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Charleston Years books take place in early 1860s South Carolina. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a number of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C.S. Lewis Honor Book Award.

Do I Have to Paint You a Picture?

Raise the Flag Series Book 4 A diverse group of high school girls faces the challenges of standing up for what they believe is right. You ll cheer them on and learn more about yourself in each book of the Raise the Flag series!One of the two editors in chief of the King High newspaper, Norie runs with the ‘high achiever’ crowd: kids who participate in things like the Academic Olympics…
and cheating rings. As a Christian who has recently rededicated her life to God, Norie doesn’t want to be a part of it. But stress builds as her friends pressure her to help them. Even worse, Norie’s dad wants her to study more instead of spending time with her prayer partners, the Flagpole Girls. He desperately wants her to get into Harvard. But with the change in the grade curve, that’ll never happen unless Norie starts cheating, too. Now if she’s going to resist the temptation and avoid being framed by the very kids she’s trying to stop she’s going to need prayer, and her Christian friends, more than ever before.

When Is Perfect, Perfect Enough?

Just as the teen characters in Nancy Rue’s Raise the Flag series continue to meet at the school flagpole to pray for one another, teens and preteens will continue to find encouragement and hope in stories that address vital issues and help them find strength to meet the greatest challenges in life continuing with Book Six: When Is Perfect, Perfect Enough??

Quiet, studious Shannon D’Angelo has never made trouble before and she’s not about to start now! People have started to figure out that she’s got a problem with anorexia, but she’s certain she can handle the situation on her own. There’s no point in worrying her parents; they have enough problems dealing with Caitlin, Shannon’s troubled younger sister, who’s been getting involved with everything from car accidents to house fires. How can Shannon’s struggles even compare?

But Shannon quickly learns that there are some things she can’t control, including her illness and, well?life. That means if she’s ever going to get well, she’s going to have to let go of her need to be perfect and allow herself to be loved and healed by the ones and the One who love her most of all.

The Trick

Big change is coming for ten year old twins Rudy and Hildy Helen Hutchinson, grandchildren of Austin Hutchinson. They’re excited about moving to Chicago with their father to live with their rich great aunt Gussie until they experience what life in the big city is really like. The city is dull, great aunt Gussie isn’t at all like they imagined, and where they used to have freedom, their lives are now filled with rules like minding your manners and listening in church. Everything seems so unfair!When Rudy befriends Little Al, a young schemer with aspirations of becoming a mobster, he hopes there will finally be some adventure in this boring city! But Rudy and Hildy Helen are not prepared for the trouble Little Al gets them into. Is there any hope of Rudy getting back on the right track? Can Rudy possibly use his zany personality for good and for God instead of mischief?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of Focus on the Family youth books that explores the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Chicago Years books take place in the late 1920s Chicago. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a number of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C. S. Lewis Honor Book Award. Children ages 8 and up / Adventure

The Chase

Things at school couldn’t be worse for Rudy, Hildy Helen, and little Al and it’s only their first day! First, they’re chased by a truant officer, who they suspect may have mob connections, then Rudy discovers his new techer has it out for him. Add to this the news that he has to wear glas*ses and take violin lessons, and Rudy is ready to throw in the towel! But things aren’t much better for Rudy and Hildy Helen’s father. Mr. Hutchinson has his own problems when he gets tangled in a dangerous dispute between the KKK and the Chicago Mafia. Racial tensions begin to soar until the Hutchinsons must decide if standing up for what’s right is worth jeopardizing the safety of family and friends. And when Little Al disappears, the twins may have to take matters into their own hands. Who is responsible for this and where is Jesus through it all? Can they learn to rely on Him in alarming adventures and everyday life? The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of Focus on the Family youth books that explores the role of faith and family throughtout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Chicago Years books take place in the late 1920s Chicago.

The Stunt

Trapped at a family reunion in Virginia, Rudy Hutchinson soon grows tired of hearing about ancestors. After all, they lived such a long time ago, why should he care about who they were or what they did? Bored and frustrated, Rudy will do anything to spice up the afternoon even a dangerous ride on a plane!Rudy’s high flying adventure causes more trouble than he’d bargained on, and so does his family’s defense of loved ones who suffer racial discrimination. But when Aunt Gussie’s support of workers’ rights put her at odds with gangster Al Capone, the whole family is in danger. Rudy may hold the key to their safety if he learns from the Hutchinsons’ past. Will Rudy uncover what God’s plan is in this summer adventure?The Christian Heritage Series is an ongoing line of Focus on the Family youth books that explores the role of faith and family throughout American history. These engaging stories help young readers better understand their country, its values, and its God. The Chicago Years books take place in the late 1920s Chicago. Nancy Rue’s writings have appeared in a number of youth publications, including Clubhouse, Campus Life, and Teens Today. She has won a number of literary honors, including the 1991 C. S. Lewis Honor Book Award. Children ages 8 and up / Adventure

The Caper

While staying with his elderly aunt on Cape Cod for the summer and trying to follow his father’s charge to keep himself and his sister and brother out of trouble, RUdy is worried about his flamboyant uncle’s professed conversion by a charismatic preacher and the mysterious, possibly dangerous, dealings of some shadowy characters he meets on the beach.

The Pursuit

While his family faces a series of problems in their Chicago home in 1929 and as he enters junior high, Rudy struggles with the conflict between growing up and remaining a kid.

Sophie’s World

In the first fiction book of the Faithgirlz! series, bestselling author Nancy Rue introduces Sophie LaCroix, a creative soul who’s destined to become a great film director someday. When her overactive imagination immerses her in the American Revolution after a school field trip, Sophie quickly learns a real life lesson.

Sophie’s Secret

When some of Sophie’s relatives come to town for Thanksgiving and create a whirlwind of sightseeing, including nearby Jamestown, Sophie sees an archeological excavation in progress and pictures herself as a female Indiana Jones.

Sophie and the Scoundrels

Sophie learns a new lesson in truth when sabotage threatens to destroy the friendship between the Corn Flakes. ”Excellent for Homeschool Use”’

Sophie’s Irish Showdown

Sophie knows how it feels to be the new girl different and ‘weird.’ She also remembers needing a friend. When a new girl in class is assigned to Sophie’s drama group, she wants to get to know her. Sophie learns to accept her new friend’s culture. But how will the other Corn Flakes teach others about acceptance if they cannot seem to learn themselves?

Sophie’s First Dance?

The Corn Flakes are in a tizzy about the end of school dance they might actually have to deal with the Fruit Loops boys, and that’s causing them all kinds of friction. Will the Flakes break up, or can Sophie direct a happy ending?

Sophie’s Stormy Summer

In Sophie’s Stormy Summer, Fiona s family is spending a week at Virginia Beach with all the Corn Flakes and Fiona s new French nanny when it s discovered that Kitty has leukemia.

Sophie Breaks the Code

Sophie’s learning about medieval codes of honor in seventh grade honors class and in life. Sophie’s shaved her head to empathize with a gravely ill friend, but negative assumptions and cruel teasing have her trying to deflect the attention with humor and wisecracking always seems to land her in trouble! In the meantime, Sophie takes action to prevent another of the Pops’ mean schemes but to do so, she lies about her friends and loses them as a result. When she finally understands the true intention of a code of honor, Sophie learns another absolute truth: God expects us to be completely honest especially with ourselves. But if we fail, He forgives us. When Sophie comes clean, her best friends come around. She thwarts the Pops and gains the respect of her teachers, too.

Sophie Tracks a Thief

A new girl joins the film club, and she’s witty, unique and bizarre. So when the new girl is accused of theft, the Pops and even some Flakes are only too happy to turn against her. Sophie finally understands her, and changes here heart but can she identify the real thief?

”Excellent for Homeschool Use”’

Sophie Flakes Out

Sophie just wants a little bit of privacy. Willoughby’s got plenty of it but she’s hanging out with a fast new crowd. And when her dad finds out, his harsh punishment shocks Sophie and her friends. What should they do? Whose rules are right?

Sophie Loves Jimmy

Sophie doesn’t see why a rumor that isn’t true should stop her from being Jimmy’s friend but when even the Corn Flakes start to believe the whispers, she is hurt to the core. Now it’s an open question whether she and the rest of the Flakes can ever be friends again!

Sophie Loses the Lead

The Lead. That’s always been Sophie’s role when it’s time to make a new film. But then the Flakes and Lucky Charms start to make plans without even asking her opinion, and Sophie has to figure out more about who she is both in the group and in Jesus’ eyes.

Sophie’s Encore

How can God let bad things happen? Sophie’s baby sister, Hope, is born with Down syndrome, and the Flakes dis her over an annoying new girl. Even her research as medical expert Dr. Devon Downing won’t fix things, but Sophie learns love is at work even when she can’t see it.

Here’s Lily!

Welcome to the wonderful world of Lily Robbins! In this fun, first story in a series that has sold over one million copies, you’ll meet the awkward sixth grader named Lily. After receiving a compliment about her looks from a high powered woman in the fashion industry, Lily obsesses over becoming a model, setting her sights on winning the ‘model search’ fashion show. She packs away her rock and feather collection in exchange for pictures of teen models and fashion magazines. But when the unthinkable happens the night before the fashion show, Lily learns a valuable lesson about real beauty.

Lily Robbins, M.D.

It’s Dr. Lily to the rescue! After witnessing a car accident and helping a little boy who was hurt, Lily is on a mission to become a ‘great healer’ or healthcare professional, and no one s going to stop her.

Lily and the Creep

Lily and Shad are into it again. But this time, Lily and her friends are fed up with his teasing and decide to give Shad a taste of his own medicine. When Lily and her friends play the ultimate prank on Shad, guess who’s left to take the fall? Lily. Lily and Shad get assigned a project that they must complete TOGETHER after school. Will this finally bring an end to the infamous feud between Lily and Shad? Or is it the beginning of something much worse? See what happens when Lily makes an unpleasant discovery and has to decide what’s important becoming someone she can like or someone God can like.

Lily’s Ultimate Party

After Lily’s plans for the ‘ultimate’ party fall apart, her grandmother shows Lily that having a party for the right reasons will help to make it a success.

Ask Lily

At last Lily’s in middle school and it doesn’t take long for her to get right into the thick of things. She joins the school newspaper staff and becomes the anonymous writer of the ‘Answer Girl’ advice column. It’s all in fun at first Lily gives witty answers to such questions as ‘What do I do about a dog that keeps eating my homework?’ Then Lily gets a more serious query and actually gives helpful advice, and it’s not long before word gets around that the mysterious ‘Answer Girl’ can solve ANY problem. Before long Lily thinks she’s Dr. Know it all reading every sidewalk psychology and self help book she can lay hands on, and watching afternoon talk shows. But things quickly go sour when Lily steps outside her boundaries. After her ‘expert’ advice nearly costs her a close friend, Lily realizes there isn’t always a clear cut answer, particularly in those gray areas. But once again, Lily learns that God is the REAL answer giver.

Lily the Rebel

Lily Robbins has always been a model student, the one who always follows the rules. But suddenly, Lily is questioning the rules both at home and at school and it’s getting harder to keep her mouth shut about it. When Lily blows up and goes off at her science teacher, she suddenly becomes Ms. Popularity. And soon Lily starts thinking that being a little bit ‘bad’ actually feels good. Of course, in true Lily fashion, she goes all the way with it, adopting an ‘alternative’ hair do, and designing a rebel T shirt that pushes the dress code. But when a truly worthy cause arises, Lily’s new reputation precedes her. Lily realizes she needs to regain the trust of those who matter most to her before she can help her best friend win against discrimination.

Lights, Action, Lily!

Lily’s at it again, but this time, she’s destined to be the next big ‘star.’ She’s certain her name will be up in lights and she’ll be front and center stage. Cast in a school play as Kate in Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, Lily springs into ‘action’ and throws herself into the role. But there is one major problem Ashley’s boyfriend, Shad. He is cast in the major role of Petruchio opposite Lily and plays her suitor. However, Ashley gets jealous and determines to stop at nothing to bungle the show. Filled with antics, hi jinks, tangles, and knots, Lily has to learn that relationships are more important than a perfect performance.

Lily Rules!

Lily is so fed up with the ‘dumb rules’ at school, she decides to run for class president and wins, but unlike her predecessors who have been content to sail along with the title and a picture in the yearbook, Lily is out to make changes.

Rough & Rugged Lily

Lily’s looking for adventure, and the great outdoors is just the place to find it! Convinced she’ll become the next famous outdoorswoman, Lily asks her parents for tons of camping and survival gear for Christmas. But little does she know she’s headed for an adventure she’ll never forget. When Lily and her family are stranded in the worst storm ever on the way to a mountain cabin for Christmas, survival becomes the name of the game in more ways than one. It’s like their very own Swiss Family Robinson adventure but instead of pirates, a shipwreck, an island, and animals, it’s snow, snow, snow! In the end Lily learns it’s not important what and how much you get, it’s how you handle what you have and being grateful for it.

Lily Speaks!

The sanctity of the Girlz Only Club is at stake! When Lily and Suzy both get selected for the school wide seventh grade speech contest, an unforeseen battle ensues. Lily starts getting mysterious notes and phone calls ‘encouraging’ her to drop out of the contest, but it only makes her more determined to stick it out. In the meantime, the Girlz Only Club seems to be divided in its loyalties. What started as a friendly speech contest among classmates and friends turns into an all out winner take all match. When Lily encounters the pain and disappointment of competition, she ultimately learns that winning isn’t everything. Find out how Lily overcomes her feelings of jealousy, envy, and self doubt to become a better winner in the end.

Horse Crazy Lily

Lily’s in love! With horses?! Back in the ‘saddle’ for another exciting adventure, Lily’s gone western and destined to be the next famous cowgirl. After her first horseback riding experience, Lily’s hooked. Her room practically turns into a stable and her life is all about horses. Of course her pleas for her very own horse go unacknowledged, so Lily does the next best thing…
she gets an unofficial job at a stable. But does she do it for the love of horses or to escape dealing with her new adopted sister, Tessa? When the unthinkable happens at the stable, Lily is left wondering, Where is God? Why did he let it happen?, but learns a real lesson in faith and who God really is.

Lily’s Church Camp Adventure

Great news for Lily! She and the Girlz are going to camp, but the best part is they’re going to be in the same cabin. They’ll have the best two weeks ever! Until they arrive at Camp Galilee. Excitement and girlish chatter quickly turn to distress and tears, when Lily discovers that none of the Girlz are in her cabin. Now Lily’s alone and homesick, but in true Lily fashion, she discovers her true calling sailing! But things go from bad to worse when Zooey contracts the nastiest case of poison ivy on the planet and Suzy vows she’ll never speak to Lily again. Things can only get better, right? After some interesting twists and turns, Lily learns a real lesson about the essential habits of the heart.

Lily’s in London?

Lily’s London adventures strengthen her relationship with God as she realizes, more than ever, there are many possibilities for walking her spiritual path in Christ.

Lily’s Passport to Paris

This last book in the series includes a special letter to you, the reader, from Nancy Rue. In the letter, you’ll learn what happens with Lily and her friends, including Shad, ‘after the series!’ And as an added bonus, Nancy introduces a new character named Sophie, as part of a brand new line of books called FaithGirlz!. So, keep checking us out to find out what’s new from Zonderkidz and Nancy Rue!

It’s a God Thing!

The transition from young girl to teenager makes the ‘tween’ years a time of great change especially in the body department! For all of the questions adolescence raises, The Body Book gives girls the scoop on everything from puberty and cramps to diet and exercise. Filled with fun magazine type quizzes and imaginative activities, The Body Book not only offers accurate up to date information on personal issues that tween girls experience, but also shares it from a positive biblical perspective.

The Beauty Book

In a society so focused on the idea that beauty matters, young girls can find it difficult to figure out what ‘true’ beauty is all about. Through this unique and creative book just for tween girls, Nancy Rue answers common questions girls ask in this often curious stage of their lives. Filled with fun magazine type quizzes and imaginative activities, The Beauty Book offers relevant information about everything from great hair to tattoos, plus much more. But most importantly, each and every page highlights the message that God confidence is beautiful.

The Best Bash Book

‘I want to throw a party. But not just any party a great party! How do I plan a great party? And whom should I invite?’ These are common questions for young girls. Parties can play an important part in helping tweens develop social skills with family, friends, and even boys. The Best Bash Book is filled with fun, creative ideas to help girls 8 12 prepare for tween parties by providing great advice about party etiquette. Learn new ideas for slumber parties, theme parties, alternative parties, boy girl parties, and more. The young hostess will learn how to throw a great bash that remains true to her faith.

The Blurry Rules Book

The Blurry Rules Book is all about ethics. Explain THAT to a tween girl! Author Nancy Rue approaches the subject by talking about those gray areas and hard to answer questions that aren’t so clearly addressed in the Ten Commandments. Kids clearly understand ‘Thou shalt not kill’, but what about ‘thou shalt not hate the guts of the girl who deliberately snubs you?’ Sure ‘thou shalt not steal,’ but what if I catch somebody else doing it? There are no easy answers to questions or situations like these, but The Blurry Rules Book offers great advice about such issues. Young girls will discover that although there may not always be an easy answer or a concrete rule, there’s always a God answer.

Lily The Rebel & It’s My Life Book

The It’s MY Life Book is designed to help young girls find balance in their struggle for independence, so girls can become not only their best self, but most of all their God intended self.

The Uniquely Me Book: It’s a God Thing!

At some point, every girl wonders why she was born, why she’s the way she is, and what good she can offer. Nancy Rue answers all those nagging uncertainties from a biblical perspective in this book filled with lots of activities that girls can explore on their own or with friends. The Uniquely Me Book is just right for girls who desire to understand, recognize, and use the individual gifts God has given them.

The Values and Virtues Book

Surprising as it may seem, values and virtues are important to kids like you these days. While young people don’t claim to totally understand what they are, you’d probably like to know more. Because values and virtues can be rather abstract concepts to define, The Values and Virtues Book serves as an excellent resource at a time when you are developing your own independence and ideals. Offering girls useful tips and skills for improving study habits, sportsmanship, relationships, and more, bestselling author Nancy Rue unscrambles the mystery by providing clear, concrete, biblically based examples that girls can easily understand and apply to their lives.

The Discovery

Turning away from his mother and Jesus after discovering a family secret, twelve year old Will Hutchinson lies, steals, and embraces the ways of the Tewa Indians after visiting their pueblo in Santa Fe, New Mexico, during World War II.

The Mirage

In 1944 Santa Fe, Will Hutchinson must put his trust in God when his Native American foster sister is accused of stealing by a Jewish shopkeeper who seems to have some sinister secrets of his own.

The Stand

One Boy Struggles to Find God’s Plan During World War II With tales of suspense and action, Focus on the Family s CHRISTIAN HERITAGE SERIES offers lessons in American history and the role Christians played in shaping it. Turning to Sante Fe, New Mexico during the years of World War II, the series follows young Will Hutchinson as he tries to cope with the hardships and uncertainties of war time life. With his father captured will at war overseas, Will s life becomes more confusing than ever in The Stand. Japanese Americans, some of whom are Will s friends, are being sent to internment camps. At the same time, his own heart is embittered to his father s captors. As Will looks to God for answers, he seeks the courage to risk everything to stand for what is right.

The Mission

Will’s Has His Own Plans to Get His Father Home Wonderful news has arrived. Will’s father may be among the recently rescued American prisoners of war. The Hutchinson household is filled with hope and Will finally feels that things are looking up. The Stars Over America Cavalcade even leaves Will and Fawn enthusiastic about raising money for war bonds. But when further word from the front challenges Will’s faith, he turns from God and begins his own secret quest…
believing he can raise enough money to end the war and bring his father home. Will enlists Miguel, the new kid in town, for his crusade. But when his plan is thwarted, Will finds himself desperate to get word to his confidant. Will he be able to reach Miguel in time? And will he ever be able to trust in God again?

The Struggle

Mysteries Abound in this Exciting Tale World War II continues to rage on, and Will and his friends are knee deep in helping with the war effort in any way they can, because if the soldiers aren’t giving up, they’re committed to supporting them. Then, one glimpse at shadowy figures out on Mr. Tarantino’s ranch also thrusts Will, Fawn, and friends into the mystery of who’s stealing Mr. T’s cattle. Will becomes more determined than ever to capture the rustlers after rebelling against Sunday’s sermon on turning the other cheek. But a careless misstep lands Will in big trouble. Will anybody be able to rescue him? Will he be able to learn to pick his own battles in time? Or will his refusal to see that there can be victory in surrender land Will in even further trouble?

The Choice

Will This War Ever End? For young Will, it appears there is no end in sight for the war. He’s missing his father more than ever especially after Fawn’s dad returns, leaving Will green with envy. Will’s excited that Aunt Hildy Helen will be living with them, but when she arrives, she’s not at all what he expected. To top it off, Fawn’s parents are talking about moving away from Sante Fe. Suddenly, it appears everything is changing, leaving Will constantly disappointed and feeling like everything is spiraling out of his control. In search of a good distraction, he decides to find out what’s going on at ‘the Hill’ and what’s behind the super secret Manhattan Project. As he follows a mysterious woman who he’s sure will lead him to a clue, Will gets into the biggest trouble yet. Will he learn in time that The Choices he makes really do make a big difference?

New Girl in Town

Real life stories about real life issues teens are facing today. Book one in a new StudentWare fiction series for mid teens that deals with the challenges, problems, and excitement of becoming young women of faith When Laura Duffy’s family moves to Satellite Beach, Florida, she feels out of place as a junior at the high school where her good grades mark her as a nerd. Mrs. Isaacsen, a school counselor, invites Laura to join a weekly group for ‘conflicted’ girls. There she gets to know Michelle a sophisticated sophomore, Joy Beth a super athlete, KJ a freshman with an attitude, and Celeste a junior who’s friends with every hunk in the school. The girls form a bond, and as various things happen in their busy lives, they learn to use Mrs. Isaacsen’s ‘secret keys’ as a means for coping. This is the first of four books in Youth Specialties’ ‘Nama Beach High series by veteran girls’ fiction author Nancy Rue.

False Friends and True Strangers

A series of books for mid teens, dealing with the challenges, problems and exicitement of becoming young women of faith. In this second book in the ‘Nama Beach High series, Laura Duffy and the girls discover that within John 16: 21 17, 19 is a ‘secret’ hidden text. Discipline the ability to discoverer, to not exploit, to resist possessing is revealed as a way that God’s power can bless us; surrendering all of life s non essentials, and identifying what remains as God s sacred gifts, is the Key.

Fault Lines

A series of books for mid teens, dealing with the challenges, problems, and excitement of becoming young women of faith.

Totally Unfair

Laura Duffy has been through some tough stuff moving to a new state, starting her junior year in a new school, fights, kidnapping attempts, accusations, even explosions; but she’s always had her friends to fall back on at least until now. When old enemies start new trouble, Laura finds herself feeling very alone with a God who seems to be asking her to choose between faithfulness and friendship. And if that weren’t hard enough, Laura is confronted with the possibility that her new friends aren’t really friends at all. Join Laura as she tries to find the truth behind unfounded lies, restore old relationships, and figure out who’s on her side.

Healing Stones

With one flash of a camera, Demi’s private life becomes public news. She doesn’t know it yet, but her healing has just begun.

Christian college professor Demitria Costanas had vowed to end her affair with a colleague. But she gives into temptation one last time…
and a lurking photographer captures her weakness for all to see. Quite literally, she’s the woman caught in adultery. And almost everyone herself included has a stone to throw.

Enter Sullivan Crisp, a decidedly unorthodox psychologist with his own baggage. He’s well known for his quirky sense of humor and incorporation of ‘game show’ theology into his counseling sessions. And yet there’s something more he offers…
hope for a fresh start.

Reluctantly the two of them begin an uplifting, uneven journey filled with healing and grace. By turns funny and touching, this story explores the ways humans hurt each other and deceive themselves. And it shows the endlessly creative means God uses to turn stones of accusation and shame into works of beauty that lead us onto the path of healing.

An auspicious debut for a candid yet tender series about pain, healing, and God’s invitation for second chances.

Healing Waters

When life seems to conspire against you, how do you find the courage to dive into Healing Waters? When Lucia Coffey looks at her reflection, she sees fat and failure. When she looks at her sister Sonia, she sees svelte and success. When she looks at God, she sees that divine love can t possibly be doled out equally. All her life, Lucia has coped by throwing herself into taking care of those who seem more worthy of God’s goods, and feeding the dreams she has buried alive. But when tragedy strikes Lucia s family, she meets Sullivan Crisp a decidedly offbeat psychologist who is trying to cope with his own shattered past. They form an alliance to try to hold her family together and, in the process, both tentatively dip their toes into the waters of healing. Step by faltering step they wade in, forging an unlikely community and digging deep for the courage to face a lurking danger that could pull them under…
or remind them what it s like to dance on the waves. Women of Faith has shared the message of hope and grace with millions of women across the country through conferences and resources. When you see the words Women of Faith Fiction on an audiobook, you re guaranteed a listening experience that will capture your imagination and inspire your faith. Each year Women of Faith chooses one novel that most exemplifies the joys, struggles, and the realities in a woman s life. Healing Waters has the distinct honor of being the 2009 Novel of the Year for Women of Faith . Insert disc 11 into your PC to access discussion questions.

Healing Sands

Her life was spinning out of control. A mix of anger and emptiness defined her. Desperate for true peace, she headed to a place of rest the Healing Sands. Ryan Coe feels lost her marriage is over, her kids are living with their dad, her God life is silent, and her patience is practically non existent. To top it off, her once exciting job as a photojournalist has been reduced to taking pictures of enchilada festivals and B level actors. But when she arrives at the scene of a crime and sees her son’s face through her zoom lens, her world crashes. Her only mission to find out who really did this and why they framed her son. But before she can help anyone, Ryan s got to get her anger in check. She turns to Sullivan Crisp s Healing Choices clinic, but even that doesn t go according to plan. Quirky and unusual don t even begin to describe Sully and she soon realizes that he isn t the quick fix therapist she was hoping for. Between his unorthodox counseling and a group of women who are the first real friends she s had in a long time, Ryan begins to realize it s not control she s looking for, but something much more powerful. Insert disc 11 into your PC to access discussion questions.

Lucy Doesn’t Wear Pink

Growing up is hard when you don’t have a mother but God helps Lucy find her way. Lucy is a feisty, precocious tomboy who questions everything even God. It’s not hard to see why: a horrible accident killed her mother and blinded her father, turning her life upside down. It will take a strong but gentle housekeeper who insists on Bible study along with homework to show Lucy that there are many ways to become the woman God intends her to be. Lucy’s bossy, career minded Aunt Karen thinks eleven year old Lucy needs a woman’s influence. Enter Inez a housekeeper with a will as strong as Lucy’s and her granddaughter Mora, a girly girl who is Lucy’s polar opposite. Will the girls ever find common ground? Inez just might have the answers when she teaches them the story of Ruth and Naomi.

Lucy Out of Bounds

When boy crazy Mora, Inez’s girly girl granddaughter, turns on Lucy to take JJ away from her and even tries to sabotage Lucy so she ll have to go live with her dreaded Aunt Karen, Lucy learns, with the help of the Book of Ruth, how to forgive the unforgivable.

Lucy’s Perfect Summer

Lucy has come a long way from that tomboy who wouldn’t give pink the time of day. She’s developed into an authentic tween who has learned that girls make great friends, that teamwork means more than stardom, and that God is real. But she’s still Lucy. In the third book of the series, she runs headlong into some new and some old problems. Although Lucy has come to love and respect Inez and more than tolerate Mora, with school out for the summer, the three of them have more together time than anybody can stand! That worsens when the ‘monsoon’ season keeps them cooped up in the house for three solid days without Dad to referee he’s stranded at the radio station. When Dad is stuck at the radio station without his assistant Luke, the new management finds out just how much Dad depends on his assistant and threaten to fire Lucy’s father. Lucy is freaked out at the thought of moving. Plus it gives Aunt Karen more ammunition for her fight to have Lucy come and live with her in El Paso. That would be heinous enough, but Lucy just can’t leave now, not with the soccer team making tremendous progress and Coach Auggy scheduling three unofficial games with neighboring teams during the summer to get them ready for the real soccer season in the fall. And not with Januarie getting into ‘iffy’ territory with the new kids her own age that Lucy and her friends have encouraged her to hang out with so she’ll leave them alone. Child Protective Services gets involved when Januarie gets in trouble, and Lucy has to be there for her, especially since this could affect her friend J.J. too. When the weather dries up, wild fires break out with a vengeance. A big one threatens Los Suenos. Myteriously, the only thing destroyed is the soccer field. The big developer who has tried to buy the property before swoops in for the kill. Lucy and her team have to convince the town to come together and restore the field, rather than give up and sell it. Meanwhile, Lucy, Mora, Dusty, Veronica, and Inez study Esther. Lucy grows even closer to God through her Book of Lists and her resonance with Esther, even though she was a girly girl. That helps her not only save the soccer field, get Januarie out of trouble, and get herself an audition with the Olympic Development Program without Aunt Karen’s help, but it enables her to make a huge sacrifice for Dad and agree to live without him for six weeks while he goes to a special technology school for the blind in Alamogordo. That’s going to mean having Aunt Karen come to live with her in the fall. But Lucy is the only one who can do this thing in this time and this place. Like Esther, she is willing to make the sacrifice.

Lucy Finds Her Way

Lucy Rooney is a feisty, precocious tomboy who questions everything even God. It’s not hard to see why: a horrible accident killed her mother and blinded her father, turning her life upside down. It will take a strong but gentle housekeeper who insists on Bible study along with homework to show Lucy that there are many ways to become the woman God intends her to be. Aunt Karen is taking over Lucy’s life what’s left of it. Middle school is hard enough, with a new set of teachers and kids and preparing for the big soccer tryouts. But now Aunt Karen has moved in, imposing wardrobe inspections, threatening to get rid of the cats, and trying to be the world’s original soccer mom. It takes all Lucy’s got just to cope. When J.J. and Januarie are abducted by their father, Lucy mobilizes everyone to find them. Lucy’s a good detective but she ends up a hostage too. In the fourth and last installment in the Lucy Novels, Lucy must depend on an unlikely ally to find her way out of this mess and in life.

Motorcycles, Sushi and One Strange Book

Normal? While family dinners and vacations to touristy destinations are ordinary events for her ‘normal’ friends, fifteen year old Jessie Hatcher’s normal life means dealing with her ADHD and her mother’s bipolar disorder. So why is Jessie shocked when the unexpected happens? Now her ‘normal’ includes living in Florida with the father she always thought was dead and learning the secrets of sushi from a man who teaches by tormenting her. Life isn’t any saner with her dad, but a cute guy and a mysterious book might just be the crazy Jessie needs.

Boyfriends, Burritos & an Ocean of Trouble

Nancy Rue tackles the tough real life issues teen girls face in Boyfriends, Burritos & and Ocean of Trouble paperback fiction. Bryn O Connor confronts the fallout of her boyfriend’s abuse, helped by her grandma and an unusual book.

Tournaments, Cocoa and One Wrong Move

Perfect? Everything seems to be going right for Cassidy Brewster she’s the star of her high school basketball team, has a near perfect GPA, and college recruiters are showing up at her games. But during the state tournament she injures herself, and her season appears to be over. With pressures at home and at school, Cassidy turns desperate and makes choices that only increase the number of problems in her life. As Cassidy’s carefully controlled world falls apart, a mysterious book begins to speak to her, and it might just contain the answers Cassidy has been trying to find.

Limos, Lattes and My Life on the Fringe

Outcast? Tyler Bonning is used to life on the outskirts and believes she’s beyond caring what others, like the popular and wealthy Ruling Class, think of her. Until she’s nominated for prom queen as a joke. Unexpectedly hurt, Tyler decides to turn her nomination into a cause and starts a Prom for Everyone campaign that will help make the event affordable. But just as her cause gains momentum, opposition at school and at home forces Tyler to question not only the campaign, but also the way she’s perceived by others. As prom approaches, Tyler faces her biggest challenge yet—one her brains alone won’t be able to solve. A perplexing leather book might hold the answers, but is Tyler willing to listen?

The Reluctant Prophet

God gets the girl, the girl gets the Harley. ‘I found Jesus seven years ago, but until that Sunday morning, I didn’t know what to do with Him.’ At age forty-two, Allison Chamberlain is still making a half-hearted attempt to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. Although she has been a pew-sitting member of a church for seven years, ‘prophet’ has never been on her short list of possible careers. Then one Sunday Allison senses a divine nudge to buy a Harley and ride it wherever it may take her. Soon she wonders if she is called to present the reality of Christ to one of society’s darkest corners-and challenge her own church to look beyond its fears. The first in a brave trilogy, The Reluctant Prophet shows how one person’s response to God’s call can change a community forever.

Unexpected Dismounts

Allison Chamberlain thought she was doing everything God required of her but as her journey continues in the second book of The Reluctant Prophet series, she might have to let go of everything she loves to follow the call. Allison is already taking care of five former prostitutes, trying to adopt an orphan, and helping a woman who’s been raped. Along the way, she experiences Unexpected Dismounts, as every Harley owner who risks the ride eventually does. A relative challenges the adoption. An influential businessman blocks her ministry. A beloved friend is seriously injured. A piece of her past adds even more turmoil. As she picks herself up again and again, Allison realizes that some are guilty of terrible wrongs but everyone must be responsible for righting them.

Row This Boat Ashore

Discontented with her outwardly perfect life, a teenage girl finds new freedom, new friends, and new responsibilities when she participates in a special program put together by her high school and the local college.

Home By Another Way

Sixteen year old Josh is sure diving is what God wants for him, but when he sets his sights on the Olympics and gets a diving coach, Josh gets more than diving lessons. A series of confrontations with a street gang in Oakland forces him to re evaluate his future and what God has in store for him.

Pascal’s Wager

Confirmed atheist Jill McGavock faces the mental deterioration of her brilliant mother. In a quest to cope with this devastating situation, Jill seeks out philosophy professor Sam Hunt. Savvy Sam challenges Jill to make ‘Pascal’s Wager‘ to ‘bet’ that God exists by acting as if he does. The results not only change Jill’s mind but transform her life in ways she never could have imagined. An exciting, faith building thriller!

Antonia’s Choice

Toni Wells is a successful churchgoing career woman with full custody of her son. But her commitments escalate as she deals with defiant behavior from five year old Ben and takes a niece into her home. Toni cuts her hours temporarily to part time, terrified of ‘losing herself completely’ to her family. Then she discovers that Ben has been photographed and molested by a child po*rnographer. Toni must finally make a choice that’s not really a choice: ‘Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it’ Mark 8:35, NIV.

Tristan’s Gap

She thought they had the perfect family For eighteen years Serena Soltanis has poured herself into her family, making every effort to please her husband and to protect her daughters from the evils of the world. Respected and admired for her obvious parenting success, she leads a popular mothers group at her church, passing along wisdom gained through years of experience. until she woke up in a mother’s worst nightmare. Then the unthinkable happens. Sixteen year old Tristan, the quiet good girl of the family, disappears and the search brings to light unpleasant truths that prompt Serena to question nearly everything she believes about her children, her marriage, and her faith. Where did we go wrong? Brokenhearted by her daughter s behavior and her husband s angry response, Serena struggles to see God s hand of grace in their lives. Initially determined to rescue Tristan from whatever trouble she s in, Serena learns the painful lesson that true strength won t be found in regaining control of her daughter s choices but in finally learning when to let go.

New England

From the majestic mountains to the glorious seashore, experience the beauty New England offers the romantic heart. Four respected authors will take you on an unforgettable trip with true to life characters. Dorrie Shelton hopes a White Mountains vacation with her sister will rekindle their relationship. But Gail rebels against camping on the Mountaintop and against the fact that a good looking hiker seems to prefer Dorrie to the more glamorous Gail. All the joy of the trip seems gone for Dorrie. Can she find love without losing her sister? Dr. Alexandria Tucker chooses a Sea Escape on Martha’s Vineyard for her sabbatical. She wants time alone with God not a handsome neighbor to complicate her life and deter her from singlehood. But what might the Lord have in mind? When she accepts a summer job at Cape Cod, boring, predictable Martha Hollins adopts an updated image for herself. Drawn into the fast life of her new friends, she tries to ignore her attraction to a staid professor and the pull of her childhood faith. Will she discover who she really is or be caught playing a Mockingbird’s Song? Recent graduate Alexis Riker needs the artists’ retreat at Rocky Shoals to plan her future course and rediscover God’s still, small voice. What she finds is a series of life lessons from an odd assortment of new friends. Can she Retreat to Love when a troubled teen and a mischievous, handsome sportswriter need her? Here’s your ticket for a refreshing escape to the Northeast. Enjoy the view as God works His will in the lives of those who put their trust in Him.

Guys and Other Things That Fry Your Brains

A collection of short stories conveying spiritual truths which relate to getting along with siblings, building trust with parents, guy girl relationships, and handling life’s setbacks.

Bringing Up Good Parents

A collection of Christian short stories about such topics as over protective parents, alcoholism, changing relationships, and more.

The Buddy Book

The Buddy Book is all about relationships why they re important, how lousy your life can be if they re crummy, what makes a good one, and how God is the Counselor for all of them.

The Creativity Book

Discover your creativity and learn to enjoy the arts in this fun, activity filled book written by Nancy Rue as a companion to Lights, Action, Lily!

Year Round Holiday Book

Do you know what the word ‘holiday’ actually means? If not, it’s all in here. Discover some new and interesting facts about some of the most celebrated days of the year. See how holidays are more than just days off from school. Many of them have a deeper spiritual meaning not just Christmas and Easter. Find out how you can celebrate each holiday with fun and pizzazz and still honor holiday traditions.

The Walk-the-walk Book

Discipline…
doesn’t that mean you’re grounded? Nancy Rue refers to ‘discipline’ as training that develops positive and lifelong spiritual habits. Habits like prayer, Bible study, devotion, simplicity, confession, worship, and celebration are foundational spiritual disciplines to help you ‘walk the walk.’ Check out the self quiz and learn the blessings of both solitude and service, as you discover your personal path on your spiritual journey.

The Fun-finder Book

‘Excuse me, but aren’t hobbies for nerds?’ No way! There are endless possibilities when it comes to the perfect, just for you hobby. All you have to do is find out what you like. And The Fun Finder Book is designed to do just that. Just like Lily, you can develop your own hobby, no matter how uncommon. And if you just can’t figure it out, a self quiz helps you recognize your likes and dislikes as you discover your God given talent.

Everything You Need to Know About Peer Mediation

Explains the principles of peer mediation and offers advice on how to participate in or start such a program as a way to manage conflict and resolve problems.

Moms’ Ultimate Guide to the Tween Girl World

Today’s mom is faced with the task of helping her 8 to 12 year old daughter grow up in a society that compels her little girl to grow up too fast. Moms’ Ultimate Guide to the Tween Girl Years gives mothers practical advice and spiritual inspiration that will enable them to see their mini women into adolescence strong, confident, authentic, and God centered, even in a morally challenged society without losing their childhoods before they’re ready.

What Happened to My Little Girl?

Dads, finally a guide to your tween daughter! This companion book to the FaithGirlz novels, devotionals, and Bibles, focuses on four tween issues appearance, body and mood changes, girl politics, and authenticity. Let tween expert Nancy Rue, and her husband, Jim, guide you in helping your daughter live as a girl child rather than a mini teenager. Empower her in spiritually sound behaviors as the rate of aggression rises among tween females. Show your daughter how to not only avoid but take a stand on the twisted parts of her culture such as peer abuse, shallow consumerism, and an unrealistic sense of entitlement. Give her alternatives to the toxic media, and encourage her to become part of something bigger than herself through charitable, God centered activities. Learn to model the growth of a deep, personal connection with God, which makes all of the above not only possible, but probable. In the midst of a world saturated with poisonous role models, it is possible to raise your daughter to be a respectful, confident, God centered, young woman.