faith

"Children will learn about the different beliefs held by people about religion, culture, and family"--Back cover.

Twelve-year-old Felix's appearance on a television game show reveals that he and his mother have been homeless for a while, but also restores some of his faith in other people.

Even though she has spent the week doing selfish things, nine-year-old Ellie asks God for help when her beloved horse becomes sick.

Seventeen-year-old Jacob, a member of a Grace--an insular Christian cult in Montana--begins to question his faith when a number of tragedies befall the members of Grace and he meets a girl from the outside world who shows him another way of life.

In 'I Will Not Fear,' Beals takes you on an unforgettable journey through terror, oppression, and persecution, highlighting the kind of faith we all need to survive in a world full of hearbreak and anger. She shows how the deep faith we develop during our most difficult moments is the kind of faith that can change our famiilies, our communitites, and even the world.

Told in two voices, Nadja grows up in war-torn Bosnia in the 1990s and, in the present, refuses to discuss her youth with her daughter, Zara, until both are traumatized by a terrorist attack in Rhode Island.

Twelve-year-old Felix's appearance on a television game show reveals that he and his mother have been homeless for a while, but also restores some of his faith in other people.

"A small-town boy questions everything he holds to be true when his father is accused of murder"--Provided by publisher.

When nonbeliever Michael transfers to a Catholic school in eleventh grade, he quickly connects with a secret support group intent on exposing the school's hypocrisies one stunt at a time.

During an eventful year for the Christian cult where he has grown up, seventeen-year-old Jacob finds his faith and devotion tested when he meets new friends from the outside world and encounters temptations that threaten his contentment.