In the time of Jesus, Roman rulers controlled Jew’s land and suppressed them with high taxes. “The Bronze Bow” is historical fiction.
Daniel, an outlaw living with a gang in some mountains, wants to revenge his parents death by killing Romans. But when his grandma starts to die in his hometown town below, Daniel takes care of her and his sister. His sister, Leah, never ventures out of the house. Everything scares her. Struggling between his hate of the Romans and his awe of Jesus, Daniel attempts to hate and love at the same time. read more »

“YOU KILLED OUR GOD, JESUS CHRIST, AND NOW, WE KILL YOU.” Rose, a Jewish girl, read this banner in fear as she entered Turkheim, another concentration camp. Once, she smiled and was thrown into a tank of raw sewage that made her develop large sores. Guards stripped Rose and several other women naked and forced them to stand out in the snow. She watched as one by one the women dropped and froze to death. At an average, 18 hours was a days labor. 60 to 80 percent of the quarter inch piece of bread that they received daily consisted of sawdust. Overseers used cat-of-nine whips to hit the worker’s arms, torsos, and legs. read more »

It all started out with a tiny, shining gold bug. Mr. William Legrand lifted an arm to ward of the little warrior. The bug flew into his face. Jupiter- Legrands black slave, caught it with a piece of parchment stuck in the sand near by. This is how the venture of treasure, exhaustion, and mystery began.
The parchment chanced to go close to a fire, relieving a strange code created by the scalawag pirate Kidd. After months of revision, Legrand finally cracks the code. It leaves him with buried truths.
Legrand’s friend thinks he is raving mad when he erratically takes off on a venture into the hills at night- asking him for his accompaniment. Jupiter climbs a tree to find a skull, and from there drops a string plumb down through the left eye. Later Edger Allen Poe goes on to describe how this curious adventure began and ended. The end leaves one mystery left unlocked too tantalize the reader. It’s almost like waving a jewel in front of a kings greedy eyes. Read on to see what I liked…
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At fist general society thought it was a huge wale of some kind. But then why would it glow? How could it possibly move so fast? How could a wale sink a ship?

Then they imagined some sort of monster. A monster? Impossible!

Finally someone came up with a theory that might be possible… a submarine! But of course, submarines didn’t exist! Even if they had existed, how could a private person create such a machine without the world knowing?

Finally a handful of people boarded the Abraham Lincoln on a quest to find out what the mysterious object could be. When they finally came across it, they found that even at full steam they could not catch it. In a last attempt Abraham Lincoln shot at the creature. The shell simply bounced off. Enraged, the animal came after the Abraham Lincoln and sunk it to the bottom of the sea.

After being thrown off the Abraham Lincoln, a Canadian, a professor, and the professors assistant found themselves clinging for dear life onto the very monster they had hoped to find. It was not a monster. It was a submarine.

A strong bond and a scents of camaraderie develops between them after many adventures. The submarine travels from ocean to ocean at the will of its captain, a man who has loosed almost all connections with the world.

Pretty good; it was a classic. Although not one of my favorites, I loved the style of writing. I think the main point the author was trying to make was that a submarine is probable.

Mary Jamison had a relatively happy life on her family’s farm in Pennsylvania. Until a band of warriors broke into their house and took everything, including Mary. They traveled with her to a Indian village – right where New York now is. Separated from her family and everything she is used to, Mary must learn to adapt to the Seneca ways. Although the Indians are nice to her, Mary misses her family horribly and tries to run away several times.

Living with the Indians, she learns many things about plants and animals, and how to live in harmony with nature. Finally a opportunity to go back to the world of white men arises. Will she stay with her new brothers and sisters, the Indians, or will she go back to the world she once knew so well?

It wasn’t my favorite writing style, as it seems to fit two different emotions on each page. Other than that, excellent. Its based on a true story.

Sam Vimes, The main charictar of this story, was chasing a ruthless villian on the rooftop of the library of the Unseen University when suddenly he falls through the roof and gets thrown back in time. He meets his younger self, and sees a lot of his comrads, but they don’t know him, and they are a lot younger. He gets mistaken for his former commander, the man who taught him how to be a good watchman.

The city’s on the brink of revolt, there’s a curfew, the police are corrupt, and that killer he was after him in the future is with him here in the past, which is now the present…sort of. Now all Vime has to do is figure out how to get back home-but first he has to change the outcome of a horrible revolution. There’s a problem, though: if he wins, he’s got no wife, no child, no future…

Great plot, makes you think, and you can’t tell what the ending is going to be.

The Todd family sets out from Arkansas on the two thousand mile journey across rough terrain. There are hostile Indians to worry about, and horrible diseases to worry about. There true pioneering must come to light, or , well… they will die. With winter coming on, and the lots of mountains to cross, the journey seams more and more difficult. Will the Todd family make it?

Its a good introduction to the Oregon trail.

David Wilkerson was inspired by God to help gang members in New York, armed with the simple message of God’s love and the the promise of the Holy Spirit’s power. He fights against such things as prostitution, Violent gangs ruled by warlords and drug pushers.

Very good, One of my favorites. Its inspiring. P.S. There is practically a miracle every 10 pages or less, and this is a true story.