Pursuing a strategy of colonial expansion in the early 1600s, France encourages its citizens to leave their motherland and venture to the New World. They focus on the St. Lawrence River area and sponsor settlements along its shores, calling this region New France.

One of these intrepid individuals is Henry Priest. The government employs Henry, an educated teacher and linguist, to travel to the New World and translate, interpret, and document the Indian languages spoken in and around Quebec City. On the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, Henry becomes friends with twelve-year-old Zoel...

Pursuing a strategy of colonial expansion in the early 1600s, France encourages its citizens to leave their motherland and venture to the New World. They focus on the St. Lawrence River area and sponsor settlements along its shores, calling this region New France.

One of these intrepid individuals is Henry Priest. The government employs Henry, an educated teacher and linguist, to travel to the New World and translate, interpret, and document the Indian languages spoken in and around Quebec City. On the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, Henry becomes friends with twelve-year-old Zoel...

The Bench Ain't Bad, the third book in the Kids Don't Build Boats series, invites readers to spend time with the narrator-Jacob-as he recounts the ups and downs of his business experiences and personal life. By telling about the successes, failures, and moments in which God worked in the marriage of Jacob and Marjorie, the husband-and-wife writing team of David E. Plante and Lorraine M. Plante uses the ordinary details of the lives of the book's protagonists to focus on enduring truths and their capacity to change lives.

Set in the mid 1960s, The Bench Ain't Bad follows Jacob and...

The Bench Ain't Bad, the third book in the Kids Don't Build Boats series, invites readers to spend time with the narrator-Jacob-as he recounts the ups and downs of his business experiences and personal life. By telling about the successes, failures, and moments in which God worked in the marriage of Jacob and Marjorie, the husband-and-wife writing team of David E. Plante and Lorraine M. Plante uses the ordinary details of the lives of the book's protagonists to focus on enduring truths and their capacity to change lives.

Set in the mid 1960s, The Bench Ain't Bad follows Jacob and...

In this third book in the Kebec series, fur trader and horse breeder Zoel Smith relies on his God-given skills and strengths to forge his own path-instead of staying with his adoptive parents, Henry and Anna, and assisting with their mission caring for sick and abandoned Indians. But the path he has chosen is not easy; the conflict between the French and the English is quickly escalating. As Zoel and his partner, Leon Durant, embark on another dangerous journey to Quebec City with a load of furs, they meet up with Indian friends who suggest they find new trading posts closer to home....

In this third book in the Kebec series, fur trader and horse breeder Zoel Smith relies on his God-given skills and strengths to forge his own path-instead of staying with his adoptive parents, Henry and Anna, and assisting with their mission caring for sick and abandoned Indians. But the path he has chosen is not easy; the conflict between the French and the English is quickly escalating. As Zoel and his partner, Leon Durant, embark on another dangerous journey to Quebec City with a load of furs, they meet up with Indian friends who suggest they find new trading posts closer to home....

Set in the lush wilderness of America in the 1600s, Smith & Priest continues the adventures of professional French educator Henry Priest and his adopted son, Zoel Smith. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean to join French settlers in Quebec City, Henry and Zoel hope to build their fur trade business and share the Gospel.

The duo-along with partners, Josh and Yancy-travels south to the Connecticut River Valley to expand their trapping and fur-trading business. Developing good relationships with the Abenaki villagers along the river leads to a business boom. Henry also teaches biblical...

Set in the lush wilderness of America in the 1600s, Smith & Priest continues the adventures of professional French educator Henry Priest and his adopted son, Zoel Smith. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean to join French settlers in Quebec City, Henry and Zoel hope to build their fur trade business and share the Gospel.

The duo-along with partners, Josh and Yancy-travels south to the Connecticut River Valley to expand their trapping and fur-trading business. Developing good relationships with the Abenaki villagers along the river leads to a business boom. Henry also teaches biblical...

One's teen years are often difficult. And when a teenager leaves home-no matter the reason-it can be more than difficult. It can be dangerous.

In Mentors' Glory, fifteen-year-old Jacob leaves his home in Rochester, New Hampshire, in 1957 to find summer employment. Authors David E. Plante and Lorraine M. Plante take readers on Jacob's journey as he hitchhikes down the Eastern Seaboard. Hitching rides make Jacob a conspicuous target for the perverted, and an incident in Georgia almost leads to more than he can handle. He survives the summer adventure only because his protector, Christ, is...

One's teen years are often difficult. And when a teenager leaves home-no matter the reason-it can be more than difficult. It can be dangerous.

In Mentors' Glory, fifteen-year-old Jacob leaves his home in Rochester, New Hampshire, in 1957 to find summer employment. Authors David E. Plante and Lorraine M. Plante take readers on Jacob's journey as he hitchhikes down the Eastern Seaboard. Hitching rides make Jacob a conspicuous target for the perverted, and an incident in Georgia almost leads to more than he can handle. He survives the summer adventure only because his protector, Christ, is...