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NEW BETHLEHEM SPRING BOOKS
HISTORICAL FICTION
Bethlehem Books offers many children’s historical fiction
novels. These are arranged by historical setting,
from oldest to novels set during WWII.
God King — Joanne Williamson
Carries the reader back to Ancient Egypt. Young Prince
Taharka is content to have no principal part to play in
that rule. However, it is he and not the expected Prince
Shabataka who succeeds to the throne of Kush.
GK-P . . . 220 pages, Softcover, $14.95
Shadow Hawk — Andre Norton
1590 B.C: Rahotep, captain of the Nubian Desert
Scouts, is heir to the Nome of the Striking Hawk,
which has been under the harsh rule of the Hyksos.
He must join in a battle for the freedom of Egypt.
SHAH-P . . . 256 pp, Softcover, $12.95
Hittite Warrior — Joanne Williamson
Uriah’s Hititte home is destroyed by invading
Greeks, his dying father tells him find a man named
Sisera. Thus begins Uriah’s adventure to find Sisera,
and join him in battle against the Hebrews.
HITW-P . . . Sewn Softcover, 282 pp, $14.95
Victory on the Walls — Frieda Clark Hyman
Dramatizes a turning-point of history, in 445 BC,
when Judaism was re-established in the Promised
Land, and purified for her unfolding mission.
VOW-P . . . Quality Softcover, ages 10-up, $13.95
The Ides of April — Mary Ray
The attempt to unravel the mystery of the murder of
a Roman Senator bring a young Greek slave and his
family into contact with the secret sect of Christians.
IA-P . . . Sewn Softcover, 165 pp, $13.95
Beyond the Desert Gate — Mary Ray
In Palestine a Jewish merchant rescues a man left to
die in the desert by the Romans. When the merchant
is killed, his son is taught the art of a scribe by the
man who was saved.
BDG-P . . . 190 pp, Softcover, Young Adult, $13.95
Spring Tide — Mary Ray
In the year 311 in Britain, Christians are caught
between Roman persecution and local marauding
tribes. Two friends, Julius and Con, meet and
befriend Brychan, a young Christian priest.
STI-P . . . 150 pp, Softcover, Young Adult, $12.95
Beorn the Proud — Madeleine Polland
This exciting story is set in 9th century Europe, when
Viking raiders ravaged the coasts of Ireland.
BP-P . . . 205 pp, Ages 10 & up, Softcover, $14.95
Son of Charlemagne — Barbara Willard
Story of the great Emperor Charlemagne and his son
as his father is determined to do what he feels is best
to serve God and Europe.
SOC-P . . . Sewn Softcover, 208 pp, $14.95
The Red Keep — Allen French
The Sauval brothers raid the Red Keep in hope of
gaining it for themselves, only to be thwarted by
Sir Roger and young Conan. Now they plot anew.
Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth.
REDK-P . . . 384 pp, Sewn Softcover, $16.95
Also by Allen French:
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow
SRVB-P . . . 256 pp, Sewn Softcover, $15.95
The Lost Baron
LB-P . . . 320 pp, Sewn Softcover, $15.95
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston — Eleanore Jewett
Hugh is left in the care of Glaston bury Abbey by
his father who must flee England. Hugh finds life
at the abbey is surprisingly full in the days of King
Henry II. HTOG-P . . . 320 pp, Softcover, $15.95
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Big John’s Secret — Eleanore M. Jewett
Raised an orphan in a peasant village during the
reign of King John of England, John understands that
injustice has been done his family. Amidst battle, capture,
and setbacks, John encounters Francis of Assisi.
BJS-P . . . Softcover, Ages 10 & up, 225 pages, $12.95
If All the Swords in England — Barbara Willard
Young Simon becomes a scribe for the exiled
Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket.
IASE-P . . . 200 pp, Sewn Softcover, $14.95
Nacar, the White Deer — Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
Friendship springs up between a boy who has lost
his voice and his mother at the same tragic moment,
and an ailing albino deer sent as a gift to the King
of Spain. NWD-P . . . 130 pages, Softcover, $10.95
The Reb and the Redcoats — Constance Savery
The Revolutionary War is seen through the eyes of
a British family to whom an American prisioner of
war has been entrusted.
REBR-P . . . Sewn Softcover, 225 pp, $14.95
Becky Landers Frontier Warrior
Constance Lindsay Skinner
It’s 1778 and the Revolution rages. Becky Landers
forms a plan to join a dangerous mission and track
down her brother, taken the year before by Indians.
BL-P . . . 208 pages, Quality Softcover, $12.95
With Pipe, Paddle & Song — Elizabeth Yates
Son of a Frenchman and an Indian woman, Guillaume
is now becoming a man. When his father
returns to France, he must make his way in the
world. WPPS-P . . . Sewn Softcover, 272 pp, $12.95
Presenting Miss Jane Austen
May Lamberton Becker
This outstanding biography of a well-beloved novelist
catches the spirit of Jane Austen herself.
PMJA-P . . . 275 pages, Quality Softcover, $13.95
The Switherby Pilgrims — Eleanor Spence
Miss Braithewaite knows there is no future for
the orphans she has gathered together in the early
1820s. In Australia, the challenges begin.
SPI-P . . . 250 pages, Softcover, Ages 10-up, $12.95
Jamberoo Road — Eleanor Spence
Sequel to The Switherby Pilgrims.
JR-P . . . 186 pages, Softcover, Ages 10-up, $12.95
Downright Dencey — Caroline Dale Snedeker
More than a tale of whaling ships and gentle Quaker
eccentricities, it is a tale of friendship.Dencey matures
from the little girl prone to unquakerly anger.
DD-P . . . 250 pages, 12-up, Softcover, $12.95
Brave Buffalo Fighter — John D. Fitzgerald
The Parker family leaves Missouri in 1860, part of a
westward-bound wagon train. Each family member
is challenged by the hardships of a difficult journey
where everyone must learn to pull together.
BBF-P . . . 144 pages, 12-up, Softcover, $11.95
Year of the Black Pony — Walt Morey
It’s the early 1900’s, and the Fellows family is
homesteading in Oregon—but the venture has been
disastrous. 12-year-old Chris seeks refuge with a
black pony. YBP-P . . . 176 pages, Softcover, $11.95
Old Sam, Dakota Trotter — Don Alanzo Taylor
Once a thoroughbred trotter on his way to championship,
a crippling accident allows the Scott family to
inherit Old Sam, a horse no one else wants.
OSDT-P . . . 200 pp, Softcover, $11.95
Philomena — Kate Seredy
The wonderfully illustrated tale, pre-World War I
Czechoslovakia, of an orphaned girl whose lively
adventure to find her lost aunt has the heavenly aid
of her grandmother.
PHIL-P . . . 96 pp, Quality Softcover, $11.95
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