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Recommended for 6-9 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | Geography | History | Nonfiction

Historical Time Period
Early Modern
Date
1800s
Topic
African | Christian | David Livingstone | Exploration
Geographic Region
Africa | South Africa
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book | Ebook

Missionary Travels And Researches In South Africa

Author: Livingstone, David

David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa. Missionary Travels in South Africa is his account of his second expedition, in 1853. His purpose was to abolish the slave trade by opening the continent to Christian commerce and missionaries. Livingstone walked over 4,000 miles, from Cape Town, South Africa through the Kalahari Desert and west to the coastal town of Loanda. He then turned east, followed the Zambesi River, and ended his travels in Mozambique. He reached the east coast at Quelimane, in Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique), in 1856. Livingstone was a keen observer with wide-ranging interests. He was fascinated, for instance, upon seeing his first ostrich: “When the ostrich is feeding his pace is from twenty to twenty-two inches; when walking, but not feeding, it is twenty-six inches; and when terrified . it is from eleven and a half to thirteen and even fourteen feet in length. Generally one’s eye can no more follow the legs than it can the spokes of a carriage-wheel in rapid motion.” Occasionally, his interaction with wildlife was not so benign, as when he was attacked by a lion. “Growling horribly close to my ear, he shook me as a terrier dog does a rat. The shock . caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though [I was] quite conscious of all that was happening. It was like what patients partially under the influence of chloroform describe, who see all the operation, but feel not the knife.” The slave trade was widespread among the Boers, the Portuguese, and even the natives themselves. In one village he was summoned at night by the head man. “When I came he presented me with a slave girl about ten years old; he said he had always been in the habit of presenting his visitors with a child. On my thanking him, and saying that I thought it wrong to take away children from their parents … he thought I was dissatisfied with her size, and sent for one a head taller.” Unlike most of the other Africa explorers of the time, Livingstone was motivated much less by ego or self-aggrandizement than by true altruism and an insatiable curiosity. In 1873 Livingstone died in the village of Chief Chitambo. His African followers carried his body to the coast, from where it was sent to England and buried in Westminster Abbey. This edition contains both volumes of the original.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 9-12 Grade & Adult

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
India's Uprising against Britian | Pre-Civil War
Date
1800s
Topic
Children | Missionary | Search | Widows
Geographic Region
Asia | India | New York | United States - America
Main Character
Woman/Women
Format
Book | Ebook

Kashmiri Shawl

Author: Dobson, Joanne

A nineteenth-century American missionary widow embarks on a daring quest to find her dark-skinned child. India, 1857: Anna Wheeler Roundtree, missionary wife, flees her husband’s pious tyranny, leaving the safety of the Protestant Mission in which she’s spent most of the past decade. Her timing is bad: the train carrying her to freedom steams into the midst of the brutal Indian Rebellion. She is, however, plucked from danger by Ashok Montgomery, a wealthy Anglo-Indian tea planter. Together they escape the angry mobs and find the shelter of an isolated mountain cave. There, for the first time, Anna learns the true nature of love.

New York City, 1860: Now a successful poet featured in national magazines, Anna Wheeler is astonished to learn that the daughter she bore upon her return was not stillborn, as she was told, but has been kidnapped. When Anna hears the baby described as “dark-skinned,” she realizes that Ashok, the man she’d left behind in the tumult of the rebellion, is the true father, not her blond, fair-skinned husband. In her own racially inflamed nation on the verge of its own war, Anna throws respectability to the wind, learns to take risks, break rules, and trust strangers in a determined search for the little girl. Then a deranged voice arises from her tormented past, making demands that compel her back to India. Anna must confront the evil that set her running in the first place. Will her daring quest for her child, and for the love of her life, end in triumph or in heartbreak?

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 4-8 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Religion

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1900s
Topic
Biography | Christian | Missionary | Muslims | Samuel Zwemer
Geographic Region
Arabian Peninsula | Middle East
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book | Ebook

Samuel Zwemer: The Burden of Arabia (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)

Author: Benge, JanetPart of a Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now

Sam felt his heart thumping as the two Bedouin men walked toward him. The men’s menacing spears were pulled back over their shoulders, ready to thrust at Sam at any moment. From the grim look on their faces, the men seemed intent on killing someone. The spiritual needs of the Muslim world, long neglected by Christian missionaries, came to the world’s attention again when Samuel Zwemer dedicated himself to the advancement of the gospel in Arabia. It was a tremendous task, but a pledge the young American kept despite opposition, difficulty, and death.

Zwemer founded the Arabian Mission in Bahrain to serve Muslims through medical care, Christian literature, and the preaching of the gospel. With a heart on fire for Muslim people, he was relentless in sharing a vision worldwide, calling many to action. Zwemer’s legacy of opening a long-closed door is a challenge for Christians today, inspiring us to love and respect Muslims and to proclaim Jesus’ name in the homeland of Islam.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 4-8 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | History | Nonfiction | Religion

Historical Time Period
Modern | World War II
Date
1900s
Topic
Biography | Christian | Jacob Deshazer | Military and Wars | Missionary | Prisoner of War
Geographic Region
Asia | Japan
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Audiobook | Book | Ebook

Jacob DeShazer: Forgive Your Enemies (Christian Heroes : Then & Now)

Author: Benge, JanetPart of a Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now

Three thousand feet above China, it was Jake’s turn to jump. He slid his pistol, knife, and ration packets into the pockets of his leather jacket and edged toward the open hatch of the B-52 bomber. He checked the tension on the harness of his parachute, made sure the handle of the ripcord was free, and then began lowering himself out of the hatch and into the darkness. One of the famous Doolittle Raiders who first attacked Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Jacob DeShazer knew this one-way mission was dangerous. Indeed, it led to his capture as a prisoner of war. Beaten, malnourished, and alone in his cell, Jacob was given a Bible – and far away from home, this American soldier became a Christian. After the war, Jacob returned to japan and served his former enemy for thirty years as a missionary. His testimony of forgiveness and reconciliation – of love over hate – inspires a powerful gospel message for our lives today.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 4-8 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Religion

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1900s
Topic
Biography | Christian | Isobel Kuhn | Missionary
Geographic Region
Asia | China | Thailand - Siam
Main Character
Woman/Women
Format
Book

Isobel Kuhn: Lights in Lisuland (Trailblazers)

Author: Howat, IrenePart of a Series: Trailblazers

Isobel Kuhn wasn’t always a missionary – she wasn’t always a Christian.Her teachers discouraged a belief in God and promoted evolution. Isobel sometimes doubted whether there was anybody there at all to hear her prayers. “They don’t go beyond the ceiling you know,” she once said to her father who was desperately praying for his young daughter. Isobel even considered suicide once but the thought of her parents’ heartache stopped her. Discover what brought this questioning, antagonistic teenager from doubts to faith in Christ. Find out how she affected the lives of countless people on the mission field of China and Thailand. This stirring and challenging story of faith is a role model to young people everywhere.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 4-8 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Religion | Science

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1900s
Topic
Biography | Christian | Doctor | Helen Roseveare | Missionary
Geographic Region
Africa
Main Character
Woman/Women
Format
Book | Ebook

Helen Roseveare: On His Majesty’s Service (Trailblazers)

Author: Howat, IrenePart of a Series: Trailblazers

Helen Roseveare qualified as a doctor, packed up her life in England and set off to be a missionary in the belgian congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). She went there to set up hospitals and rural clinics and train national nurses to work in them. Her work often took Helen on long journeys through dense forests on roads that would make a fairground ride seem tame!
After Congo became an independent country Helen’s service was interrupted by the Simba Rebellion, during which she was assaulted and held captive for several months.
After some time of recovery Helen went back to the renamed ‘Zaire’ to serve the Lord by working with people there. In the years that followed she established a nurses’ training college in the hope that the nurses’, midwives and health workers who trained there would spread out through the vast northeast region of the country, taking the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ with them.
Since returning to the UK, Helen has become well known as a conference speaker. Her experiences in Africa have been an encouragement to many and made her well known and loved throughout the world.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 4-8 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Religion

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1900s
Topic
Biography | China | Christian | Gladys Aylward | Missionary
Geographic Region
Asia | China
Main Character
Woman/Women
Format
Book | Ebook

Gladys Aylward: No Mountain Too High (Trailblazers)

Author: Grant, MyrnaPart of a Series: Trailblazers

Many looked on Gladys Aylward’s expedition to mainland China as foolhardy and dangerous. It was.
On her own, as a single female she carried her passport and other documents along with the only money and belongings that she in a small briefcase with a teapot and a saucepan tied to the handle.
After having purchased her one-way ticket to China she left the United Kingdom with a single-minded determination to do what God had commanded her to. She knew she was meant to go to China – even if no mission was prepared to support her.
Unconventional is the only way to describe this journey to the country that would eventually become her home. A theme that would continue throughout her mission work in China where she thwarted authorities became involved in the Chinese resistance and rescued over 100 children from the invading Japanese army.
Written for 9-14 year olds.

‘It has all the cannot-put down quality one could wish for in such a story. Absolutely ideal for the age group but those older would also enjoy reading it. The 21 chapters are short and would be excellent to read to younger children who still enjoy a bedtime story. The Gospel is interwoven throughout as the life and ministry of Gladys unfolds.’
The Gospel Magazine (Nov/Dec 2003)

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Recommended for 4-8 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Religion

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1900s
Topic
Biography | Christian | Eric Liddell | Missionary | Olympics
Geographic Region
Asia | China | England | Europe
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book | Ebook

Eric Liddell: Finish the Race (Trailblazers)

Author: Keddie, John W.Part of a Series: Trailblazers

As a young child Eric Liddell lived in the exotic climate of China. His parents worked there as missionaries, teaching the good news of Jesus. Eric?’s life from then on brought him to boarding school in England, university in Edinburgh and the fame of Olympic Stardom in Paris. But with that fame came trouble as he struggled to stand up for his Christian faith. Eric?’s strong belief in keeping the Lord?’s Day as a day of worship was challenged when his 100 metres race was scheduled for the Sunday. Eric?’s strength of conviction and his subsequent win in the 400 metres have made him a hero and a role model for many young men and women. But his life was so much more than winning tapes and starters orders his whole life was a race for God. This race took him back to the country of his birth China. This country became the country of his death in a Prisoner of War camp. The man who became known affectionately as the Flying Scotsman in the end lived and died in China thousands of miles from his native land and his athletic conquests.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 4-6 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Religion

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1800s
Topic
Biography | Christian | James Chalmers
Geographic Region
New Guinea | Oceania
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book | Ebook

James Chalmers: The Rainmaker’s Friend (Torchbearers)

Author: Howat, IrenePart of a Series: Torchbearers

Biography of Missionary James Chalmers.

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Recommended for 4-8 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Religion

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1800s
Topic
Biography | John G Paton | Mission Trips | Missionary
Geographic Region
Islands | South Pacific
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book | Ebook

John G. Paton: South Sea Island Rescue (Trailblazers)

Author: Walsh, KayPart of a Series: Trailblazers

‘They plan to kill you all! You must get out!’ With that warning John Paton and his friends grabbed what little possessions they had and fled into the jungle. The Warrior Chief of Tanna was taking revenge on the mission man who threatened his power and the hold he had over the ordinary men and women of the island. John has to run for his life!
In the heat and humidity of the South Sea Island, John G Paton is far away from his Scottish home. And as he runs for his life he is thinking of rescue… a rescue for himself from the dangers all around and a rescue for the thousands of South Sea Islanders who still don’t know about Jesus Christ and the love of God.
The reader’s interest in this exciting account of the life of a South Sea Island missionary is captured from the very first chapter …… readers are encouraged to apply the lessons of his life to their own through the Thinking Further Topics.
Kay Walsh

The Christian legacy of this amazing missionary is still felt today in the South Sea Islands. Reading true life stories like this help us realise what difficulties really are. John G Paton was no stranger to struggle. This is not the story of a gentleman missionary who wilts at the first hardship. This man went through the school of hard knocks to become a missionary in one of the toughest areas of Glasgow – and then on to the savage tribes of the South Sea Islands. Being a missionary is hard – it certainly was back then. For many their very life was in the balance and John G Paton was no exception. Cannibals and warring tribes were daily dangers.

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GRADELEXILE
1st0-300L
2nd140-500L
3rd330-700L
4th445-810L
5th565-910L
6th665-1000L
7th735-1065L
8th805-1100L
9th855-1165L
10th905-1195L
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