Ages 13-15

Rev. Henry S. Spalding, S.J.

The Old Mill on the Withrose

      When the doctor declares that Florian Bell’s health is in serious danger, he is sent from his home in Milwaukee to stay with his cousins Hunter and Leo on the banks of Withrose Creek in Kentucky.  There he learns how to...

Rev. Henry S. Spalding, S.J.

The Race for Copper Island

      The year is 1669.  In French colonial Quebec, Paul Guibeau has won fame for his bravery in fighting the Iroquois, and now he hopes to turn this success into a military career.  When he overhears Count Frontenac...

Rev. Henry S. Spalding, S.J.

The Sheriff of the Beech Fork

      The Sheriff of the Beech Fork continues the adventures of 15-year-old Owen Howard and Martin Cooper in the early 19th century Kentucky wilderness, as begun in The Cave by the Beech Fork.  Having befriended the deputy sheriff,...

Rev. John Furniss

The Sight of Hell

      We discovered the work of Father Furniss in some contemporary reviews of Mother Mary Loyola's books, in which she was favorably compared to him.  We recommend reading more about him in the Catholic Encyclopedia, but he was a...

Mother Mary Loyola

The Soldier of Christ

      Any book on the sacrament of Confirmation can explain what Confirmation is, but this is the only book that explains, in the most original and engaging manner, what Confirmation does.  It is both a dialogue and a travelogue,...

William Canton

The Story of St. Elizabeth of Hungary

      Those who delight in Canton's other well-loved children's books, A Child's Book of Saints and A Child's Book of Warriors, will find much to satisfy in his Story of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.  Canton has consulted some of the...

Rev. Henry S. Spalding, S.J.

The Sugar Camp and After

      This story takes the reader back to the same setting as The Old Mill on the Withrose. Young Raymond Bolt accidentally ends up in Kentucky after hiding in a freight car, and finds himself among the Bell family near Withrose Creek...

Dom Bede Camm, O.S.B.

The Voyage of the PAX

      In writing this allegory to help explain the religious life to the boy oblates in his charge, Dom Bede drew upon the struggles he experienced during his conversion, as well as an experience from his Oxford years, when shipwrecked off...

Lisa Bergman

Treasure and Tradition: The Ultimate Guide to the Latin Mass

  "A book that conquers, with its calm exposition of the Beauty that saves..." (Libertà e Persona)   Over 50,000 copies sold in six languages!  More people are discovering the beautiful traditions of our Church and sharing them with...