YA / Middle Grade

New Release! 

Revathi Selwyn's Biblical novel, Ruth: A Journey to Faith. A story for all ages, but especially the young and young at heart.

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From the Back Cover...

Ruth is a Princess of Moab. Naomi, her mother-in-law from Israel, shares with her the love of Yahweh. Naomi’s God and people become Ruth’s God and people. As Ruth learns to trust in the God of Creation, the Lord honors her faithfulness. Her journey to faith in Yahweh is rewarded, and she becomes an ancestor to kings!

About the Book

This creative imagining of Ruth’s story is based on Biblical history and the truth of Scripture (especially as found in the Book of Ruth). Elimelech, his wife Naomi, and their two sons move to Moab due to severe famine in Israel. Ruth meets Mahlon and marries into the Israelite family. Naomi loses her sons and, in bitterness, decides to return to Israel. Ruth is determined to cross the Jordan and follow her mother-in-law to a new life.

In the city of Bethlehem, Ruth meets Boaz in the barley fields. He becomes her kinsman redeemer. She marries him and becomes the ancestor to the kings of Israel. Ruth has come a long way from being a little princess of Moab. She enjoys her final days spending time with her great-grandson, David, teaching him to play the tambourine and to worship the God of Israel.

About the Author

Revathi Selwyn is a family practitioner, poet, and author. She loves writing and her books are fun to read. She’s written a series of short stories that encourage children to be kind to one another, to animals, and to nature. In Created for a Purpose, her stories emphasize that God has a purpose for everything He has created.

Titles within this children’s series include Josh-Posh, Little Hug-Me and the Avocado; Josh-Posh, Little Hug-Me and Izzy Busy; and Josh-Posh, Little Hug-Me and the Spotted Dove. Her first children’s book was published in 2014, Tsip the Little Sparrow.

Revathi lives in Hyderabad, India, with her husband; they have two grown children. She loves nature, birds, and animals. Her favorite pets are her two labs, Amy and Teddy. She also enjoys writing poetry and has posted several of her poems online. You can find all her books here on Amazon.

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The Adventures of Max McCannor

by T. M. Hunter and Lyndon Perry

(A Three-Book Series)

Book 1 - Escape!

Max McCannor and his friends suffer under the cruelty of their orphanage headmasters, Mr. and Mrs. Tittlesworth. After reaching a breaking point, and spurred on by the hope of finding his long-lost father, Max convinces his best friend Sadie and the others to flee their captors and head west. 

But Tittlesworth has too many secrets to keep to risk losing Max and his pals. So the headmaster hires one of his former orphans to track the children down. He wants them returned to the orphanage...before they ESCAPE for good.

Join Max, Sadie, and the rest of the crew as they travel from New York to Chicago and then onward to California in search of his dad, an inventor who has fallen into the hands of a dangerous gang bent on exploiting his mechanical genius.

Escape! is a middle grade/young adult alternative history adventure story set in the 1890s. It has a light steampunk flavor since the era is so ripe with inventions and exciting technological changes.

This is the first of three episodes but can be read as a stand-alone. It's about 80 pages and is available in paperback and e-book from Amazon. (affiliate link)

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Book 2 - Runaway!

When Running is the Only Option...

Max McCannor and his friends escaped the cruelties of their New York City orphanage and now continue their search for Max's long-lost father. After a few weeks with his wealthy aunt, Max discovers clues to his father's whereabouts in a dusty old journal, and the resourceful band of orphans continue their journey west.

Two scoundrels overhear their plans and seek to kidnap them, banking on a huge ransom. As the children board a train bound for California, the would-be kidnappers close in. The former orphans find themselves in a RUNAWAY race for their lives - and only each other to rely on!

This is Book 2 in the exciting Adventures of Max McCannor by T. M. Hunter and Lyndon Perry, a middle-grade steampunk novel in three episodes, but can be read as a stand-alone. It's available in e-book and paperback from Amazon. (affiliate link)

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Book 3 - Eureka!

Max McCannor and his friends were able to escape their cruel orphanage headmaster, and then their would-be kidnappers, as they trekked west toward California in search of Max’s long-lost father. Through a cruel twist of fate, the former orphans discover Max’s father has himself been kidnapped by hooligans bent on using his inventions for their diabolical plans.

The gang now heads north to the Alaskan Territory, where they not only face harsh conditions, but also a new villain with no moral boundaries that would prevent the children from meeting an untimely end. Only with a true EUREKA moment will Max and his friends rescue his father and escape the clutches of those who seek their harm.

This is the dramatic conclusion of the exciting Adventures of Max McCannor by T. M. Hunter and Lyndon Perry, a middle-grade steampunk novel in three episodes: Escape, Runaway, and Eureka.

Available in paperback and e-book from Amazon (affiliate link).