Trailblazer Books

This is a study guide for the book titled Spy for the Night Riders, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, Dr. Martin Luther is declared a heretic. Dr. Luther must travel to Worms to defend his views, so Karl (a student of Dr. Luther's) accompanies him.There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information about

This is a study guide for the book titled The Hidden Jewel, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, 14-year-old John and his mother encounter Amy Carmichael; they help her at Dohnavur Fellowship.There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information about the hero/missionary is true -- and there is a biographical s

This is a study guide for the book titled The Mayflower Secret, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, teenage Elizabeth Tilley, one of the colonists who landed at New Plymouth on the Mayflower, is tormented by a terrible secret.There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information about the hero/missionary is tr

This is a study guide for the book titled The Fate of the Yellow Woodbee, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, Niwa, an 11-year-old Auca boy, experiences the arrival of five missionaries who are trying to bring God's Word and His message to his tribe. There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information abou

This is a study guide for the book titled The Bandit of Ashley Downs, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, Curly, a young boy convicted of armed robbery, reforms his ways after experiencing God's love at one of George Muller's orphan homes.There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information about the hero/

This is a study guide for the book titled Kidnapped by River Rats, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, orphans Jack and Amy find themselves the prey of the worst elements of society until they receive aid from William and Catherine Booth and their Salvation Army people. There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but t

This is a study guide for the book titled Traitor in the Tower, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, Richard is helped by John Bunyan (author of Pilgrim's Progress) during his stay with his jail-keeper uncle. There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information about the hero/missionary is true -- and there i

This is a study guide for the book titled The Queen's Smuggler, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, Sarah smuggles a New Testament into England to try to save the life of William Tyndale, a man imprisoned for translating the Bible into English.There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information about the he

This is a study guide for the book titled The Forty-Acre Swindle, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, George Washington Carver, a Christian agriculturist who helps fellow black people implement innovative farming techniques, inspire 14-year-old Jesse Turner's family to "hang on to land at all costs."There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional y

This is a study guide for the book titled The Runaway's Revenge, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, 13-year-old Hamilton seeks revenge against the former captain of a ship on which his mother had been taken from Africa to slavery in the Colonies.There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information about the

This is a study guide for the book titled Flight of the Fugitives, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, Gladys Aylward adopts orphans, including a girl named Ninepence, and tries to save nearly a hundred more children during the war between China and Japan. There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information

This is a study guide for the book titled Trial by Poison, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, Imatu, a Nigerian girl, and other people in her village change because of the influence of a courageous missionary.There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information about the hero/missionary is true -- and there

This is a study guide for the book titled Abandoned on the Wild Frontier, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, a friendship with Peter Cartwright (a Methodist circuit-riding evangelist) enables 13-year-old Gil to pursue his dream of locating his mother who was kidnaped by the Sauk Indians during the War of 1812.There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more

This is a study guide for the book titled Escape from the Slave Traders, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, two African boys are taken captive by slave traders and then freed by David Livingstone. The boys accompany Mr. Livingstone on his quest to find a way to stop the slave trade and to open the interior of Africa to missionaries. There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fict

This is a study guide for the book titled The Chimney Sweep's Ransom, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, 13-year-old Ned meets the itinerant preacher John Wesley; this preacher's message changes the lives of Ned's entire family. There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information about the hero/missiona

This is a study guide for the book titled Defeat of the Ghost Riders, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, 8-year-old Celeste and her family moves to Florida from Georgia after the Ku Klux Klan burns down her father's business. Celeste becomes one of the first students at Mary Bethune's new school for African-American girls. There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction bec

This is a study guide for the book titled Listen for the Whippoorwill, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, a young enslaved girl named Rosebud is led to freedom by Harriet Tubman. There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information about the hero/missionary is true -- and there is a biographical section at

This is a study guide for the book titled Shanghaied to China, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, when 12-year-old Neil is taken aboard a ship bound for China, he is befriended by Hudson Taylor and shares adventures with Taylor during the voyage and in China.There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the informati

This is a study guide for the book titled Imprisoned in the Golden City, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, Adoniram and Ann Judson, the first American foreign missionaries, become foster parents of two Burmese girls and are accused of espionage when the Burmese War begins.There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, bu

This is a study guide for the book titled Journey to the End of the Earth, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, Jerry Newman gets into trouble in Texas, so his mother sends him to live with his uncle in San Francisco. Jerry hears William Seymour preach and experiences the earthquake of 1906. There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young p

This is a study guide for the book titled The Gold Miner's Rescue, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, Adam an Indian boy, thinks he will find fame and success in the white man's world by traveling with the famous Dr. Sheldon Jackson, but he learns an important lesson from an unexpected source.There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young

This is a study guide for the book titled Exiled to the Red River, by Dave and Neta Jackson. In this book, teenage Garry is sent by his father to a mission in Canada to learn about God. Garry feels he's being exiled, but the experience changes his life.There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information about

This is a study guide for the book titled Caught in the Rebel Camp, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book, 14-year-old Danny struggles with a handicap while the first black regiment to fight in the Civil War battles for respect. There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information about the hero/missionary is t

This is a study guide for the book titled Drawn by a China Moon, by Dave & Neta Jackson. In this book,13-year-old Mollie must keep in touch with her best friend Ida through letters because Ida's family moves to China to help Lottie Moon, a missionary. There are 40 books in the TRAILBLAZER series. Each book focuses on the life of a Christian hero or a missionary. The books are classified as historical fiction because one or more fictional young people are included, but the information abo