by Sarah Purdy | Feb 15, 2013 | Novels, Our Books
by Renae B. Vander Schaaf Exploring the unique history behind the founding of Orange City by settlers from Pella, this book aims to share the story with young people. It follows thirteen-year-old Elsje Van Der Zuiden as she faces the possibility of moving away from...
by Sarah Purdy | Oct 22, 2012 | Novels, Our Books
by Michael Van Natta The 2012 Write Place Book Contest winner is a thrilling novel about a doctor wrongly accused of murdering her patients and a disabled construction worker’s fight for justice. Fugitive Dr. Maria Sanchez-Kline, wrongly accused of murder, flees...
by Sarah Purdy | Sep 17, 2012 | Creative Nonfiction, Our Books
by Jaren Hailey Peace and laughter—two of the most beneficial forces on this earth! Jaren has carefully selected each and every poem she feels will bring positive contributions to our too many moments of sorrow and stress. The shocking merits of an electric brother, a...
by Sarah Purdy | Aug 31, 2012 | Nonfiction, Our Books
by Helen Boertje From township to township, When One Room Fit All is a complete overview of the country schools of Marion County, Iowa. The book pinpoints the location of each school and lists the teachers who taught there. Through excerpts from old newspapers and...
by Sarah Purdy | Jul 20, 2012 | Novels, Our Books
by Sheryl L. Carter Hannah Munroe stumbles through the snow towards a cabin, nearing exhaustion, with no memory of her past—not her name, not why she is wandering alone in the woods in the dead of winter with nothing but the clothes on her back. Within this sanctuary...
