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Trailblazer Books Series

40 primary works • 47 total works
Thrilling adventure stories introducing young readers (ages 8-12) to Christian heroes of the past.

These are listed in the order that they were written. However, there is no need to read them in that order. Each book stands alone.

Kidnapped by River Rats: William and Catherine Booth
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3.81 · 571 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 1991 · 7 editions
It is sometime during the 1880s, and Jack and Amy …

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    The Queen's Smuggler
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    3.77     · 418 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1991 · 5 editions
    Sarah Poyntz is the daughter of an English merchan…

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    Spy for the Night Riders
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    3.81     · 482 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 1992 · 7 editions
    Karl Schumacher was fifteen when he came to the Ge…

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    The Hidden Jewel
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    3.89     · 448 Ratings · 28 Reviews · 7 editions
    From the moment he and his mother arrived from Eng…

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    Escape from the Slave Traders: David Livingstone
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    3.83     · 343 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 1992 · 6 editions
    Two young African boys are captured by slave trade…

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    The Chimney Sweep's Ransom
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    3.71     · 250 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1992 · 6 editions
    A young English boy is sold to be trained as a chi…

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    The Bandit of Ashley Downs: George Muller
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    3.90     · 270 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1993 · 5 editions
    A homeless boy in London is caught in an armed rob…

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    Imprisoned in the Golden City
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    3.80     · 728 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 1993 · 10 editions
    The two young Burmese girls had dreaded leaving th…

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    Shanghaied to China: Hudson Taylor
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    3.63     · 265 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1993 · 8 editions
    Thrilling adventure stories introducing young read…

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    Listen for the Whippoorwill
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    3.91     · 266 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1993 · 5 editions
    Living as a slave with her family on an old Maryla…

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    Attack in the Rye Grass: Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
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    3.37     · 124 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1994 · 3 editions
    The adventures of a young American boy who travels…

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    Trial by Poison: Mary Slessor
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    3.85     · 271 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1994 · 4 editions
    In 1888, change arrives in a small village in Cala…

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    Flight of the Fugitives: Gladys Aylward
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    3.99     · 288 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 1994 · 5 editions
    After coming to China as a missionary, Gladys Aylw…

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    The Betrayer's Fortune
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    3.59     · 138 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1994 · 4 editions
    Young Adriaen Wens must decide whether to cooperat…

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    Abandoned on the Wild Frontier: Peter Cartwright
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    3.66     · 187 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1995 · 4 editions
    His father killed and his mother kidnapped by Sauk…

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    Danger on the Flying Trapeze: D. L. Moody
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    3.63     · 126 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1995 · 5 editions
    Casey convinces his family to join the circus but …

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    The Runaways Revenge: John Newton
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    3.61     · 181 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1995 · 4 editions
    Thirteen-year-old Hamilton Jones seeks revenge aga…

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    The Thieves of Tyburn Square: Elizabeth Fry
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    3.85     · 220 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 1995 · 4 editions
    Elizabeth Fry is Betsey and Loren's only hope for …

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    Quest for the Lost Prince: Samuel Morris
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    3.82     · 150 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1996 · 5 editions
    Jova, a seven-year-old Kru boy in Liberia and a ca…

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    The Warrior's Challenge: David Zeisberger
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    3.52     · 118 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1996 · 3 editions
    A Trailblazer Book for middle-grade readers. David…

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    The Drummer Boy's Battle: Florence Nightingale
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    3.94     · 202 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1997 · 4 editions
    Trying to provide for his family after his father …

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    Traitor in the Tower
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    3.52     · 175 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1997 · 4 editions
    John Bunyan is locked away in the Tower for preach…

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    Defeat of the Ghost Riders: Mary McCloud Bethune
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    3.73     · 112 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1997 · 6 editions
    After the Ku Klux Klan burns down her father's bus…

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    The Fate of the Yellow Woodbee: Nate Saint
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    3.88     · 173 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1997 · 5 editions
    A fictionalized account of the five missionaries w…

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    The Gold Miners' Rescue
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    3.35     · 63 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1998 · 4 editions
    A young Alaskan Indian boy gets the chance of a li…

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    The Mayflower Secret
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    3.71     · 196 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 1998 · 5 editions
    Elizabeth Tilley's parents did not survive the May…

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    Assassins in the Cathedral: Festo Kivengere
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    3.75     · 76 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2012 · 3 editions
    Asked to help with some university research by Bis…

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    Mask of the Wolf Boy: Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth
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    3.74     · 78 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2012 · 4 editions
    In China in 1900, Chou Fu-lin, known as the Wolf B…

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    Race for the Record: Joy Ridderhof
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    3.76     · 86 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1999 · 4 editions
    No written language. That’s the problem facing ele…

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    Ambushed in Jaguar Swamp: Barbrooke Grubb
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    3.66     · 95 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1999 · 5 editions
    Although Kyemap wants to accept a missionary’s tea…

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    The Forty-Acre Swindle: George Washington Carver
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    3.85     · 116 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2000 · 4 editions
    When his father tries to save the family farm in A…

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    Hostage on the Nighthawk
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    3.60     · 102 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2000 · 3 editions
    While held hostage on a pirate ship in 1700, thirt…

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    Journey to the End of the Earth: William Seymour
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    3.48     · 54 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2000 · 4 editions
    In 1906, while visiting his journalist uncle in Ca…

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    Drawn by a China Moon
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    3.88     · 102 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2000 · 3 editions
    Mollie's friend sends the most interesting letters…

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    Sinking the Dayspring: John G. Paton
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    3.61     · 72 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2001 · 4 editions
    Working at the docks is a dangerous occupation—esp…

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    Roundup of the Street Rovers: Charles Loring Brace
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    3.94     · 100 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2001 · 5 editions
    For Kip O'Reilly, life on the streets doesn't seem…

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    Risking the Forbidden Game: Maude Cary
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    3.88     · 85 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2002 · 5 editions
    A Muslim boy, in Morocco, risks his parent's wrath…

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    Blinded by the Shining Path: Romulo Saune
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    3.85     · 85 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2002 · 5 editions
    A young Quechua Indian learns firsthand the courag…

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    Exiled to the Red River: Chief Spokane Garry
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    3.65     · 68 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2003 · 5 editions
    A Trailblazer book. When his Indian tribe wants to…

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    Caught in the Rebel Camp: Frederick Douglass
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    3.62     · 65 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2003 · 4 editions
    The Civil War has just begun, and the controversy …

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    Trailblazer Books Pack, Volume 1-5
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    4.50     · 4 Ratings · published 1994 · 1 edition
    This set includes Kidnapped by River Rats, The Que…

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    Trailbalzers: Books 6-10
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    4.67     · 3 Ratings · published 1994 · 1 edition
    Contains The Chimney Sweep's Ransom, The Bandit of…

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    Attack in the Rye Grass/Trial by Poison/The Betrayer's Fortune/Flight of the Fugitives/ Abandoned on the Wild Frontier
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 1995 · 1 edition
    Includes Attack in the Rye Grass, Trial by Poison,…

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    Danger on the Flying Trapeze / The Runaway's Revenge / The Thieves of Tyburn Square, Quest for the Lost Price, the Warrior's Challenge
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    4.00     · 6 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1996 · 1 edition
    Includes Kidnapped by River Rats, The Queen's Smug…

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    The Drummer Boy's Battle/Traitor In The Tower/Defeat Of The Ghost Riders/The Fate Of The Yellow Woodbee/The Gold Miner's Rescue
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    4.25     · 4 Ratings · 1 edition

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    Trailblazers Books
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · published 1999 · 1 edition
    Book by Jackson, Dave, Jackson, Neta

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    Trailblazer Books Pack, Volumes 31-35
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 edition
    Book by Jackson, Dave And Neta

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