Books that Promote Peace & Nonviolence

The Christmas Surprise

Ruth Nulton Moore

The Christmas Surprise
Ruth Nulton Moore Allan Eitzen (Illustrator)

When Indians burn her home, kill her parents, and taker her young brother captive, Kate has no one to turn to but Uncle Josh. Her uncle, a circuit-riding preacher in the back country of Pennsylvania, takes her to the Moravian settlement of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. From the Moravians, Kate learns that true strength lies in trust in God and peace with all people, including enemies.

The story continues in Distant Thunder.

Annotation
In 1755, during the French and Indian War, Kate Stewart, nursing a burning hatred for the Indians who killed her parents and kidnapped her young brother, goes to live with the Moravian community in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and is horrified by their calm disregard of a threatened Indian raid as they prepare for a special Christmas.

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