Best Selling Books by Lee Roddy

As fifteen-year-old Gideon seeks work in the Confederate capital, tensions at home are inflamed by President Lincoln''s ultimatum to the rebelling states.

Thirteen-year-old D.J. gets a bad case of "gold fever" when he and Alfred accidentally discover an abandoned--and mysteriously dangerous--gold mine.

Two boys learn more about trusting God when they are captured by the inhabitants of a tropical island.

Spying for the famous Pinkerton Detectives suits Laurel Bartlett''s adventurous nature. During the Civil War Laurel used her charm and cleverness to penetrate Confederate lines and bring back military intelligence for the union army. Now the war has ended, but is cast a long shadow onto Laurel''s future happiness and that of Ridge Granger, the handsome former Confederate cavalryman she met on her last Pinkerton assignment. After a disastrous visit to Ridge Granger''s Virginia home, Laurel head west, convinced that a former Confederate soldier and a Yankee woman have no future together. Besides, he and his former fiancé seem to be rekindling their relationship. A new detective job involved with the building of the transcontinental railroad takes Laurel to California, far from Ridge. Yet she can''t put him out of her mind, even when her life''s in danger as she hunts for a murder witness. At the same time, Laurel''s double life haunts her. Should she tell Ridge the truth--that she''s not the newspaper reporter he thinks she is? More important, does her secretive work honor God? As her faith grows, so do her doubts. Yesterday''s Shadows is the second of the Pinkerton Lady Chronicles. Lee Roddy is a veteran author with many novels for children and adults to his credit. He combined his love of history and writing in the historically accurate Pinkerton Lady Chronicles. He and his wife make their home in California.

D.J. Dillon and his buddy Alfred don''t believe in ghosts. So they volunteer to help a local school teacher find out what''s going on in an old mansion she has inherited. Peculiar noises and sights shake their confidence. Soon they aren''t so sure about ghosts.

While searching for an elusive hound dog in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, D.J., a thirteen-year-old Christian, investigates the dumping of hazardous waste at Sudden Lake.

Twelve-year-old Josh and his friends face danger and gain a greater understanding of the importance of winning and losing when their challenger to an outrigger canoe race in the Hawaiian islands tries to win by any means.

A biography of the leader of the Confederate forces during the Civil War.

Hildy befriends a shy new girl in town who confides that she''s the daughter of a notorious bank robber and has been kidnapped away from her mother. She wants to return to her mother, but she is afraid of her father, whose gang plans to rob a train carrying millions in gold.

This fast-paced novel is set in mid-nineteenth San Francisco. Young, naive Shiloh arrives with hope and enthusiasm, but her dreams are threatened as she is caught up in the power struggles of men who plan to be giants in this harsh, new land.

Twelve-year-old Josh Ladd''s discovery in the Kauai jungle of a Japanese World War II airplane and its pilot who doesn''t realize the war is over leads him on a race against time with a conniving foe.

Roddy''s character-building, entertaining stories, set against the crushing problems of the Great Depression, inspire and challenge today''s young readers to "hang on" through present-day troubles. Here, Hildy learns that although change is an inevitable part of life for everyone, it is possible to have faith in God in the midst of anything life sends along.

These captivating stories are great for young boys (and girls) from ages 8 to 12. Twelve-year-old Josh Ladd longs to see his best friend who moved to Hawaii. On the way home from his California school Josh is approached by a stranger asking suspicious questions. This small incident turns into major danger when Josh and his family fly to Hawaii and the mysterious stranger follows them. The friends are thrust into all kinds of high adventure throughout the 15-book series. Each book is teeming with adventure and enforces Christian ethics and morals. These books are great for reluctant readers.

Ten-year-old Galen, an orphan boy who aspires to be a soldier in the Philistine army and carry Goliath''s shield into battle, becomes friends with a young Israelite and learns about his God.

The American Adventure series continues with four more books: Terror in the Sky, Mystery of the Phantom Gold, Gold Train Bandits, and High Country Ambush.

Adventure, mystery and excitement repeatedly thrust 13-year-old D. J. Dillon into the kind of trouble young readers love. A favorite of beginning readers, families, and teachers, this popular series follows D. J.''s adventures with bears and other wild animals in California''s Sierra Nevada Mountains. The chapter books are fun to read and reinforce traditional family values. Each story has a subtle evangelistic tone as well. A glossary is included in the back of each book that helps build vocabulary. This set is the last five books in the series.

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