New Releases by Sigmund Brouwer

Jim, Mickey and Lisa belong to a secret club called the Sewer Rats. Every Saturday the Sewer Rats reign supreme in paintball wars held in the city''s storm drain system. The new kid, Carter, wants to join, but Lisa doesn''t want him in the club. When Carter is hurt in his first paintball war, Jim and Mickey suspect that Lisa planned the accident. They try to confront her, but she runs into the tunnels just as a rainstorm begins. Jim and Mickey have to get Lisa out before the tunnels fill with water.

Key Selling Points The author has written many hi-lo novels for striving readers and knows how to keep the audience riveted. Enhanced features (dyslexia-friendly font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.

While visiting a ranch in Montana, Ricky finds God''s presence comforting when his investigation of disappearing livestock puts his life in danger.

In 1351, Raphael, a jester at the papal court in Avignon, France, is falsely accused of trying to kill the reigning Pope Clement VI and, with the help of his guardian angel, must decide whether to trust a beautiful English girl who may or may not be partof the assassination plot.

The first book in this gripping new series offers an alternative interpretation to the end times. First Century Jerusalem begins to experience the turbulence Christ prophesied as the beginning of the last days. As the enemy seeks to find John''s letter, "Revelation," and destroy it, the early Christians must decipher the code in order to survive.

As the author of more than 40 adult and youth fiction books, Sigmund Brouwer is no stranger to young people. But he''s not just a writer-he''s a reader. As he has visited schools over the years, he''s collected copies of thousands of letters that teachers have received from students and parents. He presents some of the best notes and words of wisdom in the feel-good sampler Dear Teacher. Entries include "When you say put your hand up to go to the bathroom, how does that help?," "Never try to baptize a cat," and "Is it true my dad won''t go to heaven if he uses bowling words in the house?"

Searching for a fabled lake creature in Canada, Ricky and his friends come to realize that without God, faith in science is empty.

Eighteen-year-old Tyrone Larson ponders the events of his life that led to his part in the death of a high school friend from a drug overdose.

Joel wants to help his brother in his newspaper delivery job, but ends up learning a valuable lesson about honesty. A fun first-reader series.

Families will enjoy 15 weeks of devotions filled with fast-moving stories that keep tweens (especially boys!) engaged.

At summer camp, seven-year-old Joel and his older brother Ricky must decide how to deal with a bully.

Nick Barrett is lured back to Charleston by a mysterious note to search for answers about why his mother abandoned him. Past secrets slowly begin to emerge, threatening to destroy the present.

Postcard-perfect Hawaii proves to be anything but paradise when Ricky and the other Accidental Detectives stumble on an active volcano that threatens to destroy the hiding places of immigrants. What can the Accidental Detectives do to help--without being reduced to ash? (July)

"In life, as in sports, faith in God through Jesus, His Son, is the best edge you can have." Mike Gartner. Professional hockey players are people like the rest of us--seeking answers

If your impression of Jesus comes from Sunday school flannel graphs and sentimental religious pictures, you just might be surprised at what you''ll find..."

A Pony Express rider stops to help a family in need at Christmas despite his mission to deliver the mail without delay.

Concludes the virtual reality adventures of Mok who proves himself worthy to lead the underground movement to restore Christianity to Old Newyork in the twenty-first century.

Scuba diving--there''s a lot more to worry about than sharks! "I can''t breathe!!!" Ian Hill spends his Florida summers helping his uncle run a dive shop. But just when he thinks it''s going to be another boring summer hehind the counter, Ian hears that a recent storm has uncovered a pirate shipwreck hidden for years on the ocean floor. Soon Ian''s slow summer at the scuba shop turns into a diver''s nightmare.

As the test of his faith in virtual reality continues, Mok, a welfaro from the slums of twenty-first century Old Newyork, finds himself helping endangered Jews in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1943.

Tyler Watson and his teammate, the star center for the Portland Winter Hawks hockey team, discover that working with street kids has placed their own lives in danger.

Dakota Smith is in trouble.But Mike "Crazy" Keats, with a troubled background himself, doesn''t care. He''s new to the Seattle Thunderbirds, and Dakota seems like a good guy to have for a friend. Unfortunately, not everyone accepts Dakota''s Indian heritage so easily. Spin-off racial hatred takes Keats and Dakota into a web of violence and deceit that makes winning this year''s league title the least of their concerns.

Their goal is to beat the Russian All-Stars in a best-of-seven series to be shown as a television special. Hog Burnell, one of the biggest and toughest players in the league, is happy to be part of it. He could use the money that would come with a series win by the WHL All-Stars. At the very worst, it''s a free vacation to Russia. It doesn''t take Hog long to discover there''s plenty more money to be made along the way.if he''s willing to pay the price for it.

As Ricky and his friends search for a treasure buried long ago by a tightwad business tycoon, Ricky sees how ugly--and dangerous--the depths of greed can become.

When his younger brother, who, had come along on Ricky''s class trip to New York City, suddenly disappears, Ricky and his classmates set out to find him.

Sheriff Samuel Keaton faces the prospect of an explosive showdown in Laramie in the fall of 1874.

An invention of Dr. Drabble teaches PJ and Chelsea a lesson about prejudice.

In the early fourteenth century, the boy warrior Thomas and his allies continue their efforts to regain the earldom of Magnus from the false sorcerer Druids, who have taken control of it and now threaten to conquer all of England.

PJ and Chelsea are going around the world in Dr. Drabble''s Brilliant All-in-One Traveling Apparatus. When the doctor invents a duplicating machine, they decide it''s a great way to "make" new friends in the Philippines. In the end, however, they see that the trouble they cause is hardly worth the effort they save.

PJ and Chelsea are going around the world, and get the opportunity to explore Australia''s South Seas with Dr. Drabble''s latest invention--underwater breathing pills! Yet with fun comes responsibility, and PJ and Chelsea narrowly escape the perils of forgetting how important that lesson is.