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A Peacemaker for Warring Nations: The Founding of the Iroquois League AND Peacemaker

By Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden. Wisdom Tales, 2021. 56 pages. $18.95/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Friends Journal recommends for grades…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

A Call to Friends: Faithful Living in Desperate Times

By Marty Grundy. Inner Light Books, 2020. 57 pages. $25/hardcover; $15/paperback; $10/eBook. A Call to Friends begins with a look…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

The Public Universal Friend: Jemima Wilkinson and Religious Enthusiasm in Revolutionary America

By Paul B. Moyer. Cornell University Press, 2015. 272 pages. $27.95/hardcover; $24.95/eBook. On November 29, 1752, a daughter was born…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

Quiet AND Shhh…God Is in the Silence

Quiet By Tomie dePaola. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

The Gospels: A New Translation

By Sarah Ruden. Modern Library, 2021. 416 pages. $28/hardcover; $12.99/eBook. Why would you want to read the Gospels? And if…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

Hear Ye the Word of the Lord: What We Miss If We Only Read the Bible

By D. Brent Sandy. IVP Academic, 2024. 216 pages. $25/paperback; $24.99/eBook. I really like this book, but I almost didn’t…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

Answering the Cry for Freedom

FJ Review: "It tells stories of flawed human beings, living in a different time and place, with both passion and compassion. The publisher identifies it as written for nine- to twelve-year-olds, but I loved it."

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker

By Robbie Robertson, illustrated by David Shannon. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015. 48 pages. $19.95/hardcover; $15.54/eBook. Recommended for ages…

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Teach Us to Pray

By Gordon T. Smith. IVP Books, 2018. 112 pages. $15/paperback; $14.99/eBook. The first question is “Why?” Why do we need…

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Unbelievable: Why Neither Ancient Creeds Nor the Reformation Can Produce a Living Faith Today

By John Shelby Spong. HarperOne, 2018. 336 pages. $27.99/hardcover; $18.99/paperback; $12.99/eBook. any Friends acknowledge the Christian roots of the Religious…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley