The Messenger and the Journey

The Messenger and the Journey
Author: Johnny Neil
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2013-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1622958276

The freezing winds off Lake Michigan swept across the snow laden grounds and through the cracks of a building that held southern prisoners in Camp Douglas, Illinois. Huddled with the other prisoners, John mulled over the reasons he had enlisted, even after his father had forbidden it. He knew the only real reason was to protect his best friend Frankie, who had enlisted first but never even bothered to show up at the station when the recruits left for war. Shivering, he wondered if he would ever see his family again and especially the girl he had loved since childhood. John realized that nothing but an act of God could deliver him from this hell on earth. The year was 1864. The Messenger combines the history of the Civil War, the love of family, and faith that holds on to miracles. Author Johnny Neil Smith paints a vivid picture of struggles, belief, fear, and hope wrapped into one fascinating story of how angels still minister and bring courage to those who trust in God. 'Smith's command of the era's politics and history and his feel for Southern family relationships make this tale an above-par work of period fiction.' -Publisher's Weekly

The Messenger

The Messenger
Author: Geoff Boltwood
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Healers
ISBN: 9780749914585

The Given Hand - a Messenger's Journey

The Given Hand - a Messenger's Journey
Author: Otto Throw
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2018-02-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781985574052

The Given Hand: A Messenger's Journey is the spellbinding story of Otto Throw and how his special, sometimes problematic Gift has shaped his life. It chronicles the challenges he faced as he learned how to live with, and finally harness his rare Gift, and what the knowledge he gained in the process can mean to us all.

The Messenger

The Messenger
Author: Mark Smeby
Publisher: Broadstreet Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-03
Genre: FICTION
ISBN: 9781424550388

Thomas, a blacksmith in the Norwegian mountain village of Bergland, has grown tired of simply going through the motions of day-to-day life. He can't shake the intrigue he feels about the picturesque mountain that stands at the edge of the village--normally considered a gigantic monument to the dangers and risks that lay outside what is known. Now Thomas is facing the biggest challenge of his life--confronted with the task of sacrificing everything he holds dear to try and save what he loves most. Courageously turning away from the fears that keep other villagers trapped in their routine, Thomas breaks tradition to discover what truths the mountain may hold for him. What he finds will cause him to question everything he has believed, and lead him to life-changing decisions that will affect every aspect of his life. The Messenger is an engaging allegory about awakening to hope and discovering a life full of glorious significance. Take the journey up the mountain and see what it holds for you.

I Am the Messenger

I Am the Messenger
Author: Markus Zusak
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 030743348X

DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF AND AN UNFORGETTABLE AND SWEEPING FAMILY SAGA. From the author of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller The Book Thief, I Am the Messenger is an acclaimed novel filled with laughter, fists, and love. A MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOK FIVE STARRED REVIEWS Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly devoted to his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first ace arrives in the mail. That's when Ed becomes the messenger. Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: Who's behind Ed's mission?

Messenger from the Summer of Love

Messenger from the Summer of Love
Author: David Rey Echt
Publisher: Robert Reed Publishers
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781885003751

Messenger from the Summer of Love is an original story that takes you on a mystical journey during that summer in 1967. Travel with an adventurous, twenty-year old man (Trevor) from the San Fernando Valley to the legendary Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, the birthplace of the Hippies. Along his magical journey Trevor stops at the Monterey Pop Festival and eventually lands in the heart of the 1960s movement in San Francisco. This is not so much a journey in miles as it is an exploration of the mind and spirit. In San Francisco, Trevor meets a young teacher with the power of miracles and an important message for the future. Trevor shares the legacy of the Summer of Love and its feeling of unity. He says, "Today many people are fearful and afraid to love, so we have lost something precious. What happed to that dream? This book is based on my journals, which I 'unearthed like a fascinating time capsule.'"

The Messenger

The Messenger
Author: Stephen E. Miller
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2012
Genre: Suspense fiction
ISBN: 0345528476

In a world of heightened threat levels, sleeper cells, and unseen enemies, one novel explores the war on terrorism with harrowing suspense . . . and deep humanity. Daria emerges from a refugee camp a believer. She has lost everything, witnessed the unthinkable, and committed herself to a mission with a deadly conclusion. Indoctrinated, trained, and given a ticket to New York, she blends in, posing as an ambitious journalist--an "arrow" hoping to hit too many targets to count. Dr. Sam Watterman is recruited too. Falsely accused and disgraced in the anthrax inquiries after 9/11, he is no longer a believer in causes. But the government that ruined his career now demands his expertise to locate a threat putting millions of Americans in peril. In a country that fights wars on foreign soil but remains terrified of the cataclysm at home, Sam strives toward redemption and Daria desperately seeks both rebellion and enlightenment. Their lives will intersect at a place that will test their faith and make them each question what it means to have something worth dying for. With a riveting plot that spans sixteen fraught, compelling days, Stephen Miller's dazzling novel of literary suspense brings the war to a landscape both familiar and vulnerable: the America we call home.

The Reluctant Messenger-Tales from Beyond Belief

The Reluctant Messenger-Tales from Beyond Belief
Author: Candice M. Sanderson
Publisher: Clark Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2018-06-23
Genre: Parapsychology
ISBN: 9780999642702

In August 2013, Candice M. Sanderson's life changed in a ten-minute period of time. When her training as a psychologist failed to explain these events, she reluctantly followed the breadcrumbs down a path which resulted in an extraordinary adventure into the unknown. The Reluctant Messenger chronicles her expedition across a vast expanse of universal consciousness that resulted in new truths about life that she thought she had known so well.

The Messenger Bird

The Messenger Bird
Author: Rosanne Hawke
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0702247901

When you first realize the unfairness and randomness of death it eats into your thoughts like acid. Never before has Tamar felt so alone. Her older brother is dead, her mom is away and her dad is so wrapped up in restoring their ancient farmhouse he avoids talking about the things that really matter. Even friendly new neighbor Gavin can't get through to her, despite his eager attempts. When Tamar discovers an old handwritten sheet of music and allows herself to play piano again, she meets gifted violinist Nathaniel who may just hold the key to her future. With no one else to turn to, Tamar is unwittingly drawn into a journey through time and music.

Messenger

Messenger
Author: Lois Lowry
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2004-04-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0547345895

The third book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning The Giver. Trouble is brewing in Village. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders. As one of the few able to traverse the forbidding Forest, Matty must deliver the message of Village’s closing and try to convince Seer’s daughter Kira to return with him before it’s too late. But Forest is now hostile to Matty as well. Now he must risk everything to fight his way through it, armed only with an emerging power he cannot yet explain or understand. "Told in simple, evocative prose, this companion to The Giver and Gathering Blue can stand on its own as a powerful tale of great beauty." —Kirkus (starred review) Messenger is the masterful third novel in Lois Lowry’s Giver Quartet, which includes The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Son.