Christian Fiction for
10-14 year olds
These novels combine technology, travel and adventure into compelling stories of a father and his children. They travel around the world with planes, boats, rafts, trains, and ATVs as they use science and technology to solve mysteries.
Passage Finder is a story about the oldest son (Aaron) and his father exploring a mystery that starts on a sinking island near Antarctica. The father and son travel around the world until they solve the geological mystery.
Mountain Finder is a story about a father and his only daughter (Abby) who are sailing from Africa to Asia when they hear a mysterious radio signal. They travel through Asia and South America to find its mysterious source.
River Finder is a language mystery involving the whole family—all three children and both their parents. They travel deep into the remote jungles of Southeast Asia where they make an amazing discovery.
Code Finder is the last book in the series, and it revolves around the youngest son (Dan) and his father. Dan is with his siblings when they find a tunnel under a pyramid in Guatemala. Dan and his dad chase the scientific mystery all the way to Africa.
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A CBM Christian Book Review
Title: Passage Finder by Thomas Ask
Get ready to fly, sail, camp and discover! This is a fast-paced Christian-themed scientific journey of exploration filled with technical discovery and building, as a beloved father and son grow in their Christian faith and make a surprising discovery underneath the Earth. ~ CBM Christian Book Reviews
David and son, Aaron, work together in this exciting exploration of earth and sea as a father and son duo filled with comradery, showcasing faith and trust in Jesus. Their adventures take them across the globe, and both admit that they love exploration, especially David. Exciting, the two find different landscapes traversing across sea and land in their exploits. Questions have arisen from a mysterious island sinking near Heard Island. Lessons range from oceanography, Earth Science to sailing emerge, as they discover circular chasms on the sea floor under the deep waters surrounding the island. Aaron’s search has begun. Why did that island just disappear and sink, and why so violently? Aaron had barely escaped.
Yet, despite their commonalities as father and son, their Christian faith keeps them going. Witty and filled with vivid writing and an understanding of how the world works, the author slides in tidbits of life lessons from the Bible. The freedom between these two is refreshing and will leave one yearning for travel and adventure. Building and designing ideas seem to flow between them, passed down from the previous generation. With a taste for adventure, readers will enjoy scenery changes from sea planes to a luxurious jet. Their journeys take them farther than they could have imagined.
From the southern ocean, over the Atlantic to Africa, notably Zanzibar, with a pitstop in Madagascar before an Antarctic expedition. Then both are off again – this time to the jungles of South America. The two travelers begin to answer questions as to the reason why that island sank; this leads them to Canada. The untouched Artic tundra to be exact.
The Gospel message and salvation is intertwined within the book. Meanwhile their Christian faith brings hope. David teaches his son lessons, deep lessons about love, God’s creation and why God had to allow evil. These are much appreciated answers without complicated theology. The way David answers just makes sense.
This is a wholesome adventure recommended for young boys and girls above the age of twelve and comes highly recommended as a scientific, Earth-Science and Christian-based novel that gives the desire to explore different places throughout the world. One might even have a map handy, as these two travel quite extensively.
A wonderfully written novel that never left me with a dull moment. I felt as if I had travelled right there with father and son. A well-done book fit for family entertainment!
Mountain Finder: Join a father and daughter team as they explore the world using science to find the source of mysterious radio signals. This fast-paced technical adventure story takes you from oceans to mountains as Abby and her dad travel the world looking for scientific clues. This is a story of a father and daughters love for exploration and their Christian faith. Join the fun!
River Finder: This is a story of a father and his teenage son and daughter solving a mystery deep in Burma. The mystery involves an unknown language and Christian faith. Join the adventure as they travel in Asia and discover amazing things deep in the jungle. The mother and another son join the adventure and share a wonderful experience, a solved mystery, and a joyful homecoming.
Join this scientific and linguistic mystery hunt!
Excerpt from River Finder
Their peaceful river had rushed into battle. The river rose upward—tearing itself free of gravity’s downward grip. It was being pushed up by an opposing river that battled to win a war that never would end. A tall standing wave was formed by the two giants of the jungle. Woken like sleeping lions, the rivers raged at each other, soberly provoked. The clashing waters pushed up a giant upside-down waterfall hundreds of feet into the air.
As the river rose, it stripped itself of brown jungle mud and replaced it with white roaring armor of frothing sheets of water. Veins of serpentine water drove down and into the uprising flow. It only fell back to Earth when its energy completely withered. But even then, the river’s brown water kept its white plume as it plummeted down and disappeared.
Overwhelmed, they beached the raft. They grabbed machetes and quickly climbed up the hill alongside the upside-down waterfall. They climbed up and up, but the upswelling water continued above them. When they got to the top of the hill, the upside-down waterfall still towered above them. They were now at the edge of a giant ring of cliffs that joined in with a steep mountain valley opposite them. The wind blew fiercely and they could feel the water mist from the twisting, raging waterfall penetrate their clothes.
Now free of the jungle canopy, their eyes adjusted to the unrestrained and distant views. They looked down into the deep valley below them. Its dense vegetation was dominated by a huge river rushing through the valley and in the opposite direction of their river. The two rivers smashed together with full force. The collision of rivers was producing this rising standing wave of water that towered above them. They stood with heads arched back and watched the upside-down waterfall flying high in the air as the twisting strands of separate streams snaked downward around the mass of rising water.
“Amazing!” David yelled over the noise.
Code Finder: Hidden pyramids, ancient tunnels, and unknown codes! Join a father and son as they explore mysteries using family-made advanced technologies. They use drones, robotic vehicles, scuba diving, desert treks, and much more to explore the globe and find connections between the ancient people of Latin America and Africa.
Join this epic journey as a father and son huddle around their love for Christ, each other, and awaiting adventures.
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