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- Herausgeber: anna ruggieri
- Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019
In this first volume of the Gospel Time Trekkers series, children ages 6–9 are taken on a journey that imaginatively retraces the birth of Jesus through the experiences of modern siblings Hannah, Caleb, and Noah.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dateno, Maria Grace.
Shepherds to the rescue / written by Maria Grace Dateno ; illustrated by Paul Cunningham.
p. cm. -- (Gospel time trekkers ; [#1])
Summary: Siblings Hannah, Caleb, and Noah, aged six through ten, travel through time and space to Bethlehem, where they meet a family of shepherds who visited the Nativity thirty years before.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8198-7251-7
ISBN-10: 0-8198-7251-2
[1. Space and time--Fiction. 2. Brothers and sisters--Fiction. 3. Shepherds--Fiction. 4. Jesus Christ--Nativity--Fiction. 5. Christian life--Fiction.] I. Cunningham, Paul, (Paul David), 1972- ill. II. Title.
PZ7.D2598She 2013
[Fic]--dc23
2012022676
The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Cover design by Mary Joseph Peterson, FSP
Cover and interior art by Paul Cunningham
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To Jennie,
my sister and writing buddy,
who helpfully pestered me
until I finished writing this series.
Contents
Chapter One: Out for a Ride
Chapter Two: Where in the World?
Chapter Three: Shepherd Boy
Chapter Four: Benjamin Shares
Chapter Five: A Place to Stay
Chapter Six: The Accident
Chapter Seven: Howls in the Night
Chapter Eight: A Story Retold
Chapter Nine: The End of the Story
Chapter Ten: The End of the Other Story
Chapter Eleven: What Just Happened?
Chapter Twelve: The Good Shepherd
Where Is It in the Bible?
Chapter One
Out for a Ride
Our adventure started on a regular Tuesday afternoon. My older sister, Hannah, my little brother, Noah, and I finished our schoolwork and decided to go biking.
Hannah grabbed her bike and was off before Noah had his sneakers on.
“Come on, Noah! Hurry up!” I yelled as I got my bike and put a leg over the seat.
“Wait, Caleb!” called Noah, still tying his laces. He’s only six, so he is always asking me to wait for him. I didn’t want to wait because Hannah had already reached the road. I didn’t want her to get too far ahead, but I slowed down a little bit for Noah.
I picked up speed once I hit the road. I pedaled standing up, trying to catch up to Hannah before she got to the top of the hill. That’s where we usually go whenever we go biking. We’re allowed to ride our bikes on the road because there’s never any traffic. It only goes to our house and the Brownings’ farm.
The trees in the woods on one side gave shade to most of the road, and I smelled the wonderful scent of honeysuckle. On the opposite side of the road was an overgrown field.
“Wait! Please wait for me!” I heard Noah yell from behind me.
Usually, whoever was the first to reach the top of the hill immediately went down the other side. It was great to coast down with the wind blowing in your face. Hannah was almost always first. So I was surprised to see her stop at the top of the hill and put a foot down. I pumped harder, meaning to whiz by her.
“Guys! Wait!” I heard Noah call again.
I pulled up next to Hannah and stopped too, waiting for Noah. We looked back and saw our little brother struggling up the hill.
Half a minute later, Noah pulled up beside us. “Okay, let’s go!” he said with a big smile on his face.
All together, the three of us pedaled hard for a few feet, then, picking up speed, we sailed down the hill.
Okay, now here’s where it gets weird.
Halfway down, something happened. When we talked about it afterward, we couldn’t agree about what it felt like. To me, it was like we suddenly slowed down because the air got thick.
Hannah said, “No, it was like the air turned into water.”
“But we didn’t get wet,” said Noah. “We just started moving in slow motion.”
Anyway, what happened was this: we slowed down, then our bikes disappeared, and then we were running (in slow motion) down the hill, instead of riding our bikes! By the time we reached the bottom of the hill, we were in a different time and place.
