From the Flames

by Hannah Rose Duggan

He says he’s come looking for her, but no one will tell her why. As she searches for answers, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Atlee knows there is more than her parents are telling her. When Peter Lockton was found dying in the snow, Elizabeth couldn’t understand her parents’ secretive glances, or her uncle’s undisguised hatred for this man. Now, as her father’s apprentice, Peter has become like one of the family and offers to teach her how to write. Living in fourteenth-century England has choked out every cry of Elizabeth’s creative mind, and so she accepts his offer—only to find out that this scholar is a follower of the heretic John Wycliffe and is helping him to translate the Scriptures into English. As his enemies begin to discover his whereabouts, Peter is forced to leave in order to protect Elizabeth and her family, but it’s too late. The soldiers will not listen to her father’s pleas, and Elizabeth’s world burns to the ground. When everything is taken from her, can Elizabeth push beyond the lies and secrets of the past to find God’s truth? Can the truth set men free in a world where it is forbidden?

Genres: Historical Fiction

185 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 18, 2013

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was written by a young author for young people. As such, it has some issues. the author tried to pack to many things into one book and never developed very deep characters you felt a lot of emotion for.
However, this was a fun little story that introduces what some of those trying to translate the bible into English may have gone through.

Content notes: minor peril. Some minor injuries. The usual casting of a priest in the role of a hate filled villain.

[Deanna Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

My girls and I devoured this one. Loved it! Hannah is quite the author for a teenager...in fact can hold her own among most adult authors!

[Heidi Morrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

After going through the devotionals, Just Us Girls and Dare Greatly with my youngest daughter the past couple of years, I decided that she and I would be go through this book together over the summer. We finished, and what a treasure trove of facts we enjoyed learning about at the end! The surprises prior to that certainly kept us on the edge of our seats at times! Definitely recommended for junior high and above!

[Dawn Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book about the Bible being translated and how the translators were persecuted/killed.