2026 Reading Challenge

Trailblazers Series

45 primary works • 51 total works
The Trailblazers series, aimed at teens and tweens, features a number of Christian figures who were to play a significant role in this historic period in history. These inspiring biographies are perfect introductions to young and old alike to these vital characters.
Eric Liddell: Finish the Race
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3.79 · 62 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2011 · 9 editions
As a young child Eric Liddell lived in the exotic …

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    Corrie Ten Boom: The Watchmaker's Daughter
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    4.18     · 295 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 1982 · 17 editions
    The story of Corrie ten Boom has inspired millions…

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    Gladys Aylward: No Mountain Too High
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    4.32     · 188 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 2003 · 15 editions
    Do you like stories with adventure, mystery and ex…

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    Paul Brand: The Shoes That Love Made
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    4.15     · 26 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2011 · 4 editions
    Paul Brand grew up in the Kolli Malai hills in Ind…

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    Joni Eareckson Tada: Swimming Against the Tide
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    4.24     · 90 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2003 · 13 editions
    Joni Eareckson is a well-known Christian speaker a…

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    David Brainerd: A Love for the Lost
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    4.31     · 49 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2011 · 2 editions
    Life on the American frontier in the early 1700s w…

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    Patricia St. John: The Story Behind the Stories
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    4.17     · 29 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2001 · 4 editions
    Patricia St. John's life is a story in itself but …

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    William Wilberforce: The Freedom Fighter
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    3.88     · 75 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1997 · 4 editions
    From the book:
    'No! No! cried the little boy, 'Plea…

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    Amy Carmichael: Rescuer By Night
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    4.22     · 145 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 1969 · 14 editions
    'I can't see! It's dark everywhere. What place is …

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    Charles Spurgeon: Prince of Preachers
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    3.92     · 59 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2001 · 7 editions
    Charles Spurgeon was a simple country lad who went…

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    Billy Graham: Just get up out of your Seat
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    4.02     · 57 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2007 · 9 editions
    Billy was born on a dairy farm in Charlotte, North…

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    John G. Paton: South Sea Island Rescue
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    3.78     · 51 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2003 · 8 editions
    'They plan to kill you all! You must get out!' Wit…

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    John Bunyan: Journey of a Pilgrim
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    4.27     · 49 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2009 · 5 editions
    John Bunyan's life was an exciting one. That's wha…

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    Michael Faraday: Spiritual Dynamo
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    3.88     · 16 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2006 · 5 editions
    Michael Faraday was a British chemist and physicis…

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    Bill Bright: Dare To Be Different
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    4.27     · 11 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1969 · 2 editions
    There were seven kids in the Bright family so ever…

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    Mary Slessor: Servant to the Slave
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    4.21     · 53 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1969 · 6 editions
    Mary Slessor grew up in the slums of Dundee in the…

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    George Muller: The Children's Champion
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    3.93     · 58 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2000 · 4 editions
    George Muller's life didn't have a promising start…

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    John Calvin: after Darkness Light
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    4.10     · 68 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2001 · 9 editions
    Calvin had ideas on how we could live better lives…

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    Isobel Kuhn: Lights in Lisuland
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    4.18     · 22 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1969 · 6 editions
    Isobel Kuhn wasn't always a missionary - she wasn'…

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    John newton: a Slave Set Free
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    3.87     · 39 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2003 · 8 editions
    John stood and watched as some of the largest wave…

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    Helen Roseveare: On His Majesty's Service
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    4.26     · 27 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
    Helen Roseveare qualified as a doctor, packed up h…

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    Martyn Lloyd-Jones: From Wales to Westminster
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    4.14     · 36 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1999 · 4 editions
    Martin Lloyd Jones gave up a promising career in M…

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    Robert Murray McCheyne: Life Is An Adventure
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    3.85     · 26 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2004 · 4 editions
    Robert Murray McCheyne was the minister of St Pete…

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    Adoniram Judson: Danger on the Streets of Gold
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    4.06     · 32 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1969 · 5 editions
    Even when Adoniram abandoned his belief in God and…

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    Richard Wurmbrand: A Voice in the Dark
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    4.31     · 72 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1997 · 6 editions
    Arrested by the Government of Romania in the 1960'…

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    Hudson Taylor: an adventure begins
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    3.66     · 56 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1969 · 10 editions
    Hudson Taylor was a sickly child. He was often ill…

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    Jonathan Edwards: America's Genius
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    3.66     · 282 Ratings · 55 Reviews · published 2008 · 9 editions
    Jonathan Edwards was just an ordinary American boy…

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    John Stott: The Humble Leader
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    4.41     · 41 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2012 · 5 editions
    Banished from his Sunday School at All Souls, Lang…

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    Mary of Orange: At the Mercy of Kings
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    3.59     · 17 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2012 · 3 editions
    If you saw a girl in tears on her wedding day and …

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    Billy Bray: Saved From the Deepest Pit
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    4.00     · 6 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    When the earth started to shake and the rocks fell…

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    George Whitefield: Voice That Woke the World
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    4.29     · 45 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2001 · 9 editions
    George Whitefield's voice was the envy of many a p…

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    John Welch: The Man Who Couldn't Be Stopped
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    4.27     · 22 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1980 · 7 editions
    Being relaunched in the successful trailblazers se…

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    John Knox: The Sharpened Sword
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    4.08     · 25 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2013 · 3 editions
    John Knox spent his life with a sword in one hand …

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    Trail Blazer Evangelists & Pioneers Box Set 1: Joni Eareckson Tada, Billy Graham, Billy Bray, Bill Bright, and David Brainerd
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2015 · 2 editions
    This giftbox collection of colorful trailblazer st…

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    Trail Blazer Missionaries & Medics Box Set 2: Adoniram Judson, Amy Carmichael, Hudson Taylor, John G. Paton, and Paul Brand
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    0.00     · published 2015 · 2 editions
    This giftbox collection of colorful trailblazer st…

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    Trailblazer Heroes & Heroines Box Set 5
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2015 · 2 editions
    This giftbox collection of colorful trailblazer st…

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    Trail Blazer Arts & Science Box Set 6: John Bunyan, C. S. Lewis, Patricia St. John, Michael Faraday, and Fanny Crosby,
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2015 · 2 editions
    This giftbox collection of colorful trailblazer st…

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    Trailblazer Preachers & Teachers Box Set 3
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2015 · 2 editions
    This giftbox collection of colorful trailblazer st…

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    Trail Blazer Reformers & Activists Box Set 4: John Calvin, John Knox, William Wilberforce, John Newton, and John Welch
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    0.00     · published 2015 · 2 editions
    This giftbox collection of colorful trailblazer st…

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    Lilias Trotter: Daring in the Desert
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    3.79     · 29 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 3 editions
    'You could become the greatest living painter. You…

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    Robert Moffat: Africa's Brave Heart
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    4.00     · 13 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
    The story of a Scottish minister and his wife in A…

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    C.S Lewis: The Story Teller
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    4.21     · 146 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 1999 · 9 editions
    Adventures into another world, stories of mystery …

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    Samuel Rutherford: The Law, the Prince and the Scribe
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    4.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    When Samuel Rutherford picked up his pen he change…

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    William Tyndale: The Smuggler's Flame
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    4.14     · 84 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2004 · 9 editions
    William Tyndale lived a life of adventure and dang…

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    Elizabeth Prentiss: More Love
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    3.67     · 3 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 2 editions
    Elizabeth was a bright young girl who knew what it…

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    Francis & Edith Schaeffer: Taking on the World
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    4.71     · 14 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 3 editions
    Two young people, one faith and a shared passion f…

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    Martin Luther: Reformation Fire
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    4.19     · 53 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2001 · 7 editions
    What made an ordinary monk become a catalyst for t…

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    Wilfred Grenfell: Courageous Doctor
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    4.50     · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 3 editions
    FROM THE
    “Faster, Jack, faster!” Wilfred Grenfell …

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    Ulrich Zwingli
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    3.86     · 63 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2015 · 10 editions
    By the end of his brief life Ulrich Zwingli would …

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    Patrick of Ireland: The Boy Who Forgave
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    4.07     · 70 Ratings · 13 Reviews · 8 editions
    Saint, Slave or Scholar? Patrick of Ireland is kno…

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    D L Moody: One Devoted Man
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    4.33     · 18 Ratings · 1 edition
    Three words that sum up D. L. Moody's life are Pas…

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