The Black Arrow

I read this book for Mother of Divine Grace and, as is usual with their suggestions, I enjoyed it very much!  The book was the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton, a young man who is the ward of Sir Daniel Brackley.  As time goes on, Dick begins to wonder who was really his father's murderer.  Eventually, he gets into a group of outlaws whose leader was a friend of Dick's father and begins, with their help, to formulate a plan to save Joanna Sedley, the girl to whom he has been promised in marriage.  Of course, with so many dilemmas the rest of the book is very exciting and interesting, but to tell much more would be to give away more of the plot than I would like.  So, I encourage you to read the Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson.

A Philadelphia Catholic in King James's Court

It took me about three to four days to finish this book, and, no matter what I was doing, I was always also wondering what would happen next in Philadelphia Catholic.  The main character is a Catholic teen named Michael who moved to his uncle's (a protestant minister) farm for a summer.  Inevitably, it did not take very long before their differences came up, Les trying to save Michael and his family from Catholicism.  At first Michael didn't know the answer to questions like "Why follow papal authority?" and "Why do you worship Mary?", and his uncle's 'flock' was so different from the parishioners he had known back home that Michael began to wonder about the faith in which he had been brought up.  Using only the Bible, Michael had to prove why he believed what he believed and hope that his listeners took his words to heart.  I would recommend this wonderful beginning apologetics book to any Catholic who wants to know more about their faith or just wants a good read!