Battle for Cannibal Island
(2012)
By:
Hering, Marianne
Fiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
J/PAPERBACK/SERIES/IMAGINATION
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Carol Stream, Ill. : Tyndale, ©2012
©2012
©2012
DESCRIPTION
132 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781589976740, 1589976746, 9781589976740
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
Its 1852 and cousins Patrick and Beth sail to Fiji on the HMS Calliope under the command of Captain James E. Home. They arrive at the islands to find that the Christian Fijians are at war with the non-Christian Fijians. Missionary James Calvert is trying to make peace and suggests that the captain allow peace negotiations on board the British vessel. Patrick and Beth learn about sacrificial living when they observe Calverts determination to live on Fiji despite the dangers and impoverished conditions and that he is willing to risk his life to live as Jesus would