In the early 1900s, after his family joins other Amish families on the Colorado frontier, young Joe, dreaming of an easier life, tries his hand at gold panning and learns some of life's truly golden lessons from an old prospector.

School had become a nightmare for Hannah and Abner Yoder. They respected their parents for taking a stand against modern education but the parents hadn't dreamed that the officials would actually seize the children and take them away to an orphanage. After such an experience, Ben Yoder was ready to go pioneering with his family again to a country where the government would not tell him how to educate his children. Mexico seemed to be the answer where...

Lydia Yoder is thirteen years old when her family moves to Montana. Where does she really belong? The war in Europe is far away, but Lydia learns that while no one is free from the evil of war, Christ's forgiveness is free for all.