The Queen's Smuggler: William Tyndale

The Trailblazer Books are a great introduction to missionary/Christian heroes for kids. We used several of these along with our homeschool curriculum when it tied in with what we were learning. Some of our kids have read them all multiple times. Some of the books deal with more difficult subjects and events than others, so pre-read before just handing to a young child.

I love this book! I have read it at least three times. In the early 1500s, Sarah Poyntz, the daughter of a merchant in Antwerp, Belgium, is caught up in the life of William Tyndale. Because of his work in translating the Bible into English, he is a wanted man. Although it puts them in deadly peril, Sarah's family shelters him from his enemies. Sarah Poyntz, the heroine of the book, risks her life to take an English Bible to the court of Henry VIII. Although the king is hostile to letting the Bible be printed in English, eventually he relents. This book is excellent story of a young girl's courage, and it is based on truth as well.