Patricia Mary St. John

Presents eighteen parables of Jesus retold for children including the missing sheep, the unforgiving servant, and the good neighbor.

When she is sent from her London home to live in the Welsh countryside with the large, boisterous Owen family, eleven-year-old Elaine feels miserable and resentful until she discovers an abandoned garden and determines to make it her secret sanctuary.

Lucien's teasing causes harm to Dani, a small child. Overtaken by catastrophic events, and feeling outcast from his family and friends, Lucien escapes to the forest in the Swiss Alps. He finds peace there, and learns that a price has to be paid for forgiveness before there can be reconciliation.