The Window in the Wall

(Youth novel) A fictionalized account of the biblical fall of Jericho around 1400 B.C. from the viewpoint of young Talia who lives inside the formidable walls. Her father is a flax farmer, her mother a linen weaver. Talia’s Aunt Rahab warns the family that an army is coming, and they must sequester in her tower room to be saved. Talia hears a Voice calling her and discovers that her father has heard it as well. In the midst of destruction, the insecure child finds a faith that carries her and her family into a place of peace.