Old West Adventures
Do you like ranching and horse stories? Adventures in the wild, rugged Northwest forests? Prospecting for gold during the California gold rush? If so, then the Circle C, Timberland, and Goldtown books are for you! You can read these historical adventure books just for fun, or you can combine them with study guides and/or lapbooks to create year-long reading curricula for grades 2-8. All of the books are written from a biblical worldview. Click around and learn more! Published by Kregel Publications.
May 2027
Welcome to 1880 Washington Territory
Red-haired Jenny Grant met Andi Carter at a girls’ school in San Francisco. Together, they got in and out of more scrapes than you can shake a stick at.
Now, Jenny is back for her own middle-grade adventure series (ages 8-12). Her family owns Timberland Lumber, a logging company in Tacoma, on the shores of Puget Sound. Jenny and two of her five brothers form an unbreakable bond as they explore the waterfront and the dark forests of this rugged land, where unending adventure awaits.
Circle C Series
Horses, Adventure & the Old West
Ride along with Andrea “Andi” Carter from age six through her growing-up years with horses and adventure on the Circle C ranch in 1880s California.
Early readers (ages 6-9) will love their first chapter books in the Beginnings and can slide easily into the Stepping Stones (ages 7-10) before reading the middle-grade Adventures (ages 9-13). Readers 11 & up will enjoy finishing Andi’s journey in the Milestones.
Goldtown Series
High Adventure in an 1860s Gold Camp
Two exciting adventure series geared for boys, set during the waning days of the California Gold Rush. Plenty of action boys love, along with a biblical worldview and strong faith, family, and friendships.
Early readers (ages 6-9) will love their first chapter books in the Beginnings. Later on, they’ll find danger and excitement in the middle-grade Adventures (ages 9-13).
Author Susan K. Marlow
Homeschool Mom by Day . . . Novel Writer by Night
Susan began writing stories when she was ten years old. As an adult, she homeschooled teenagers and cared for toddlers during the day, and then escaped into the Old West at night by writing her “Andi” stories . She never intended to become a published author.
