A Twist in Time by Janet Muirhead Hill

WINNER of the 2024 High Plains Book Award for Young Adult Fiction

When two girls enter the same caverns on their thirteenth birthday, their lives change in ways no one could have expected. Madison Clark, only child of rich New Yorkers entered the Lewis and Clark Caverns on July 17, 2019,…

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A Twist in Time 2 by Janet Muirhead Hill

Time tears, flinging two teenage boys, David from 1924 and White Eagle from 1824 into alien eras of peril mystery, confusion, and a great sense of loss. In this hair-raising sequel to A Twist in Time, winner of the 2024 High Plains Book Award for young adults, Emily, introduced in…

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Miranda and Starlight (book 1) by Janet Muirhead Hill

The book that started it all, first issued in 2002 and reprinted and revised in 2006, Miranda and Starlight remains one of our best sellers.
Ten-year-old Miranda Stevens, sent to live on her grandparents' Montana dairy farm while her mom seeks her fortune in Hollywood, is having trouble fitting in…

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Miranda and Starlight Literature Unit by Janet Muirhead Hill

Miranda and Starlight goes to the classroom in this cross-curriculum unit designed for making learning fun, and teaching easy. Based on the award-winning first book in a six book series by Janet Muirhead Hill, this literature unit was designed by a school teacher, Danya Johnson Tompkins. It has been tested…

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Starlight's Courage (Miranda and Starlight Book two) by Janet Muirhead Hill

In Starlight’s Courage, the thrilling sequel to Miranda and Starlight, young Miranda and her spirited two-year-old stallion, Starlight, face their greatest test yet. When a devastating injury threatens Starlight’s life and his owner considers a heartbreaking decision, Miranda’s fierce loyalty drives her to risk everything to save him. As she…

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Starlight's Courage Curriculum Unit by Janet Muirhead Hill

This curriculum guide for use with the novel, Starlight's Courage, is provided for easy adaptation for instructors in the classroom or homeschool. It covers several disciplines from social studies, math and science, to reading, grammar and vocabulary, with a heavy emphasis on language arts. It includes a complete answer key…

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Starlight, Star Bright (Book 3) by Janet Muirhead Hill

This young adult novel follows 11-year-old Miranda Stevens, who secretly trains a 3-year-old black stallion named Starlight at Shady Hills Ranch. After recovering from injuries, Starlight proves to be the fastest horse on the ranch’s racetrack, but Miranda must keep her training a secret. If the ranch owner, Cash Taylor,…

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Starlight's Shooting Star (Book 4 of the Miranda and Starlight series) by Janet Muirhead Hill

n the fourth installment of the Miranda and Starlight series, sixth-grader Miranda Stevens dives into new adventures at Country View School, her home, and the Shady Hills Horse Ranch. At the ranch, where her friend Christopher keeps his mare, Queen, Miranda continues to bond with the spirited black stallion, Starlight.…

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Starlight Shines for Miranda (Book 5) by Janet Muirhead Hill

Miranda Stevens is twelve years old in book five of the Miranda and Starlight series. She is, she believes she is the luckiest girl in the world. Her missing father, whom she never knew before, has returned to become a part of her life, and her favorite black stallion, Starlight,…

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Starlight Comes Home (Miranda and Starlight Book six) by Janet Muirhead Hill

In this, the sixth book of the Miranda and Starlight series many new adventures await Miranda and her friends, Christopher and Laurie, and their horses. Laurie's mare, Lady, hides her foal, and Miranda, on Starlight, crosses a dangerous section of the river to find it, narrowly escaping catastrophe. A new…

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The Horse and the Crow: book 7 of the Miranda and Starlight series by Janet Muirhead Hill

Miranda, a spirited young equestrian with an unbreakable bond with her horses, is thrilled to attend the vibrant Crow Fair, a cultural celebration in Montana filled with rodeos, parades, and competitive horse racing. This year, she’s entered three of her finest horses, including her beloved filly, Shooting Star, a swift…

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Horses for Sale, a Miranda and Starlight Story (Book 8) by Janet Muirhead Hill

At age sixteen, going on seventeen, Miranda takes responsibility for her growing herd of horses. Impressed with the unfairness of expecting her parents to pay all the expenses of keeping horses, she agrees to treat them as a business and make her horse ranch pay for itself. The alternative, according…

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Horses Forever: A Miranda and Starlight Story (Book 9) by Janet Muirhead Hill

In the ninth book of the Miranda and Starlight series, Miranda graduates high school and, with Higgins' guidance and Christopher's support, trains a talented filly, Beauty, for the Kentucky Derby. Captivated by the filly’s potential and the thrilling world of horse racing, Miranda aims for a Triple Crown victory. However,…

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The Many Adventures of Miranda and Starlight by Janet Muirhead Hill

The many adventures of Miranda Stevens and the black stallion, Starlight that she loves begins when Miranda is ten years old and meets Starlight in book one. She celebrates her fourteenth birthday at the end of book six. Many mishaps and adventures happen to Miranda and her friends, Christopher and…

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The Teen Years: Miranda and Starlight trilogy by Janet Muirhead Hill

This three-book set includes Books 7, 8, and 9 of the Miranda and Starlight series, following Miranda through high school and beyond. In Book 7, fourteen-year-old Miranda and her friend Christopher take their horses to the Crow Fair to compete. When one horse vanishes, a dangerous search in the Pryor…

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Danny's Dragon by Janet Muirhead Hill

Before his father's death, nine-year-old Danny Branahan begged for a horse. His father agreed, and they brought home a stunning white horse named Dragon to their Montana cattle ranch. Danny and Dragon became inseparable until his father's passing. Consumed by guilt, Danny blames himself, thinking, "If I hadn’t asked for…

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Kyleah's Tree by Janet Muirhead Hill

Eleven-year-old Kyleah Ralston harbors a secret wish, believing it will come true if she makes it at sunrise from the top of her favorite tree. She must close her eyes and repeat the wish at precisely the right moment, or it won’t work. Kyleah longs to be beautiful enough for…

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Kendall's Storm by Janet Muirhead Hill

Ten-year-old Kendall Ralston navigates a life of constant upheaval as his secretive father moves them from town to town, never staying long enough for Kendall to settle in. Lonely and yearning for stability, Kendall finds solace in a puppy he rescues during a Montana hailstorm, naming it Storm. This loyal…

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Kendall and Kyleah by Janet Muirhead Hill

Twins Kyleah (girl) and Kendall (boy) were separated at age four after their parents' bitter divorce. Kendall went with their father, while Kyleah stayed with their mother. The parents, as dysfunctional in divorce as in marriage, agreed to cut off all contact between the twins, believing it would "be easier."…

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The Twins Trilogy by Janet Muirhead Hill

The Twins Trilogy follows the heart-wrenching journey of twins Kendall and Kyleah, separated at age four and yearning to reunite by age eleven. In Kendall’s Storm, Kendall, a frightened and lonely boy, travels with his secretive father across multiple states, ultimately landing on Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula. Constantly uprooted, often…

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The Body in the Freezer by Janet Muirhead Hill

When 13-year-old Samuel "Captain" Ellingsford Capulin III, an arrogant and entitled teenager, lands in trouble due to his sharp tongue, a judge sentences him to six weeks of volunteer work at a homeless shelter. While serving breakfast to a diverse group of people, Captain's perspective begins to shift. His curiosity…

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Danni by Janet Muirhead Hill

Danni Beaumont, a high-school junior on probation, strives to rebuild her life in a group home until a brutal gang rape and unwanted pregnancy plunge her into despair. Threatened into silence to protect her little sister, Danni faces shame and isolation alone. Fleeing from her home town after a failed…

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Hattie's Horse by Janet Muirhead Hill

When the 2020 pandemic strikes, Hattie Thompson’s parents, both doctors, send her from Boston to her grandmother’s Montana ranch while they treat patients. For Hattie, it’s a dream escape. She cherishes her grandmother and loves riding her grandmother’s barrel-racing mare. But a riding accident lands Hattie in the emergency room,…

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Billings and Jingles: The First Big Adventure by Janet Muirhead Hill

A delightful cat-and-mouse tale your children will adore! Vibrantly illustrated by acclaimed artist Herb Leonhard, this 32-page picture book captivates young readers aged 0–5. Follow Billings, a curious young mouse, on his first grand adventure with his father. They discover a feast like nothing Billings has ever seen, but his…

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A Horse to Remember by Juliana Hutchings

After her family relocates from a bustling city to the quiet rural town of Lewisberg, Tennessee, thirteen-year-old Hilary Thompson feels her world unraveling. Having thrived in urban life, the slow pace of the countryside leaves her isolated and adrift. Her life takes a turn when she starts working at the…

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The Boarding House by Marcia Melton

Set in the politically charged Montana of 1914, The Boarding House follows the Hynes family’s journey through tragedy and resilience after a mining accident in Butte forces them to relocate and operate a boarding house in the small town of Philipsburg. Narrated primarily through the eyes of spirited 11-year-old Emmie,…

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Joe Henry's Journey by Marcia Melton

Joe Henry’s Journey, a historical novel for young readers by Marcia Melton, follows eleven-year-old Joe Henry Grummond and his father as they leave Civil War-torn Kentucky in 1862, seeking fortune in Montana’s gold fields. Their steamboat journey up the Missouri River to Fort Benton sets the stage for a thrilling…

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Joe Henry's Return by Marcia Melton

In 1862, Joe Henry Grummond traveled with his father from Kentucky to Montana and back, as chronicled in Joe Henry's Journey. Now, in 1866, with nothing left for them in Kentucky, Joe’s family—consisting of Joe, his father, his grandmother, two younger sisters, and John Abel, a disabled orphan and former…

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Ben Grummond's Challenge by Marcia Melton

Join twelve-year-old Ben Grummond on his extraordinary summer of 1889 as he recounts a life-changing accident that severely impacts his eyesight. Struggling with the challenges of schoolwork and ranch chores, Ben grapples with maintaining a normal life. When an opportunity arises to travel with his father to Helena, Montana,…

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MontAnimals by Marcia Melton

An A B C coloring book for young children. Its simple drawings of 26 Montana Animals, mostly mammals and birds, but also an insect and a reptile, created by Matthew Daane, leave room for adding background scenery for the more creative artists. Besides a fun activity for young artist, animal…

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Round Trip by Stephen Ore

The Tobacco Root Mountains of western Montana have been Matt Lewis's playground since his earliest memories. They provide a refuge from the pressures of high school, a physical challenge as he climbs the highest peaks and explores the lakes and valleys, and the solitude he often craves in which he…

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Fergus: The Soccer-Playing Colt by Dan Peterson

A palomino colt, bred to play polo, prefers soccer instead. Follow the adventures of Fergus and the two boys who love him as they go on a National soccer tour to promote the sport. All is well until a couple of thugs decide they want the athletic colt for their…

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An Inmate's Daughter by Jan Walker

In the summer between 7th and 8th grade, Jenna MacDonald does the dumbest thing ever. She tries to save a little girl from drowning. Jenna's family has a secret and her mother wants it kept. Jenna's father is in prison for murder. "Prison reflects on wives and children," Mom says.…

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The Orange Slipknot by Jan Young

Twelve-year-old Ben is impatient to grow up and fill the footprints his father leaves on the Nevada cattle ranch where he works as the ‘top hand.’ Meeting the high expectations of his father is difficult enough, without the enmity expressed by Fred, the old cow boss, who seems to…

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Listen to Your Spirit by Kayo Fraser

Orphaned in an airplane crash in the African jungle, Kelly, age 12 and her brother Jake, age 10, must find their way out of a dense, foreign Jungle, country, and continent to find their way back to Florida to and aunt and uncle, their only living relatives since the crash.…

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Starting the Colt by Jan Young

Starting the Colt continues the story of Ben Lucas’s quest to prove he’s tough enough to please his hot-tempered dad. The Nevada ranch where his dad cowboys is a man’s world. Ben’s father, who believes in teaching a horse who is boss, orders Ben to “buck out” some young horses,…

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The Orange Slipknot Curriculum Unit by Jan Young

This ccurriculum guide for use with THE ORANGE SLIPKNOT can easily be adapted to the needs of the instructor and grade level of the students. It is 8 1/2 x 11 inches comb bound with 103 page that include several disciplines from social studies, math, and science, to reading,…

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Starting the Colt Curriculum Unit by Jan Young

This curriculum guide is designed for classroom and home school use with the novel, STARTING THE COLT, and is easily adapted to the needs of the instructor and the students. It is 8 1/2 x 11 inches, comb bound with 86 pages. It covers several disciplines including social sutdies, math,…

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Absaroka by Joan Bochmann

A troubled young man returns from the Vietnam War to seek refuge at the family’s ranch in northern Wyoming, only to find his beloved home devoid of cattle, his mother gone, and his father only a shell of his former self. He soon learns that anthrax wiped out the livestock…

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PRISM by Joan Bochmann by Janet Muirhead Hill

Debra Randall, the captivating heiress to one of California's wealthiest fortunes, has vanished. Despite two weeks of investigation, the San Francisco Police Department's detective remains far from unraveling the mystery. The three key men in Debra's life appear to be concealing vital details: her father refuses to discuss the circumstances…

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Moonlight in Mud Puddles by Kedric H. Cecil

In the sequel to Wisdom From the Streets, Dr. Kedric H. Cecil reflects on further examples from his life as a teenage runaway on the streets of Seattle, exploring his own experiences of trauma and abuse which often led to further problems and issues in adulthood. Following many years as…

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Adventures of an Alaskan Preacher by Wayne Coggins

Coggins, a pastor in Alaska since 19971, shares his adventures with the people, the animals, and the sheer awesome wilderness of Alaska. In these thirty-one stories, Wayne uses the twists and turns of life that he has experienced to encourage every believer to trust in God in times of need.…

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MORE Adventures of an Alaskan Preacher by Wayne Coggins

Is this Alaskan preacher, as a reality-show producer once asked,
”the last of a dying breed?” Or is he just a dedicated pastor doing the best he can for the people he cares about and serves.

Besides being an honest man, willing to sacrifice comfort, give up sleep, and risk his…

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Up River by Wayne Coggins

You can live the life of a young boy growing up in small-town America through the eyes and ears of Wayne Coggins, who, through vivid memories, captures the spirit of the place and time (the 1940s '50s and '60s). The town of Lyman, Washington, though unique in some ways, was…

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Rascals, Ruffians, and Rebels: Profies from Early Montana by Gary R. Forney

Montana has been blessed with incredible natural beauty, bountiful resources, and daring men and women: pioneers who dared to make this place their home. By 1863, there was a rapidly spreading awareness of rich discoveries of gold in what would become a part of the Montana Territory. This news…

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The Dishwater Tree by Angela Janacaro

The old willow tree on a lonely, windswept hill outside of Miles City, Montana, saw three generations of women—and kept their secrets. But when 80-year-old Worthy learned that she hadn't long to live, she was ready to unlock the secret of her heritage if she could. Why was she left…

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The Whaler and the Girl in the Deadfall by Mahlon E. Kriebel

A ten-man whaling crew, representing many coastal and one inland tribe, train secretly, and when the time is ripe, they’re ready to row their hand-crafted canoe through the night to intercept a gray whale migration in the north Pacific Ocean. After a successful hunt they are taken into custody by…

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Ride the Jawbone by Jim Moore

1902 in central Montana, the Jawbone Railroad served the ranch country in the Mussellshell River Valley as well as the gold fields in the Castle Mountains. The son of a local rancher, T. C. Bruce, just out of law school, is talked into defending a man commonly called Loco, charged…

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The Body on the Floor of the Rotunda by Jim Moore

Murder in the Capitol becomes the top news story when the body of Gloria Angel, the popular and lovely assistant to the governor of Montana is found on the floor of the rotunda of Montana's capitol. When an autopsy indicates foul play, Missoula Senator Audrey Welter finds herself accused of…

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The Jenny by Jim Moore

Merci Bruce brings the Jenny, a WWII flying machine to her father's central-Montana ranch in the spring of 1920. It quickly becomes the center of attention, not only because airplanes are rare in that time and place, but more so because the pretty Miss Bruce is the pilot. The focus…

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8 Seconds by Jim Moore

In 1950, the world of a young rodeo bronc rider from Montana State College is rocked when he is charge with of the crime of murder in the first degree—the murder of a close friend and fellow rodeo participant. In a rush to judgment, the sheriff of Park County, Montana…

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Election Day by Jim Moore

Jim Moore has developed an intriguing story of a political system in chaos, with the intricacies of the US constitution and its amendments as the basic premise of the story. Our forefathers thought of every possible contingency in how to choose the president of the United States of America, including…

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The Whole Nine Yarns: Tales of the West by Jim Moore

Nine eclectic short stories depicting life in the old west will keep you reading and wanting more. Jim Moore, who loves to spin a good yarns fill this little book with 9 stories, making it an ideal gift for anyone who likes to read. A good read any day,…

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Our Trail Ends at Pony by Dixie Myhre

"This true story spans the lives of Mike and Dixie Myhre from the days they were high-school sweethearts in Minot, ND, through their long-distance courtship during Mike's years of service in the United States Marines, their marriage, and the pursuit of a shared dream of having a ranch in Montana…

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The Road Between by Florence Ore

Walking the mile-long road from the Blackfoot Reserve to the public school in Gleichen, Alberta, every day, the child, Florence, traversed the influence of not just two, but three cultures, looking for where she fit in. Her grandmother brought her manners and morals from England, her Indian neighbors shared their…

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A Language without Words by Michael Raattama Tripp

A Language without Words is a book of poetry inspired by one person’s life. The insights from moments in forests and on farms, on waters of lakes and rivers, through depths of sorrow and the pursuit of fly-fishing touch emotions common to humankind.

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Hollowtop Smoke Signals by Art Kehler

A compilation of humorous essay that depict life in small town, Montana. The author pokes fun at the residents, the wildlife, the tourists, and mostly at himself in these rollicking stories that paint a clear picture of what it's like to live and laugh in the rural areas of…

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Stand Up by Laura Ingram

Thirteen-year-old “Soccer-Sarah” faces intense and unrelenting bullying every day at school. Fighting cancer, enduring the rigors of chemotherapy and the resulting nausea and hair loss, bracing against painful spinal taps, and railing against the limitations caused by physical weakness threaten to take her down. But Sarah is determined to grow,…

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