A DESPERATE SEARCH
By Gill Jacobs
Day One Publications. 124 pages. £7
ISBN 978 1 846 154 284
Gill Jacobs has written a book that helps young readers step into the New Testament world, taking them on an adventure across the Roman Empire and into a greater understanding of faith in God.
This short novel, aimed at a young audience, follows the journey of Alex and his friend Mattias as they seek to find his kidnapped sister Irana. They are lead from their home-town Antioch to varying places in the Roman Empire and find themselves caught up in the narrative of Acts, bumping into Peter, Barnabas and Paul as they search.
