In False Coin, True Coin, by Lois Hoadley Dick, seventeenth-century England comes to life. Cissy Nidd lives in her father’s jailhouse, feeding the prisoners, cooking and cleaning for her father and brothers, and wishing for a better life. Her family is deeply involved in the counterfeiting business—a crime which could get them all hanged if they are caught. But although Cissy fears the consequences of counterfeiting, she does not dare leave her father’s house.

One night a man named John Bunyan is arrested for preaching and brought to the jailhouse. Cissy notices that he seems happy in spite of being in prison. She wonders what it would be like to trust the preacher’s God. But for a girl in her circumstances, accepting his faith would mean persecution—maybe even death.

From the damp cells of the jailhouse, to the bustling streets of London, to the moonlit forest dell where Cissy meets a roguish highwayman, False Coin, True Coin will take you on a journey so exciting that you won’t want it to end. The author’s careful research makes every chapter vivid as she brings to life real events like the Great Fire of London and the bubonic plague. You will feel as if you had really visited Bedford Town and met the brave Christian preacher, John Bunyan.

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