Get That Gold!

YOUNG ADULT / HISTORICAL FICTION / LDS BOOK ONE in the Adventures of the Restoration SERIES In this series, award-winning author L.T. Downing brings early church history to life in the way young readers crave-with exciting, fast-paced stories about the real people and events of the Restoration era. Readers will have a front-row seat as Joseph Smith fights off attackers who would steal the gold plates, as Martin Harris loses the 116 pages of the translated manuscript, and as the young Prophet, his family, and friends face the persecutors, politicians and traitors that ultimately drove the Latter-day Saints from state after state in their quest for the freedom to worship. Parents are sure to find the Adventures of the Restoration series is not only fun, but an invaluable tool in the education and inspiration of their children. ABOUT BOOK ONE "Now you have the record in your own hands. But you are only a man. Therefore, you will have to be watchful and faithful to your trust, or you will be overpowered by wicked men who will plan and scheme and get them away from you. If you do not take heed continually, they will succeed" -- Angel Moroni upon delivering the Gold Plates to Joseph Smith. With the Angel Moroni's warning still ringing in his ears, young Joseph Smith steps into the woods he knows are crawling with armed men, bent on stealing the gold plates from him. He retrieves them from their hiding place in a rotted, birch log, only to face attack after attack by the money-hungry thieves on his trail It is up to Joseph-and Joseph alone-to protect and preserve the sacred gold record. But how will he muster the fortitude and faith when the odds are stacked so deeply against him? Will the angel's warning come to pass? Reading age 9-16+ (Grade 4+)