32 Days a Story of Faith and Courage

Description

32 Days a Story of Faith and Courage is the story of 11-year-old Peis whose young life is turned upside down when Communist troops invade her small Chinese village during the 1948 revolution. The soldiers remove Peis’s teacher, Sister Elizabeth, from the school and replace her with a strict, unyielding instructor who teaches the children to memorize the words of Mao Zedong and the tenets of the Communist party. Peis risks her life night after night out of love for Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist. Discover how her brave choices have inspired millions around the world.

This historical fiction for children in grades 3 to 5 depicts a child living out her faith in a culture of opposition. The story is based on fact: Pei is a true, if virtually unknown, hero who inspired others far beyond her time and place.

Meet the young Chinese martyr whose love for the Eucharist inspired Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

When Communist troops invade her village during the 1948 Chinese Communist Revolution, eleven-year-old Pei’s life is turned upside down. Food is scarce, soldiers patrol the streets, and Pei and her family have to practice their Catholic Faith in secret. When soldiers desecrate the church in her village, Pei makes a heroic decision out of love for the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Inspired by the true story of an anonymous martyr whom history remembers as “Little Li,” 32 Days brings this remarkable tale of courage and faith to life for children ages 8-10. Winner of a 2017 Association of Catholic Publishers (ACP) Excellence in Publishing Award.