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N: The Beginning Kindle Edition

by Joyce Swann (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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My name is Petra Bordeaux.... Over the past year, the National Council has arrested thousands of law-abiding citizens and charged them with corrupting the public morals. We are their children and now they are hunting us. They have taken our families, our homes, and our possessions. They call us Streeties because we are forced to live in alleys, under bridges and in the open spaces. We are hungry and sick and tired, but we are not alone. We have each other, and we have the truth. We will never surrender. We are N.
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    13 - 18 years
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About the Author

Joyce Swann has been a Christian sincechildhood and a prayer warrior for over forty years.  She becamenationally-known in the 1990's because of her work homeschooling her tenchildren from the first grade through masters' degrees before their seventeenthbirthdays.  She has been featured on Paul Harvey's weekly radio program, CBN and the 1990's CBS series How'd They Do That? She has been interviewed by Woman's World, The National Enquirer, and numerous regional newspapers.  The story of the Swann family has also been featured in the National Review and several books about homeschooling success stories.

Joyce is author of The Warrior, which has been downloaded over 100,000 times on Kindle, and co-author of five novels, including The Fourth Kingdom, which was selected as a top four finalist in the Christianity Today 2011 fiction of the year awards, two children's books (The McAloon series)and a collection of holiday stories (The Holiday Collection).  She was a popular columnist for Practical Homeschooling for nearly a decade, and she has retold her own story of homeschooling her ten children in Looking Backward: My Twenty-Five Years as a Homeschooling Mother. 

She is also author of the young adult series, N.  Book Two of the series, N: The Shadow of the Cross was published in the fall of 2016. 

Joyce and her husband of over 50 years, John, live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B017PG53QM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Frontier 2000 Media Group (November 6, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 6, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 500 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 106 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Joyce Swann has been a Christian since childhood and a prayer warrior for over forty years. She became nationally-known in the 1990's because of her work homeschooling her ten children from the first grade through masters’ degrees before their seventeenth birthdays. She has been featured on Paul Harvey's weekly radio program, CBN and the 1990's CBS series “How'd They Do That?” She has been interviewed by "Woman's World", "The National Enquirer", and numerous regional newspapers. The story of the Swann family has also been featured in "National Review" and several books about homeschooling success stories.

Joyce is author of "The Warrior", which has been downloaded over 100,000 times on Kindle, and co-author of five novels, including "The Fourth Kingdom", which was selected as a top four finalist in the "Christianity Today" 2011 fiction of the year awards, two children's books ("The McAloon" series) and a collection of holiday stories ("The Holiday Collection"). She was a popular columnist for "Practical Homeschooling" for nearly a decade, and she has retold her own story of homeschooling her ten children in "Looking Backward: My Twenty-Five Years" as a Homeschooling Mother.

She is also author of the six-book young adult series,"N". and author and co-creator of the "Kinsman" series.

Joyce and her husband of 60 years, John, live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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JT
5.0 out of 5 stars Short, Sweet, Potentially Realistic
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2017
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Had ordered the 2nd book in the series, but thought for once, I'd start at "The Beginning". I like the book because it is short, less than 100 pages. It is packed with action and adventure. It paints a possible world where 'being Christian' is a crime. One is either arrested or re-educated. Or are they? You need to read this marvelous book for yourself. It doesn't take long to read. It leaves you wanting to finish this one , sitting on the edge of your seat, so you can get on to the next. Well, I've spent time doing this survey....have to go start the next to see what happens and "who is who"...
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Deb
5.0 out of 5 stars I am N to !
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2022
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I am enjoying this read.It keeps you coming back far more. looking forward to the next book. This story could easily be real life.
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William Struse
4.0 out of 5 stars The End of the Beginning
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2015
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Just ten years ago a story like this would have been considered farfetched by most people’s standards. But that was then and this is now. N: The Beginning takes you on a sobering journey into a world where Christianity has been outlawed and Christians are fugitives in the United States.

This short novel centers on a young girl Petra Bordeaux and a band of outcast children hiding from those who want them imprison in reeducation camps of the New America. The story begins when Petra’s world is turned upside by the unthinkable. As events spiral out of her control she must find a way to protect her brother and survive in a world where no one is safe. With the help of a mysterious stranger Petra does her best to adapt to her uncertain circumstances while at the same time trying to hold to the moral standard she was taught by her parents.

N: The Beginning is a story that challenges young and old alike to think about the future and how you would respond to being persecuted for your faith. For nearly two hundred and fifty years now the Christian’s of America have been shielded from the type of persecution others have faced and are facing in various parts of the world. Those days appear to be ending for America and so begins the story of N: The Beginning.
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Codyf704
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2018
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I would recommend this book to you if you are a Christian if you are not please read this book and just hopefully by his book will convert you to Christ. The only bad thing about this book is that it is only 98 pages long. I’m f I could I would rate this book 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars.
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Jim
2.0 out of 5 stars Jesus saves!
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2017
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If your into Christian apocalypse, you'll like this. I'm not, and it nauseates me. I think it's a little fantastic, but YMMV.
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mustlovetoread
5.0 out of 5 stars great new Christian fiction for young adults!
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2015
This is a great start to a new series! N: The Beginning is a short story and the first in a futuristic young adult series. Christianity has been outlawed. Christians are hunted down and arrested. Kids are rounded up and put in a re-education program. Petra Bordeaux leads a band of children, keeping them safe and spreading the news of what the National Council is doing.

How strong are you in your faith? If you were targeted for being a Christian, would you stand firm? Brother and sister, Petra and Artiss Bordeaux, are in such a position. A group of teens in North Texas are fighting for their freedom while escaping capture and imprisonment in a federal re-education center. Seamus shows up and tells Petra it has begun. He leads the way when there seems no way. Do you have faith that God can take care of you? Do you try to take things into your own hands, to help God out? Though friends, family, don't follow God, will you follow the truth on your own? It's your own decision. Not something you do just because your parents did. You have to make the choice. What will your choice be?

I look forward to more books in this series. With the way things are in the world today, this a very timely subject. Even after reading the story, I'm still thinking about how it impacted me. How serious am I about my faith? Would it withstand persecution? Will you be a part of N?

I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
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