Teens & Tweens

Do you love:

  • Getting lost in thrilling adventures?
  • Stories that make you laugh, think, and feel brave?
  • Escaping into a world that challenges you—and changes you?

Parents

Are you looking for a book that:

  • Helps your child grow in faith?
  • Tackles the spiritual questions they’re secretly asking?
  • Shows how the Bible still speaks today—with relevance and power?

Then you'll love my middle-grade series How to Be a Hero

Each book is more than an adventure—it’s a story of courage, friendship, and the quiet strength that comes from faith when the stakes are high.

Lost in time. Surrounded by danger. Helped by a shepherd with a slingshot.

In How to Kill a Giant, Hugo’s miserable summer explodes into chaos when he and his new friends, Julia and Stefan, are suddenly swept into the strange and scary world of ancient Israel. Thrust into danger and shadowed by fear, they meet a bold young shepherd named David. But while swords clash and enemies close in, Hugo’s fiercest battle rages inside—the fear he’s a coward. To survive, he’ll have to unlock the secret behind David’s fearless faith and find the courage to face a challenge that could cost him everything. A gripping story of friendship, faith, and the kind of bravery that changes lives.

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How to Kill a Giant won third place in the Middle-Grade category in the 2024 Christian Indie Awards.

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Three teenagers. One perilous quest. A miracle worth risking everything for.

A single moment changes everything when siblings Stefan and Julia, along with their friend Hugo, are transported to the time of the prophet Elisha. Lost in a land fraught with danger, they are forced to go on a treacherous journey that tests their limits and threatens their lives. But as Stefan struggles against the anger he has carried for too long, he realizes their survival depends not just on strength or strategy, but on trusting God and embracing the power of forgiveness—the one miracle that can transform everything.

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What readers are saying ...

Endorsements for How to Kill a Giant

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The author has crafted an adventure story packed with biblical truth relevant for today’s kids. It teaches an age-old principle with the potential to change readers’ lives: “Be of good courage” when facing giants of any description because God’s presence gives strength and victory.
Grace Fox
award-winning author of 15 books, including Moving from Fear to Freedom: A Woman’s Guide to Peace in Every Situation
In How to Kill a Giant, Carol Schlorff brings a lively and creative perspective to an ancient story, reminding us that God is strong enough to fulfill His plans in our lives. As Hugo, Julia, and Stefan find out, in the middle of impossible circumstances, God is able to help us battle giants. Though each of our giants may look different, we can rely on God’s strength as we trust Him to prepare us and lead us in the way we should go.
Cynthia d’Entremont
author of Simon Stayed, Oak Island Revenge, and Unlocked
How to Kill a Giant will captivate middle-grade readers from the moment three discontented young adolescents begin searching a creepy old house for a missing pet cat until the inspiring conclusion of this wonderfully imaginative story. Hugo and two friends, siblings Julia and Stefan, discover a strange, ancient Bible. Then the three are miraculously transported to ancient Israel, where they meet the biblical hero David as a young shepherd. This tale gives new meaning to the Scripture that says the word of God is living and active. Carol Schlorff skillfully weaves a fast-moving story that teaches lessons of friendship, forgiveness, courage, and faith in God.
Chuck Richardson
author of True Status and Paradise Unfallen
In How to Kill a Giant, Carol Schlorff brings a lively and creative perspective to an ancient story, reminding us that God is strong enough to fulfill His plans in our lives. As Hugo, Julia, and Stefan find out, in the middle of impossible circumstances, God is able to help us battle giants. Though each of our giants may look different, we can rely on God’s strength as we trust Him to prepare us and lead us in the way we should go.
Kim Patton
author of Nothing Wasted

Endorsements for How to Make a Miracle

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Swept back in time, Hugo, Stefan, and Julia unwillingly become a part of a familiar story. Together, they encounter surprise, trepidation, anger, and intrigue. This middle-grade novel is skillfully crafted, holding the reader captive through twists and turns on many levels. How to Make a Miracle forces the characters and thus the reader to grapple with a real-life issue in biblical terms. You’ll have to read the book to experience the “Ah-ha” moment. I dare say you’ll walk away with a new perspective on a virtue wrestled with since the dawn of time.
Shelley Pierce
author of The Crumberry Chronicles Middle-Grade Fiction Series
How to Make a Miracle beautifully illustrates the healing power of forgiveness through the parallel stories of a bitter teenage boy from modern America and the Israelite servant girl of Naaman. The biblical narrative blends seamlessly with Stefan’s journey, leading readers and characters alike to meditate on the mercy and providence of God. A fantastic adventure story sure to be enjoyed by children of all ages.
Grace MacPherson
author of Domitian and The King’s Sword
How to Make a Miracle continues the tale of the three young teenagers Carol Schlorff introduced in How to Kill a Giant. This time, the trio is magically transported into the biblical story of Naaman the leper found in 2 Kings 5. Middle-grade readers will enjoy this story, and it will keep them engaged in figuring out how the characters will escape one predicament after another. The central theme of the story revolves around learning to forgive and to apologize. Carol did a great job imagining behind-the-scenes details that the Bible does not give. This book will help young readers better grasp biblical truths and appreciate the consequences of war and the real suffering conquered people endured.
Chuck Richardson
author of True Status and Paradise Unfallen
How to Make a Miracle, by Carol Schlorff, is a fascinating tale of three young teenagers who get transported back in time to help a young slave girl communicate with her parents. But the underlying reason for their journey through time into the biblical story of Naaman is to learn the importance of forgiveness, no matter what happens in life. As the slave girl forgave and served her captors, so Stefan (one of the teens) was taught to forgive his parents and to ask for forgiveness from those he had injured. This story has a vital message for family and friends. God is involved in our lives and wants us to live for Him. As He forgave us, so also should we forgive others.
P. Lynn Halliday
author of Disaster! Around the Bend

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How to Mess Up Christmas
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