Authors Pen Second Novel

Authors James and Marion Applegate collaborated again, producing another historical romance, this time set along the wild coast of New Jersey in the 1640′s. Inspired by a true story of a young immigrant rescued by the Lenni Lenape mentioned in a family letter, Listen for the Lark weaves a tale of hardship, adventure, love, and inspiration.

Listen for the Lark
A new novel by James and Marion Applegate

Penelope Van Princis, who immigrated to New Amsterdam from the Netherlands in 1643, was that woman. Listen for the Lark, published 2008, is their imaginative journey into Penelope’s body and soul as she lives through the suspenseful drama of her first nine months in the New World.

Both Listen for the Lark and Symphony of Spirits will soon be formatted for the following digital devices: Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Google Editions, Barnes & Noble nooktm , BooksonBoard and Scribd.com. Purchasing books in this form will eliminate the postage needed to send a traditional book.

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Symphony of Spirits
A novel by James and Marion Applegate

Symphony of Spirits, published 2005, sings of Snapping Turtle, a bereaved, Lenni Lenape who is forced to awaken from his melancholy to rescue his family, ravaged by kidnappers. Encouraged by his loving grandson, Osprey, Snapping Turtle tracks the depraved Gamek and frees his family and thirty other slaves. Rebuilding a community with the help of these people proves to be a huge responsibility. His faith and his dreams comfort and guide him during his ordeal.

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