Bartholomew's Passage, Arnold Ytreeide, Kregel Publications.

Bartholomew's Passage is an engaging story that guides families through the Advent season. Young Bartholomew's adventures start when Roman soldiers destroy his village and disperse his family, continue through his enslavement to a tyrannical master and his escape with his new friend Nathan, and end with a reunion with his family in Bethlehem. Along the way Bartholomew makes a new friend, a young boy named Jotham...if your children liked this book, Jotham's Journey is the title of another book of this saga.