Disaster, disaster, disaster! Oh, what was Jan to do?

She couldn’t get away from the fears that assailed her—new home, new school, canoe trip catastrophe. All this on top of losing her best friend.

How can Jan (or Jantastic as she liked to be called) live without her best friend—Gaston. Moving for Mom’s new job meant her friends were left behind. Jan was devastated. Only Gaston, her donkey, understood her—she spent hours, deep in conversation with him. Yes—she could talk to animals, but no one else could. What were they to do when she left? The Quackers were losing ducklings daily, but she wouldn’t be there to quack the case. A Duck Disaster for sure.

Moving to the new farm has new challenges to face. Life-stretching tests that cause Jan to grow as she seeks out a new source of power. Faith in God. Would it prove to be better than donkey-love? Would this new faith be strong enough to face the Disaster that lay just around the bend?

In Disaster! Around the Bend, author P. Lynn Halliday wrote a fun book where Jan and the reader learn how important it is to trust God when troubles come—for God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1)