The smartest kid in the room still needs God.
★★★★★
"I'm that principal that prays before graduation in a totally public school... You can use this book in ministry and you can also use it in a classroom... I'd go with 4th grade through 6th, and maybe even 7th."
— Retired Principal
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Smart enough to solve problems.
Brave enough to trust God.
This is what parents are reporting after their children read this series:
Their child finished the book and asked for the next one.
Their child started talking about Ted at dinner like he was a real friend.
Their child began asking questions about God that no Sunday School lesson ever opened up.
Their child picked up the book instead of the phone. Not because they were told to. Because they wanted to.
This is what happens when a story meets a child exactly where they are — in their world, at their level, with a faith that doesn't feel like homework.
Your child deserves that experience. Now they can have it.
Meet Ted
Theodore Addison is ten years old. He is the kind of kid who makes adults nervous, because he is capable enough to get himself into serious trouble.
He is also the kind of kid your child will recognize immediately. The one who carries more weight than they should have to. Who figures things out alone because asking for help feels like weakness. Who reaches for God when all other options run out.
As the series unfolds, Ted learns what your child needs to learn too.
That being capable doesn't mean being invincible. That the people God puts in your path are not accidentally there. That asking for help is not weak, it's wise. And that God was never waiting at the end of the problem. He was present in the middle of it the whole time.
Your child doesn't just read about Ted. They grow up alongside him. And they arrive on the other side of this series knowing something most adults spend years trying to find: that God has a specific claim on their specific life.
This is what parents are reporting after their children read this series:
Their child finished the book and asked for the next one.
Their child started talking about Ted at dinner like he was a real friend.
Their child began asking questions about God that no Sunday School lesson ever opened up.
Their child picked up the book instead of the phone. Not because they were told to. Because they wanted to.
This is what happens when a story meets a child exactly where they are — in their world, at their level, with a faith that doesn't feel like homework.
Your child deserves that experience. Now they can have it.
What readers are saying
★★★★★
"If I could talk to Ted, I would ask him to teach me how to make inventions and talk about bullies with him. If I could be in the book, I would be Ted because he has good inventions. One part that made me sad was when Ted got kicked out of school."
— Young Reader, Age 11
★★★★★
"My favorite chapter is Chapter Six, 'Bad Kid,' when Ted goes to the recycling center."
— YOUNG READER, Age 10
★★★★★
"Thank you for writing a book that my son connected with so much. He loved reading about Ted's adventures, his inventions, his friends, and his new life. My son and I have been reading My New Home together each night, and we have really enjoyed it. It's such a wonderful, relatable story for kids, and it's been so special reading it as a family."
— Parent
Book 1 of 3+
GRADES 4-7 • CHRISTIAN Middle-Grade Fiction
Theodore is a genius dealing with relentless bullying, so he sneaks out every night to build and test his inventions, hoping to scare off his enemies.
But his go-it-alone plans blow up in his face when he catches the eye of the US government and gets in major trouble.
Little does he know, this is all part of God’s plan, as these stop-gap solutions become necessary tools to prevent a brewing national security crisis.
Theodore must learn to work together with friends and foes alike to protect his new hometown—or doom millions.
Walk through it together
For families who want to go further, the Guideposts companion reflection guide is available separately.
For the adult who wants to make sure the lessons from My New Home stick, this companion book contains the chapter reflection questions, the author's own personal answers to start the conversation, and biblical framing to guide the discussion.
"Your answers matter more than mine. But mine are there to help when you need a place to start."
The child who reads this alone gets a great story. The child who reads this with you gets a conversation that reverberates for a lifetime.
This is not for every family.
It might be for yours.
This was built for a specific kind of caregiver.
The parent who wants their child to have a faith they chose, not one they inherited by default and walked away from when they got older.
The grandparent who wants to leave something that outlasts a birthday or Christmas present. Something their grandchild will still be carrying in their heart when they are grown.
The teacher searching for that one story at the right moment that can reach a child when little else could.
The minister whose young people leave the four walls of the church, but choose to remain in the presence of God.
What these caregivers all share in common is this: they refuse to leave the faith formation of their children to chance.
They understand that a story a child loves at 10 can shape who they become at 20. That the questions a kid wrestles with in a novel are the same ones they will wrestle with in real life. And that walking through those questions together — adult and child, side by side — is one of the most powerful things a family can do.
This works best when you are in it with them.
The child who reads this alone gets a great story. The child who reads this with you gets a conversation that reverberates for a lifetime.
If that describes you, this series was made for your family.
The window doesn't stay open forever.
I wrote Ted's story for a specific child. The brilliant, complicated, faith-curious kid who deserved better than what the shelves were offering.
Getting it right took years.
In that time, the children I originally wrote this for grew up. Kids I had in mind when I created Ted — kids exactly like yours — aged out of the story before I could get it to them. It happened more than once.
I can't get that time back for them.
But I can make sure it doesn't happen to yours.
Your child is the right age right now. The series is ready. The community of young believers is waiting.
Your child won't just read these books. They'll grow up alongside Ted — and arrive at the other side of this series with a faith they chose.
Don't let the window close before they get there.
Some kids are built for this.
Yours might be one of them.
The Life Corps is a community of young believers built around The Life and Times of Theodore Addison, an original Christian middle-grade fiction series for kids aged 9 to 13.
Plenty of children will read the books, but the ID cards are only for the kids who are building a relationship with God.
When you join, your child receives their official Life Corporal ID Card.
It contains an Oath of Enlistment, a blessing over their life, and a set of Ranking Criteria that will grow with them as their faith does.
It is not a trinket. It is a spiritual growth chart.
Walk through it with them. That conversation is the point.
A child who walks through this with you leaves with something most kids their age have never been given: a faith that feels like their own.
Your family's privacy matters deeply. This ID card is for your child only.
No personal information will ever be shared, sold, or distributed. We take special care to protect the privacy of every minor in this community.