{"product_id":"the-silver-cup-of-wieringen-and-other-stories-four-stories-the-cornerstone-story-collection-high-school-cornerstone-academics","title":"The Silver Cup of Wieringen and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cornerstone Story Collection — High School\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFour complete stories in one volume, written for readers in grades 9–12.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e“Once is enough.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe night the Spaniards came to the island of Wieringen, Tijmen's father pressed a small leather pouch into his hands. Plain silver. No mark but a nail-scratched cross on the foot. In the Low Countries in 1573, possessing a Reformed communion cup is evidence of heresy — and the soldiers are already searching the parsonage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eWhat follows is a journey across the Zuiderzee through storm, ice, and siege, and three more stories of people holding to something when holding costs them. A masterless samurai in the ruin after a great battle, choosing not to draw. A weaver in plague-emptied Flanders, working to finish a Resurrection tapestry for a church that may have no one left to see it. A lighthouse keeper's daughter on a lonely Scottish rock, tending the light through the longest night of her life — and every night after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Silver Cup of Wieringen · The Undrawn Sword · The Unfinished Tapestry · The Daughter of the Lighthouse Keeper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaith content:\u003c\/strong\u003e Explicitly Christian. The title story follows a Reformed pastor's household during the Spanish persecution of Protestants, and The Unfinished Tapestry turns on a Resurrection panel woven for a church. The other two stories — feudal Japan and the Scottish coast — are about restraint and faithfulness rather than Christian doctrine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA note for parents:\u003c\/strong\u003e These stories deal honestly with religious persecution, war, and plague. There is an execution, the aftermath of a siege, deaths within families, and the loss of a parent — all handled soberly rather than graphically. Best for readers fourteen and up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for the classical or Charlotte Mason high-school reader, for family read-aloud and discussion, and for anyone who wants literature that forms character without ever preaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrades 9–12 · Ages 14–18\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis volume includes four complete stories:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Silver Cup of Wieringen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Undrawn Sword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Unfinished Tapestry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Daughter of the Lighthouse Keeper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChoose your format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback (6 x 9 in, approx. 160 pages, printed and shipped) or EPUB ebook (instant digital download).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone Academics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50584163844325,"sku":"9798951391490","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"EPUB (ebook)","offer_id":50584163877093,"sku":null,"price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3845\/6805\/files\/ChatGPT_Image_Jul_23_2026_01_08_37_AM.png?v=1784797736","url":"https:\/\/cornerstoneacademics.co\/products\/the-silver-cup-of-wieringen-and-other-stories-four-stories-the-cornerstone-story-collection-high-school-cornerstone-academics","provider":"Cornerstone Academics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}