Every episode as artwork
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The Price of Freedom
When a new teacher tells twelve-year-old Kirk McGinty that the soldiers who died in Vietnam died for nothing, the boy's cherished image of the father he never knew is thrown into doubt on the eve of Odyssey's Memorial Day picnic.
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A Prisoner for Christ
Hiding out at Whit's End after ruining Eugene's college project, Nicholas takes a test ride in the Imagination Station and lands in ancient Rome, where he's swept into the flight of a runaway slave with a slave catcher hot on their heels.
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Good Business
When a coveted dress proves too expensive for her allowance, Robyn sets out to find a way to make lots of money without actually working for it.
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Heatwave
During a sweltering Odyssey heat wave, a self-styled kid detective in a trench coat drags his reluctant sidekick into investigating a mysterious boy who disappears into the woods every day with an armload of lumber.
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Elijah
When a rebuilt invention at Whit's End whisks two kids into the age of the prophet Elijah, one falls into the clutches of Israel's wicked queen while the other must journey with the prophet himself to find her.
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Elijah
Trapped in ancient Israel, two kids get caught between a vengeful queen and the prophet Elijah as he prepares a fiery showdown to prove whose god is real.
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That's Not Fair!
Three kids fed up with parents, siblings, and teachers agree to Whit's experiment: for a few days, everyone will treat them absolutely fairly - no more, no less.
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But, You Promised
A small four-second fib to a friend snowballs until Robyn finds herself in a police station, staring at two strangers her imagination put there.
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A Mission for Jimmy
Reluctantly stuck running his Sunday school's missionary fundraiser, Jimmy Barclay falls asleep over a missionary's memoir and gets a firsthand lesson in what mission work really costs.
0092
The Ill-Gotten Deed
When Calvin storms into Whit's End looking for revenge on his cheating brother, Whit hands him a book he wrote himself - the true story of identical twins racing across the country to claim their father's mysterious inheritance.
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Rescue from Manatugo Point
A mysterious two-word letter from England sends Whit back to his old wartime journals - and the story of a dangerous night mission off the coast of Guadalcanal.
0094
Operation Digout
A mysterious English stranger leaves Whit a cryptic message - "Operation Digout" - summoning him to Trickle Lake and stirring memories of a wartime mission he thought long buried.
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The Treasure of Le Monde!
When a boarded-up attic room at Whit's End reveals an antique pipe organ hiding a century-old riddle, Robyn and Connie join Whit on the trail of a legendary French nobleman's buried treasure - but greed has a way of trapping the hunters.
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By Faith, Noah
When two kids ask what faith really means, Whit takes them to the Bible Room to bring the story of Noah - and the trust it demands - vividly to life.
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The Prodigal, Jimmy
With his savings in his pocket and his parents out of the house, Jimmy Barclay decides the rules can wait - a choice that costs him more than money.
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A Matter of Obedience
When their father, a country doctor, entrusts them with delivering medicine to a sick woman on the far side of the woods, young Tom Riley and his sister Becky discover just how hard it is to follow a few simple instructions.
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A Worker Approved
After confidently sharing her faith with her class, a young girl is stumped by one classmate's honest question and discovers that knowing why she believes is harder than she thought.
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And When You Pray...
When her little brother's prayers seem to work like magic and her own go unanswered, a skeptical girl sets out to discover how prayer really works.
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The Boy Who Didn't Go to Church
When a restless young volunteer quits the helping group that never lets him do the exciting jobs, he sets out to prove he can serve people better on his own terms.
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Let This Mind Be in You
With Whit away in Chicago for two days, Connie takes his parting instruction to "do what he would do" a little too literally.
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A Good and Faithful Servant
When the Barclay kids' constant requests for money push their parents to try a new plan, everyone in Odyssey gets a lesson in what it really means to handle money wisely.
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The Greatest of These
When a fifth-grade grudge pairs Robyn with the classmate who keeps ruining everything, a puzzling Greek word from her Bible study turns out to hold the answer to both mysteries.
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Bad Company
When a mall outing with an old friend goes wrong and a slick new Bible teacher shakes Connie's faith, both girls learn how much the company they keep can shape who they become.
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Choices
When a straight-A student wins the honor of writing a district-wide report, the assigned topic forces her to choose between her grade and her deepest beliefs.
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Go Ye Therefore
After a well-meaning evangelism handbook turns every attempt to share her faith into a disaster, a discouraged Connie is ready to give up on witnessing for good.
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Whit's Flop
After a humiliating Little League loss cements his reputation as the kid who ruins everything, young Davey Holcomb is challenged by Whit to unravel the mystery of a failed invention called "Whit's Flop."
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The Life of the Party
The funniest kid in town discovers what happens when the laughter stops and he needs his friends for something more than jokes.
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Connie Comes to Town
A restless girl from Los Angeles takes a temporary job at Whit's End to earn bus fare home, but small-town Odyssey has other plans for her.
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Gifts for Madge and Guy
At Whit's End, a Christmas squabble over what to buy a friend prompts Whit to tell the story of a penniless young couple, each determined to give the other a perfect gift.
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The Day After Christmas
A bored girl with a pile of unwanted Christmas presents tags along on a charity trip to the poor side of town, where a forbidden detour teaches her what real riches look like.
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Promises, Promises
New in town and new to her job at Whit's End, teenage Connie Kendall bets her boss Whit that sheer willpower is enough to make a person better - and puts it in writing.
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Nothing to Fear
A girl who's afraid of everything is lured into a prank that leaves her facing her worst fear in a pitch-black basement.
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The Tangled Web
When Connie asks for the afternoon off while hiding her real plans, Whit hands her one of his old stories to read aloud - a tale about a boy whose one small lie spirals wildly out of control.
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A Member of the Family
When his pampered nine-year-old grandson arrives in Odyssey for the summer, Whit discovers that love sometimes means holding the leash tight.
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A Member of the Family
When Whit's estranged daughter arrives furious over how he disciplined her son, a family crisis forces three generations to confront the hurts they've never spoken aloud.
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Recollections
When Connie wonders why Whit is away from the shop, Tom Riley shares the bittersweet story of the remarkable woman behind Whit's End and the fight to save an old building the whole town had forgotten.
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A Change of Hart
When relentless bullying makes a lonely boy beg his family to move away, he gets a fresh start at a new school and the chance to reinvent himself as somebody cool.