John Newton: Author of "Amazing Grace"

This is the wonderful story of John Newton, an atheistic slave trader who became a remarkable Christian and advocate of ending slavery. Newton is best known for the hymn "Amazing Grace." The best-loved Christian song describes the life of Newton--"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I'm found, was blind but now I see."

The book is part of the HIStory Makers series.