Left Behind: The Kids

Left Behind: The Kids

Author	Tim LaHaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Christian novels
Publisher	Tyndale House Publishing
Published	1997 – 2004
Media type	Print (Paperback)
No. of books	40 (List of books)

Left Behind: The Kids stylized LEFT BEHIND >THE KIDS< is a series written by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye, and Chris Fabry. The series consists of 40 short novels aimed primarily at the young adult market based on the adult series Left Behind also written by Jerry B. Jenkins. It follows a core group of teenagers as they experience the rapture and tribulation, based on scriptures found in the Bible, and background plots introduced in the adult novels. Like the adult series, the books were published by Tyndale House Publishing, and released over the 7 year period of 1997-2004. The series has sold over 11 million copies worldwide.

"In one shocking moment millions around the globe disappear. Those left behind face an uncertain future—especially four kids who now find themselves alone. As the kids search for help and for answers, they are told the truth behind the disappearances. But are they ready to believe it?" Will they believe it?

List of books

There are also 12 volumes containing a number of these books in each to be more similar to the original series:

Book #1: Taken (Left Behind: The Kids) covers books 1-4 with background plots from Left Behind.

Book #2: Pursued (Left Behind: The Kids) covers books 5-8 with background plots from Tribulation Force.

Book #3: Hidden (Left Behind: The Kids) covers books 9-12 with background plots from Nicolae.

Book #4: Rescued (Left Behind: The Kids) covers books 13-16 with background plots from Soul Harvest.

Book #5: Stung (Left Behind: The Kids) covers books 17-19 with background plots from Apollyon.

Book #6: Frantic (Left Behind: The Kids) covers books 20-22 with background plots from Assassins.

Book #7: Shaken (Left Behind: The Kids) covers books 23-25 with background plots from Assassins

Book #8: Unmasked (Left Behind: The Kids) covers books 26-28 with background plots from The Indwelling and The Mark.

Book #9: Deceived (Left Behind: The Kids) covers books 29-31 with background plots from Desecration.

Book #10: Protected (Left Behind: The Kids) covers books 32-34 with background plots from The Remnant.

Book #11: Hunted (Left Behind: The Kids) covers books 35-37 with background plots from Armageddon.

Book #12: Arrived (Left Behind: The Kids) covers books 38-40 with background plots from Glorious Appearing.

Also, LaHaye and Jenkins with Chris Fabry in 2000 wrote A Kids Guide to Understanding the End Times, which helps readers of the series to understand the end times events, similar to Are we Living in the End Times? by the original authors.

Characters

Original members of The Young Tribulation Force

• Judd Thompson Jr.-Age at time of the rapture: 16 First Appearance: Book #1

Judd was born into a Christian family, and was once fairly devout, but never made the commitment to Christ. He received a letter by mistake containing a credit card that was supposed to be for his dad. He called the Credit Card Company and confirmed it by using his intellect and sheer common sense, he remembered to use his grandmother's maiden name and his father's birthday and knew he was free to use it. On the night of the Rapture, he took the credit card, packed a few things such as clothes and other necessities in his backpack, and ran away, telling his parents that he was going to the library to study. He instead went to O'Hare airport and boarded a one-way flight to London, England. When some of the people on board the plane disappeared, leaving only their clothes, Judd realized that what he heard all the time in church was true—Jesus had come back and he had been left behind. He met Bruce Barnes—the visitation pastor, and the only member of the staff left behind—Vicki Byrne, Lionel Washington, and Ryan Daley. The four kids form the Young Tribulation Force. He allowed Vicki, Ryan, and Lionel to stay at his house until they were forced to flee because of the Global Community. Bruce and Judd go on a few international trips, the last of these was taken shortly before Bruce's death. Following the earthquake and Ryan's death the Young Trib force live in a cave until they can escape to a safer hideout. Zeke then gives them a new ID. He resists going to the schoolhouse,as he and Vicki have a massive falling out. He eventually goes in order to warn the kids about Wormwood. Due to their disagreements Vicki lets him and Lionel go to the Gala in Israel. The trip was meant to last a week but actually lasted around three years. He fell in love with an Israeli girl named Nada, however she was shot. Before she died, she wrote him a letter saying how she felt like there was somebody back in the "States" that he loved. He realized she meant Vicki, whom he actually began to have interest in early on, and yet he did not show his love for her until much later in the series. He scared Vicki when they were delivering "stuff" by a GC trick to propose to her.They marry about a year before the Glorious Appearing. He and Vicki are both in Jerusalem at the Glorious Appearing, where the witness the destruction of Carpathia's army. His best friend is Lionel.

• Victoria Byrne Thompson-Age at time of the rapture: 14 First Appearance: Book #1

Vicki grew up in a trailer park, Prospect Gardens in Mount Prospect. Vicki hated where she lived because people regularly made fun of her and the others who lived in Prospect Gardens, calling them names such as "Trailer Trash". Her parents smoked, drank, and fought constantly. Every Friday, the trailer park inhabitants would go to a dance held at the trailer park (these more often than not ended up with huge fights breaking out and the police having to break it up). Vicki would usually have to baby-sit her sister Jeanni, however, occasionally she would ditch her and run off to smoke, drink or do dope with her friends. When Vicki was twelve, a man asked to speak at the dance. Everyone was first irritated, and then quiet as he told all present that Jesus had loved them enough to die for them and He wanted everyone to accept His gift of grace and eternal life. Vicki's parents and her sister all accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior, along with her brother Eddie in Michigan, while a defiant Vicki refused. Following her parents' conversion, Vicki became even more rebellious and continued to refuse to convert. Her parents would force her to go to church and Vicki would often end up being taken kicking and screaming and sulking the whole way. One night she came back from partying to find the house quiet and was under the impression that they had fallen asleep waiting for her. When she woke up the next morning, all her family were gone because they had been raptured. Though her best friend Shelley wondered what happened, Vicki knew the truth—Christ had come back for His own. She then accepted Christ upon meeting Bruce Barnes, Judd Thompson, Lionel Washington, and Ryan Daley. They formed a group called the Young Tribulation Force, and spent the next seven years proselytizing, which included interrupting a concert by Z-Van (lead singer of the Four Horsemen and one of Nicolae Carpathia's false messiahs) and speaking to the crowd of thousands. She fell in love with Judd early in the series and the two were married around a year before the Glorious Appearing, shortly following Vicki's twentieth birthday.

• Lionel Washington-Age at time of the rapture: 13 First Appearance: Book #1

His whole family, even to the largest extent, were the most devout Christians he knew, and he pretended to go along with them. The only one he could connect with was his Uncle André, who would turn into a drunk and a gambler one week and a "devout Christian" the next. All of his family disappeared in the Rapture except André, who died after being shot by LeRoy Banks and being caught up in a fire in his apartment complex. Lionel became a Christian and acknowledged that Jesus had raptured his church. He spent the next seven years proselytizing, spending most of his time with Judd and Bruce Barnes. He had to amputate his left arm after it was crushed in a rock slide while he and Judd were traveling back to the rest of the Young Tribulation Force from their adventures in the Middle East, but gained it back at when Jesus returned at the end of the series. He came to stay in Petra, after the marriage of Judd and Vicki where he was best man. At the end of the series he went to Jerusalem with the other believers.

• Ryan Daley- Age at time of the rapture: 12 First Appearance: Book #1

His mother and father, who were confirmed unbelievers who died in the Rapture; one died in an explosion and the other in a plane crash. He was the last one out of the four to become a believer. He was best friends with Rayford "Raymie" Steele Jr., Rayford Steele's son, and the two often had much fun together, but disagreed on faith—Raymie was devout in his relationship with Jesus, while Ryan was much more skeptical. As he and Vicki were walking, he went into an abandoned house, found a dog, and named it Phoenix. He and Lionel often clashed to the point of a brawl, yet they were still very close.In the book "On the Run", Ryan accompanies Judd to Israel where Ryan saves Judd's life after Judd is captured by the GC for having a tape containing the truth about the murders of Tsion Ben-Judah's family. Ryan died a couple days after the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake because as he was in Vicki's house, a chunk of debris fell on him, causing his legs to become paralysed and a wound in his back to become badly infected. He died in a makeshift hospital, but he stayed alive long enough for Vicki to be with him while he did so.

Other members

• Shelly Brown - First Appearance: Book #1 Vicki's best friend who lived in the same trailer park with her. She was babysitting during the Rapture and the two children vanished as she was holding them. This frightened Shelly, and she was reclusive for a long time until Vicki helped her become a believer after she tried to commit suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills. Shelly was a believer in Christ and one of the first unoriginal members of the Young Tribulation Force. She later fell deeply in love with Conrad. They postpone marriage till the Milleniun.

• Mark Eisman- First Appearance: Book #5 An incoming senior at the time of the Rapture who met Judd and Vicki at Nicolae High. After graduation he joined the militia in the uprising against Carpathia (led by former United States President Gerald Fitzhugh), but after World War III, Mark permanently joined the Young Trib Force. He was also one of the first unoriginal members and was influential in the making of an online newspaper that was originally printed and handed out at Nicolae High that was aptly entitled The Underground. He was decapitated about a half a year before the Glorious Appearing for refusing the mark of the beast.He also fell in love with Vicki but knew she was in love with Judd so he is very jealous.

• John Preston- First Appearance: Book #5 Mark's cousin who also met Judd and Vicki at Nicolae High. After graduation, he attended engineering college until he was forced by the GC to work for them. He worked on the GC ship Peacekeeper 1 until the meteor—the second Trumpet Judgement killed almost everyone on board. The exceptions were those in a submarine, including Carl Menninger, a young man who was a friend of John's and a later believer.

• Conrad Graham- First Appearance: Book #11 A Global Community Morale Monitor until he met Lionel, who had amnesia as a result of a blow to the head from the Wrath of the Lamb. Lionel, upon regaining his memory, convinced him that Jesus was God, and Conrad became a believer in Christ and member of the Young Tribulation Force. He fell in love with Shelly. He survived the Tribulation and was with Shelly at the Glorious Appearing.

• Janie McCanyon- First Appearance: Book #7 Janie was skeptical in the beginning and was placed in North Side Detention Center where she met Vicki. Janie was later adopted by Bruce Barnes, but she was sent back to the detention center. She met the group later in their hideout at the schoolhouse in Illinois and kept on traveling with them, though she spent the whole time complaining about it all. Though she still supported Carpathia, she at last became a believer after hearing Vicki talking with a Global Community Morale Monitor, Marjorie Amhearst. Janie became a believer and a member of the Young Tribulation Force, and was one of the many Young Tibulation Force members to make it to the Glorious Appearing.

• Melinda Bentley- First Appearance: Book #13 Former Global Community supporter and was a very strict Morale Monitor. She was taken in by the Young Tribulation Force at the schoolhouse when her partner Felicia died because she drank water that had been poisoned by Wormwood. She was stung by the locusts and was unsure of becoming a believer, but finally made the decision to become a believer in Jesus. She was alive at the Glorious Appearing.

• Carl Meninger- First Appearance: Book #16 Worked for the Global Community. He was on Peacekeeper 1 with John Preston. John gave his life for Carl when he gave Carl his place on the escape submarine since at that point, Carl wasn't a believer. Carl set out to find John's cousin, Mark, who helped him become a believer seconds before the locusts attacked him. Vicki taught him all he needed to know about the Bible, then he went back to the GC to work on the inside and help the Young Tribulation Force. Carl also helped the kids show thousands around the world see the truth through Vicki's broadcast at Z-Van's concert. He was alive at the Glorious Appearing.

• "Natalie" Bishop- First Appearance: Book #24 A Global Community Morale Monitor and believer in Christ. She met Vicki at a presentation of Global Community schools and help her escape the GC. From then on until Book 29, she was the Young Tribulation Force's link inside the GC. She helped many members of the Young Trib Force, as well as Co-ops, escape from GC clutches. Finally she was caught and was executed by the guillotine for refusing to take the Mark of the Beast.

• Samuel "Sam" Goldberg- First Appearance: Book #8 Friend of Judd and Lionel in Israel and a believer in Christ. Sam's father worked for the Global Community, and attempted to use Sam as bait to catch Lionel and Judd several times before Sam left Israel with them. Sam also fell in love with a much older girl in Petra named Naomi, but she did not feel the same way for him. He was one of the Many Young Tribulation Force members to make it to the Glorious Appearing of Christ.

• Nada Amir- First Appearance: Book #18 Also a friend of Judd and Lionel in Israel. Judd and Lionel stayed at her house for much of their stay in Israel.she was shot and killed while trying to save Mr. Stein from a GC guard. Judd's girlfriend. Has important part in Judd's marriage to Vicki.

• Chang Wong- First Appearance: Book #28 A Chinese American teenage boy who met Judd and Lionel by asking for help on the Underground website. His father was pressuring him to work for the GC, but he felt he could not because he was a Christian. His father knocked him out with a drug and had the Mark of the Beast put on him, but he did not choose it, so in the end it was prayed off of him by the elders in Petra. This was an event that puzzled many. Believers could still see the mark of the true believer on him while Carpathia's mark was on him as well. He fell in love with Naomi Tiberias but they decided to postpone marriage until the Millennium.

• Charlie Atkins- First Appearance: Book #13 A young boy who did not know what happened when the Rapture occurred. He met Vicki at the shelter that had survived the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake and helped Vicki carry Ryan's body. He met the other members of the Young Tribulation Force and wondered what the mark of the believer was that the others were talking about. He became a believer in Christ and a member of the Young Tribulation Force after mysteriously escaping the demon locusts. Charlie made it to the Glorious Appearing.

• Darrion Stahley- First Appearance: Book #9 Became a Christian after talking with Ryan while they were being held hostage by two men who wanted a ransom from Darrion's father. Her father was killed by the captors, and Darrion and her mother were taken in by the Young Tribulation Force. They used her family's cabin in Wisconsin as a hideout from the GC before it was burned down. Darrion made it to the Glorious Appearing. Best friend Ryan Daley.

• Tanya Spivey -First Appearance: Book #32 Daughter of Mountain Militia leader, Cyrus Spivey. While being held by the Mountain Militia leader, Vicki convinced Tanya, her brother Ty, and a few others in the group that Jesus, rather than the good works that Cyrus urged them to do, would allow a person entrance into heaven. Tanya became a Christian, and made it to the Glorious Appearing.

• Chaya Stein- First Appearance: Book #7 Mr. Stein's Jewish American daughter, who was the first in their family to become a believer. Because of this her parents disowned her and told everyone that she died. She led her mother to Jesus right before she died, and helped Vicki escape her parents' house when they took her in as a foster child. Chaya is killed in the Wrath of the Lamb Earthquake while trying to convert her father. She was also a member of the Young Tribulation Force. Chaya was also Vicki's best friend.

Adult Tribulation Force and Co-op members

• Rayford Steele - Former pilot for the Global Community and a believer.
• Loretta- The secretary of Bruce Barnes, also a believer. Helps the core trib force out from time to time. Dies in the Wrath of the Lamb Earthquake.
• Cameron "Buck" Williams- Former writer for Global Weekly, and a believer who is killed in the last battle, (Armageddon).
• Chloe Steele - Rayford's daughter, Buck's wife and a believer. Head of Commodity Co-Op, which sends food and other provisions to believers around the world. Is caught by the GC and is executed by the guillotine.
• Bruce Barnes – Pastor and a believer. He helps the kids come to know Christ. Dies in WWIII.
• Tsion Ben-Judah – A Messianic Jew. A rabbinical scholar. He is the main target for Carpathia. He dies defending Jerusalem just over a day before the Glorious Appearing.
• Mac McCullum - Pilot for Global Community. Flies plane for Co-Op.
• Chaim Rosenzweig – a.k.a. Micah, a prophet of God. He is a famous Israeli scientist. He is also the one who stood up to Carpathia. In Assassins He murders Carpathia by stabbing him through the head.
• Hattie Durham - Was once the fiancee and pregnant with his child and he poisoning her. She stood up to Leon and Carpathia. She is killed by Leon Fortunato when he calls down a ball of fire that vaporizes her.
• Ken Ritz- Pilot and friend to Buck Williams. Nicknamed "Dr. Airplane" by Chloe Williams after Buck Williams and Ritz rescued her from a hospital after the earthquake.
• Kenny Bruce Williams- Buck and Chloe's baby that was born right after Ken Ritz and Bruce Barnes were killed
• Westin Jakes- Signed up for the Co-op after Judd and Lionel's arrival at South Carolina. Former pilot for the singer Z-Van.
• Lionel Whalum- Flies Judd and Lionel to South Carolina. Takes over Chloe's co-op after her death.

Other Believers

• James "Jim" Dekker- First Appearance: Book #28 GC satellite operator helping the kids.

• Josey and Tom Fogarty- First Appearance: Book #3 A police officer and his wife who helped the kids capture burglars after the Rapture; their children were raptured.

• Coach Handlesman- First Appearance: Book #5 An employee at Nicolae High that acts as if he works against the kids but actually is trying to help them. He took the blame for Vicki and the Underground

• Maxwell and Louise Stahley- First Appearance: Book #9 - Parents of Darrion,Judd and Vicki find Max and Louise after being led to their mansion,after receiving a cryptic phone call from Ryan when he was kidnapped in The Search. Max works for the Security Services and after finding some sensitive information out about Carpathia the GC want him dead. Following the intense rescue of Darrion and Ryan from their kidnappers, Maxwell Stahley is shot,however, he becomes a believer in Christ as he is dying. His wife,Louise, becomes a believer shortly following her husband's death. She gives Judd money to replenish the money he has lost due to White Collar Crime. Louise also gives the Young Trib Force the use of any of the Stahley's resources including their plane and pilot,Taylor Graham. Louise dies following the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake.

• Pete Davison- First Appearance: Book #12 A biker friend of Vicki and Judd that help them with many of their recon works. Pete is killed when he refuses to take The Mark Of The Beast.

• Zeke Jr.- First Appearance: Book #16 He gave the core trib force fake identities and gave them the schoolhouse to live in. He often helps them by bringing them food and other supplies. He was also there when Judd proposed to Vicki.

• Cheryl Tiffane- First Appearance: Book #29 A pregnant young woman from Iowa. She gives her child to Josey and Tom. She has a nervous breakdown.

• Colin and Rebecca "Becky" Dial- First Appearance: Book #27 A Wisconsin couple with an underground hideout. Colin disguised himself as a Supreme Commander of the GC to break the believers out of jail.

• Bo and Ginny Shariton- First Appearance: Book #25 Helped the kids hide from the GC. They were closest to Charlie and treat him like a son.

• Margaret "Maggie" Carlson- First Appearance: Book #27 Helped Vicki and Darion escape the GC.

• Mr. Mitchell Stein- First Appearance: Book #7 A Jewish friend of Young Trib Force and one of the 144,000 witnesses. Father of Chaya Stein.

• Naomi Tibirus- First Appearance: Book #33 Works with computers in Petra. Falls in love with Chang Wong but they decide to postpone marriage until after the Glorious Appearing.

• Marshall Jameson- First Appearance: Book #35 Leader of the Avery, Wisconsin believers.

• Lenore Barker - First Appearance: Book #19 A woman the young trib force takes in. Has a baby\toddler named Tolan. She becomes a believer right as the fifth judgment, locusts that will sting any non-believer, are unleashed. When Vicki, Shelly and Conrad leave, she takes care of everyone at the schoolhouse. Helps a woman named Anita escape Manny's gang.

• Pavel Rudja- First Appearance: Book #11 Judd's friend from New Babylon. They meet on Tsion Ben-Judah's web site, and he helps Judd and Lionel while they are in Israel. He dies from the condition that put him in a wheelchair while Judd, Lionel, Sam, and Nada visit him in New Babylon.

• Ty Spivey- First Appearance: Book #32 son of Mountain Militia leader Cyrus Spivey and brother to Young Trib Force member Tanya Spivey

• Manny Augilara- First Appearance: Book #29 A Mexican American escapee from GC jail, is shot and beaten to death by former gang members.

• Chad Harris- First Appearance: Book #29 A fellow believer who secretly gets a GC Peacekeeper uniform from Z. He helps hide Vicki and her friends on the way back to Wisconsin. Later, he tried to get Judd for Vicki but is executed by the guillotine before he finds Judd. He fell in love with Vicki, but then he realized that she was in love with Judd.

• Thomas "Tom" and Luke Gowin- First Appearance: Book #20 Two brothers who saved Judd and Lionel's life while in South Carolina. The two die trying to kill members of the GC.

• Jacques Madeleine- First Appearance: Book #33 A French man who sheltered Westin Jakes, Judd, and Lionel after they help Westin escape from an execution onstage orchestrated by Z-Van. His son, Perryn, dies instead of Westin.

• Jamal and Lina Amir- First Appearance: Book #18 A couple in Jerusalem who accommodate Judd and Lionel during their stay in Israel. Parents of Nada and Kaisim.

• Mr. Wong- Chang Wong's father. Forces Chang to take the Mark by knocking him out with a drug. Becomes a believer and is executed by the loyalty enforcement facilitator (guillotine).

• Andre Dupree- Lionel Washington's uncle. he is killed by a gangster LeRoy Banks.He became a Christian before he died, revealed in last chapter in last book.

Raptured

Jude's family:

• Jude Thompson Sr - Jude's Dad
• Sarah Thompson - Jude's Mom
• Marc & Marcie Thompson - Jude's younger twin siblings

Vicki's family:

• Tom Byrne - Vicki's Dad
• Dawn Byrne - Vicki's Mom
• Edward (Eddie) Byrne - Vicki's elder brother, lived in Michigan where he moved to after he graduated from high school
• Jeanni Byrne - Vicki's younger sister

Lionel's family:

• Charles Washington - Lionel's Dad
• Lucinda Washington - Lionel's mom who worked on the magazine 'Global Weekly' with Buck Williams before the Rapture
• Clarice Washington - Lionel's elder sister,she also used to ride the bus to school with Vicki
• Ronnie Washington - Lionel's younger brother
• Talia Luci Washington - Lionel's younger sister

Global Community

• Nicolae Carpathia- Antichrist (also known as the Beast), Romanian, and head of Global Community. He brainwashes non-believers. After he is killed and comes back to life through Satanic possession he claims he is God. He is thrown into the Lake of Fire at the end of the series.
• Leon Fortunato- The False Prophet, assistant to Carpathia, Supreme Commander of the Global Community, and the Reverend Father of Carpathianism. Claimed that Carpathia raised him from the dead in book 13. He is thrown into the Lake of Fire with Carpathia.
• Marjorie Amherst- A loyal Global Community Peacekeeper. She went to Nicolae High School and was the valedictorian at Judd Thompson's graduation. However,she was unable to complete her speech,as she passed out due to nerves,meaning Judd had to take over. She later makes a reappearance in her new role as a Global Community Peacekeeper. She was working at one of the satellite schools,when the Horsemen Judgement struck. During the chaos, Mark Eisman,contrary to Vicki Byrne's wishes,decided to steal a satellite truck. Unbeknownst to him, Marjorie was in the back and he inadvertently took her back to the schoolhouse. Once at the school house,Vicki and the others decided to explain the Truth to her. She listened and after discovering that Vicki was in fact THE Vicki Byrne, who was wanted by the Global Community,she faked becoming a believer. Following this,the Young Trib Force decided they could no longer keep her at the school house,so Mark drugged her lemonade with sleeping tablets, thereby allowing the YTF time to take her back to the GC. Once back with the Global Community, Marjorie gave the all the information she knew about the YTF group,which aided the GC in the discovery and eventual destruction of the school house hideout in Book 25 Death At The Gala.
• Dr. Neal Damosa- Has the power of brainwashing, and is head of Global Community schools.
• Suhail Akbar- Head of GC Security and Intelligence. He is killed by order of Carpathia shortly before Jesus' return.
• Peter Mathews- He is Head of Enigma Babylon One World Faith, a collection of most of the religions in the world except Christianity and Judaism. He is killed by order of Carpathia.
• Commander Fulcire- A loyal Global Community commander who causes great death and pain to non-believers. Is feared by many.
• Commander Blancka- a GC commander, at the heart of the failed morale monitor scheme. Lionel's old commander. He is most notable for saying the most preposterous quote of the series- "People don't just disappear! Blancka is killed by Carpathia when he fails a mission.
• Claudia Zander- Morale Monitor Natalie Bishop's roommate. True-blue Carpathia follower.
• Lee McCarty- Undercover GC spy,who tried to trick Judd and Lionel when Judd and Lionel were staying in South Carolina with Carl Meninger,Tom Gowin and Luke Gowin.Brother of Brooke McCarty
• Brooke McCarty-Undercover GC spy,who tried to trick Judd and Lionel when Judd and Lionel were staying in South Carolina with Carl Meninger,Tom Gowin and Luke Gowin.Sister of Lee McCarty

Unbelievers

• Taylor Graham- Brother of Conrad. He was against the GC, and was killed with his girlfriend Hasina by the GC.

• Cyrus Spivey- Mountain Militia leader. He had taught the Mountain Militia that only good works could get you into heaven. He was caught by the Global Community and was executed.

• Z-Van- Lead singer for the popular group The Four Horseman. Judd saves him from death. He is one of Carpathia's false messiahs.

• Hasina- Taylor Graham's girlfriend. Killed with Taylor by the GC.

• Mr. Goldberg- Sam's father. Tried to use Sam to lure Judd and Lionel into the GC. Killed by the Horsemen of Terror.

• Mrs. Laverne Jenness- Principal of Nicolae Carpathia High School. Believed strongly in what the Global Community stood for. Died in the Wrath of the Lamb Earthquake.

Ryan Daley's parents- killed at rapture mother by car crash and father by airplane crash in book 1.

List of Characters Alive/ Deceased at Glorious Appearing.

Alive at Glorious Appearing	Deceased at Glorious Appearing	Unknown
Judd Thompson Jr.	Ryan Daley	Deacon
Vicki Byrne Thompson	Chaya Stein	Anita
Lionel Washington	Judith Stein	Wanda
Shelly Brown	Dan Ben-Judah	Coach Handlesman
Conrad Graham	Nina Ben-Judah	Florence
	Mrs. Ben-Judah	Jacques Madeliene
Janie McCanyon	Natalie Bishop
Westin Jakes	Nada Ameer
Melinda Bentley	Loretta Phillips
Charlie Atkins	Mark Eisman
Samuel Goldberg	Chad Harris
Darrion Stahley	John Preston
Tanya Spivey	Buck Williams
Jim Dekker	Chloe Steele Williams
Josey Fogarty	Pete Davidson
Tom Fogarty	Zeke Sr. (Gustaf Zuckermandel Sr)
Cheryl Tiffane	Tsion Ben-Judah
Colin Dial	Tom Gowin
Naomi Tiberus	Luke Gowin
Becky Dial	Perryn Madeleine
Maggie Carlson	Kasim Ameer
Mitchell Stein	Annie Christopher
Marshall Jameson	Hattie Durham
Jamal Ameer	Pavel Rudja
Lina Ameer	Mr. Rudja
Ty Spivey	Manny Aguilara
Rayford Steele	Andre Dupree
Kenny Bruce Williams	Taylor Graham
Chang Wong	Hassina
Westin Jakes	Ken Ritz
Zeke Jr. (Gustaf Zuckermandel Jr)	Bruce Barnes
Lenore Barker	Maxwell Stahley
Tolan Barker	Cyrus Spivey
Bo Shairton	Mr. Wong
Ginny Shairton	Donny Moore
	Sandy Moore
	Louise Stahley

Other information

These books were written from 1998 to 2004 and are still in print today, with over 11 million sold in series. Unlike the adult series, Left Behind, they have no prequels or sequels (and none will be written), but are a set of 40 books focused on the Tribulation. The series was originally due to have 48 books, but was cut to 40 as the huge 2 year jump in Ominous Choices cut out a lot of possible material. The Left Behind: The Kids series was originally written for teen and young adult readers. However, the audience has grown to include adults. The Kids series has, like the adults, a dramatic audio series adapted for and aired on Christian radio. These are now available as audiobooks and are also available on iTunes. The authors are also entertaining the idea of videos/movies for the series.

Left Behind The Kids Live-Action Audio

The series was adapted into a set of audiobooks which are a series of 12 episode volumes covering anywhere between 4 and 9 books each. The audio adaptatiosn were produced by GapDigital/EarFlix. Volume 1 covers books 1-4, volume 2 covers books 5-8, volume 3 covers books 9-12, volume 4 covers books 13-21, volume 5 covers books 22-33 andvolume 6 covers books 34-40