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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the experience of Baptist minister Don Piper, who was pronounced dead at the scene of a car accident and experienced the glories of heaven for ninety minutes, but who miraculously came back to life, where he endured a long and painful recovery.
2) The letter
Author
Series
Christmas Box volume b.k. 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
David and MaryAnne Parkin find a mysterious letter at the base of their child Andrea's grave that eventually returns joy to their marriage, which had been strained in the nineteen years since her death
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mackenzie Allen Phillips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
xvi, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the coach of the Indianapolis Colts and the first African American football coach to lead his team to a Superbowl victory concentrates on his religious life as well as his career in football.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Five sisters return home seeking reconciliation with the celebrity mother who had abandoned them, and find both the enduring love of the grandmother who raised them and a difficult legacy left by their mother.
Author
Series
Love Comes Softly volume Volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leaving her little prairie town, Belinda Davis never dreamed that the excitement of living in Boston would leave her restless and empty inside. Wealth, literature, travel, and romance touched her life with choices and decisions that brought dissatisfaction rather than joy. She discovered that only when God had first place in her life was her peace restored. Belinda once again faces decisions about her life that are no less difficult than before. A...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt in front of his house when a shadow falls over him. He looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later, who with his beautiful wife, will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs--including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then tragedy...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rachel Hollis has created an online fan base by sharing tips for living a better life while fearless-ly revealing the messiness of her own. Each chapter begins with a specific lie Hollis once be-lieved that left her feeling overwhelmed, unworthy, or ready to give up
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jessie Sullivan is summoned home to tiny Egret Island, where she meets Brother Thomas, a monk who is about to take his final vows, and encounters the legend of a mysterious chair dedicated to a saint who had originally been a mermaid.
11) Honor's disguise
Author
Series
Rocky Mountain legacy volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
283p. 21cm.
Language
English
Description
Abbie Farrel is just beginning to settle back into living again after the financial crises that have rocked her ranch since her husband's death. With the rugged Cole Jasper back as her foreman, Abbie dares to hope that his laughter and steady hand will bring serenity to the ranch. But trouble comes in the form of two bounty hunters trailing Cole. Captured and beaten near death, Cole is tied to a horse for the journey back to Texas and a trial for...
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
297p illus maps
Language
English
Description
Reporter Corrie Hollister experiences the battle of Gettysburg on her way to Washington, where she meets President Lincoln and stays at Mrs. Surratt's boardinghouse, while trying to understand her role as a single woman and how it fits into God's plans for her
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
A stillborn baby ends Max and Zoe's marriage. Max leaves Zoe and turns to drinking. Zoe falls in love with a female school counselor, Vanessa. Max finds help for his drinking problem through his brother's church. Vanessa and Zoe get married. Vanessa offers to carry one of Zoe and Max's fertilized embryos. Zoe goes to Max to get permission to release the embryos to her but Max's new found religious fervor leads him to sue Zoe for custody.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
The Reluctant Bridegroom begins with Sky Winslow, the son of Chris and Dove Winslow, agreeing to return East and bring a wagon train of brides to the men of Oregon City. As experienced as he is on the trail, the past hurts of an unfaithful wife and the care for a twelve-year-old son who truly needs a mother's love make Sky an unlikely candidate for such an assignment. On the long trip from New York to Oregon, two of the women who join the wagon train...
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Cody, mourning his late wife, objects to his brother Carl's wish for independence, wanting to keep Carl, who has Down's Syndrome, close to home, but when Elle, Carl's teacher, champions his cause, Cody begins to develop unexpected feelings for her.
19) The guardian
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
U.S. Marshall Marcus O'Malley must deal with a variety of problems, including his sister's diagnosis of cancer and protecting a woman who witnessed a murder.
20) The Sacred Shore
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A historical epic brings together a group of banished French Acadians, a lonely British nobleman, and a couple on the verge of separation.