Lisa Wingate
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Learning that her grandmother was a victim of the corrupt Tennessee Children's Home Society, attorney and aspiring politician Avery Stafford delves into her family's past and begins to wonder if some things are best kept secret.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant novel, inspired by a true story, for readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale. Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge--until strangers arrive...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a new novel inspired by little-known historical events: a dramatic story of three young women on a journey in search of family amidst the destruction of the post-Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who rediscovers their story and its vital connection to her own students' lives. In her distinctive voice, Lisa Wingate brings to life startling stories from actual "Lost...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Iola Anne Poole, an old-timer on Hatteras Island, passes away in her bed at ninety-one, the struggling young mother in her rental cottage, Tandi Jo Reese, finds herself charged with the task of cleaning out Iola?s rambling Victorian house. Running from a messy, dangerous past, Tandi never expects to find more than a temporary hiding place within Iola?s walls, but everything changes with the discovery of eighty-one carefully decorated prayer boxes,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the #1 New York Times author of Before We Were Yours.
When Iola Anne Poole, an old-timer on Hatteras Island, passes away in her bed at ninety-one, the struggling young mother in her rental cottage, Tandi Jo Reese, finds herself charged with the task of cleaning out Iola's rambling Victorian house.
Running from a messy, dangerous past, Tandi never expects to find more than a temporary hiding place within Iola's walls,...
When Iola Anne Poole, an old-timer on Hatteras Island, passes away in her bed at ninety-one, the struggling young mother in her rental cottage, Tandi Jo Reese, finds herself charged with the task of cleaning out Iola's rambling Victorian house.
Running from a messy, dangerous past, Tandi never expects to find more than a temporary hiding place within Iola's walls,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Successful New York editor Jen Gibbs is at the top of her game with her new position at Vida House Publishing--until a mysterious manuscript from an old slush pile appears on her desk. Turning the pages, Jen finds herself drawn into the life of Sarra, a mixed-race Melungeon girl trapped by dangerous men in turn-of-the-century Appalachia. A risky hunch may lead to The Story Keeper's hidden origins and its unknown author, but when the trail turns toward...
Author
Series
Moses Lake volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
360 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Adventure is the last thing on Andrea Henderson's mind when she moves to Moses Lake. After surviving the worst year of her life, she's struggling to build a new life for herself and her son as a social worker. Perhaps in doing a job that makes a difference, she can find some sense of purpose and solace in her shattered faith. For new Moses Lake game warden Mart McClendon, finding a sense of purpose in life isn't an issue. He took the job to get out...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the #1 New York Times author of Before We Were Yours!
Elizabeth Gallagher has been balancing on the ragged edge for a while now. Then a rough case on the boards of her 911 operator's job collides with a family conflict at home, and Elizabeth finds herself finally coming apart at the seams. A four-state road trip—trapped in a car with her mother—is the last thing she needs. Their destination may be beautiful Hatteras...
Elizabeth Gallagher has been balancing on the ragged edge for a while now. Then a rough case on the boards of her 911 operator's job collides with a family conflict at home, and Elizabeth finds herself finally coming apart at the seams. A four-state road trip—trapped in a car with her mother—is the last thing she needs. Their destination may be beautiful Hatteras...
Author
Series
Publisher
NAL Accent
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xi, 381 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A sixteen-year-old living on the low-rent side of Blue Sky Hill takes a job in an upscale home looking after an elderly widower suffering from heart trouble and together the two form a life-changing friendship.
10) Wildwood Creek
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"While working as a costuming assistant on a docudrama, Allie Kirkland has discovered strange connections between herself and a teacher who disappeared a century ago in the legendary frontier settlement of Wildwood. Is history about to repeat itself?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
c2015
Physical Desc
432 p.
Language
English
Description
Wingate's third Carolina book follows the highly reviewed, The Prayer Box and The Story Keeper as well as related three novellas.
From modern-day Roanoke Island to the sweeping backdrop of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains and Roosevelt’s WPA folklore writers, past and present intertwine to create an unexpected destiny...
Restaurant owner Whitney Monroe is desperate to save her business from a hostile takeover. The inheritance of a decaying...
Author
Series
The Blue Sky Hill volume 1
Publisher
NAL Accent
Language
English
Description
After years of resentment and estrangement, Rebecca Macklin is forced to return to Dallas when she discovers that her aging father has been roaming the city streets alone, while his wife, Hanna Beth, has landed in a nursing home. .
14) Never say never
Author
Series
Daily Texas volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
348 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a chaotic hurricane evacuation lands her in Daily, Texas, Kai Miller meets hometown-boy Kemp Eldridge and she can almost picture settling down in Daily, until she discovers he may be promised to someone else.
15) Talk of the town
Author
Series
Daily Texas volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
359 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mandalay Florentino, arriving in Daily, Texas, to arrange a surprise "reunion concert" for "American Superstars" finalist Amber Anderson, learns that Amber has disappeared with a "bad boy" actor, and as a result, discovers the talent of Imagene Doll.
16) Word gets around
Author
Series
Daily Texas volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Returning home to Daily, Texas, to help her father with a misbehaving horse that's supposed to be the star of a new Hollywood movie, Lauren Eldridge soon finds more than she bargained for when the movie's screenwriter turns out to be leading-man handsome.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xii, 432 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Despreate to save her high-end restaurant, Whitney Monroe seeks to sell an inherited Gilded Age hotel on North Carolina's Outer Banks, but the downstairs tenants--as well as her estranged stepfather--are determined to save the historic building.
Author
Series
Tending Roses volume 3
Publisher
NAL Accent
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
x, 283 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Karen Sommerfield is suddenly forced to deal with the threat of cancer at the same time her company downsizes her, she returns to the rural Missouri Ozarks and her grandmother's old farm on an odyssey to find herself.
19) Beyond summer
Author
Series
The Blue Sky Hill volume 3
Publisher
NAL Accent
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
x, 383 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English