Lauraine Snelling
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Mary Martha travels to the town of Blessing in the Dakota Territory to visit her brother and his family, and her growing love for the community--especially Pastor John Solberg, has her entertaining thoughts of staying on, but she is called back to Missouri to care for her ailing mother, leaving her to hope that good-bye does not mean forever.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Augusta Bjorklund, unlucky in love, decides to leave Norway and start over with her relatives in St. Paul, Minnesota, but her inability to speak English leads to a mix-up that puts her on the wrong train and she soon finds herself at the end-of-the-line where rancher Kane Moyer is waiting for his mail-order bride.
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"Mona and Ken Sorenson are approaching the best years of their lives. Mona's greatest concern is that Ken will learn of the surprise party she's planning for his retirement from his job as Dean of Students at Stone University. Then, just days before Ken's last official day of work, their son, a Special Forces officer in the Army, learns he's being immediately deployed on a six-month mission in Pakistan. Since his wife left him, the only people he...
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Red River of the North volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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The dream of their own farmstead and a good life in America had brought Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund across the Atlantic to pioneer the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. But Roald's tragic disappearance in a winter storm turned Ingeborg's dreams into a living nightmare. Against nearly impossible circumstances and overwhelming grief, she struggles to keep the farm and her family together. When spring appears, Roald's distant cousin Haaken arrives...
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Deborah MacCallister, head nurse at the Blessing hospital, has loved Toby Valders since her school days, but she's had enough of their on-again, off-again relationship. Toby truly cares for Deborah, but he's never felt like he could commit to marriage or a family. When Anton Genddarm, the new schoolteacher, comes to town, the young women of Blessing see a chance to force Toby's hand with a little strategic matchmaking. But real sparks fly between...
11) An untamed land
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Series
Red River of the North volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 19
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English
Description
Ingeborg, her husband Roald, and their son immigrate to America with high hopes in 1880. When New York doesn't measure up to their expectations, they continue westward until reaching the Dakota territory. The family must struggle to achieve their dream.
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Series
Home to blessing novels volume 2
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English
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When she is called home unexpectedly to help in a family medical emergency, physician Astrid Bjorklund learns of a deadly measles outbreak on the nearby Indian reservation. She immediately senses the Spirit tugging her to help the Indians and wonders if her "mission field" is not so far away as she had imagined. But if she follows God's call, will love pass her by?
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After graduating in May of 1900, Andrew Bjorklund and Ellie Wold of Blessing, North Dakota make plans to marry once the harvest is over and their new house is finished. They spend the summer working hard, and the Lord seems to shine on and in them in a special way. Everyone rejoices in their happiness. Everyone except for Toby Valders, who is determined to get even for all the drubbings he has taken from Andrew through the years. Andrew, however,...
14) A time to bloom
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"Will their dreams fall apart when confronted with all that is stacked against them? Delphinium Nielsen and her sisters have accomplished much in the past year, traveling west and settling in Nebraska. They are on their way to building a garden in dedication to their mother and working against the forces of nature to make their farm thrive. However, none of that can mask their concern that they are quickly running out of money. Del's work teaching...
15) Fields of bounty
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English
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"Lilac Nielsen's dream has come true: handsome young Rev. Ethan Pritchard has finally noticed her. Yet she must balance this new courtship with the pursuit of another dream--the publication of her artwork in a New York paper. She has secretly been submitting a series of drawings under a pen name, and if anyone traces the drawings back to her, the entire Nielsen family could be put in danger.As their family farm expands and Lilac's relationship with...
16) Rebecca's reward
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Daughters of blessing volume 4
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English
Description
Nineteen-year-old Rebecca Baard has experienced more than her share of sorrow, and now she is afraid to open her heart to love. Besides, no man has ever shown enough interest in her to come courting. So Rebecca's friends set out to remedy the situation, concocting social events to attract all the eligible bachelors in Blessing and advising her in the use of feminine wiles. When none of these efforts seem to work, Rebecca tries yet another tack, only...
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Leah's garden volume 4
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English
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"Larkspur Nielsen is determined to keep the family homestead running, even if she must do it alone. When she discovers that Isaac McTavish has feelings for her, she pushes him away to protect her heart. But how can she build the life she's always dreamed of when unexpected dangers arrive?" --
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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English
Description
Escaping Kentucky is the only way 19-year-old Jesselynn Highwood can save the family's prized Thoroughbreds from the destruction of the Civil War. So she sets out with her young brother and their freed slaves on a perilous journey to Missouri. Will they avoid capture by Confederate and Union soldiers? Or will the slaves' ex-overseer catch them first?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"After finding her expected safe haven destroyed, Jesselyn Highwood must decide where to turn next. With no place left to go, Jesselyn decides to head west on the Oregon Trail. Here she encounters hardship, danger on the journey--and love. Meanwhile, her sister, Louisa, smuggles desperately needed supplies for the hospital in Richmond where she helps care for wounded soldiers. As both sisters face the ravages of war, one remains strong in her faith...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
As the Civil War rages across the land, two courageous young women embark on separate perilous missions ...Heading west on the Oregon Trail with he family's with her Thoroughbreds and a ragtag band of freed slaves, Jesselynn Highwood and her companions are forced to separate from their wagon train and begin a new journey fraught with hardship and peril. Back East, while smuggling medical supplies, her sister Louisa and brother Zachary are captured...