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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
With over ten million books sold, Janet Oke's charming stories of triumphant women of the West have touched the hearts and minds of readers everywhere. When young Kendra, an orphan living with her Indian grandmother and trapper grandfather in the wilds, is sent away for schooling, she must make some very difficult choices about her future.
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Series
Canadian West series volume 1
Kennebec Large Print superior collection
When calls the heart volume .01
Kennebec Large Print superior collection
When calls the heart volume .01
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Thatcher is young, pretty, cultured, and educated. But when she journeys west to teach school in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, she's completely unprepared for the conditions she encounters. Still, she's determined to succeed at the formidable task of fitting in with the locals and shaping the hearts and minds of the schoolchildren in her care. She's just as determined not to give her heart to any of the local frontiersmen. Until...
Author
Series
Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
No one in the town of Calder Springs was prepared for the news of the mill closing. John and Julia Harrigan and their two daughters had lived a quiet, prosperous life in Calder Springs, and now their dreams for their family seem to be crumbling around them. Though Julia is an unlikely candidate to lead an effort to change the grim reality facing the town, she forges ahead to find a way to save the town and the home she loves.
Author
Series
Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Well-known and loved storyteller Janet Oke presents a beautifully told tale in her best tradition. With both anticipation and anxiety, Donnigan, a man surviving on the Western frontier alone, and Kathleen, a young girl thousands of miles away with limited prospects of finding a husband and stirrings of adventure in her heart, are at last united to begin their lives together.
Author
Series
Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Shy, sensitive, and a bit self-conscious, Anna Trent is the oldest daughter of a family of seven. When a young pastor asks Anna to marry him, she agrees despite her feelings of not meeting all the criteria for a minister's wife and feeling guilty about leaving her mother with all the work. Anna must discover that in the sight of the Lord, she truly is "a woman of worth."
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
At the heart of this innovative writing venture is the story of two girls growing up in the southern town of Harmony just before World War 1. Jodie and Bethan have different personalities and interests, but their friendship grows strong through shared joys, trials and finally, a devastating loss faced together. But the day comes when faith itself drives a tragic wedge between them-and shatters the love and respect they once shared. When Bethan's brother...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth, the lovely young eastern schoolteacher, has braved the western frontier and spent a year teaching in a one-room schoolhouse. Now she and Wynn, her Royal Canadian Mountie, are planning their wedding and their new life together at his outpost in the far north.
10) The beloved land
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Series
Song of Acadia volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Learning of their beloved father's precariously ill health, Anne and Nicole make separate plans to visit him in Georgetown, in spite of the dangerous instability of the times. Nicole travels from Massachussetts with her fiancé, while Anne and her husband must brave an arduous transatlantic crossing from England. But the hazards of travel are not to be compared to the events or struggles with which each of these "sisters of the heart" must ultimately...
11) Where trust lies
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Series
Language
English
Description
"After teaching in a 1920s mining town in western Canada, Beth Thatcher no longer feels at home among her wealthy family in the East, and her heart is torn between two very different worlds"--
Author
Series
Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
When young Emily Evans had felt God's call to start a church in a pioneer settlement, she never dreamed it would mean going alone.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Raised as siblings, they had learned true compassion from the examples of Elizabeth and Wynn. Now as adults, Christine has moved to a nearby city. Working as a secretary in a prosperous company, she is drawn to her employer's handsome son. Henry has joined the Canadian Mounties, where one of his first duties is to help a young widow and her infant. In their new lives, as new relationships grow, can Christine and Henry still draw on the faith they...
15) Sustaining faith
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Series
When hope calls volume 2
Language
English
Description
"So much has been accomplished. Lillian Walsh has stepped out courageously beyond what she'd ever dreamed of being able to achieve. She and her newly rediscovered sister, Grace, have settled three children from England into new Canadian homes and are prepared to place two more just after the New Year, when it happens--another painful disruption. A white lie the sisters used to protect some orphans has resulted in an official complaint and a letter...
Author
Series
Return to the Canadian West volume 3
Language
English
Description
When Beth Thatcher returns to Coal Valley, she has much to be excited about. She anticipates Jarrick's proposal of marriage and perhaps a spring wedding. The mine is expanding, and there are more schoolchildren than ever. But the town's rapid growth brings many challenges. A second teacher is assigned, and Beth finds herself going head-to-head with a very different philosophy of education--one that dismisses religion and rejects God. Fearful for the...
17) Roses for Mama
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
A captivating story of a young girl who must assume responsibility for raising her younger siblings. As the challenges intensify, she is determined in her faith to raise them as her mother would have wanted.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
"Leaving behind their dear friends in Beaver Creek, Elizabeth and Wynn take over an even more primitive RCMP outpost in the Canadian Northwest. A frontier woman now, Elizabeth had triumphed over the worst life could offer, or had she?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
"Having survived the harshness of their first year in the far Northwest, Elizabeth and Wynn, her Royal Canadian Mountie, are now challenged by a crushing disappointment. Will their love for each other, hope for the future, and their faith in God carry them through?"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Song of Acadia volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
While Anne settles into life in Britain, Nicole sets sail for America to manage her uncle's holdings and finds her heart and loyalties tested by the Revolution.
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