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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Hannah Roberts is the golden only-child with a perfectly scheduled life, raised in a prominent political family. Living with her wealthy, unaffectionate grandmother while her parents work abroad, Hannah prepares to spend a lonely Christmas when she learns a shocking truth: the man she believed was her father is not her parent after all. In an effort to find answers, she begins a desperate search for her real father, Army helicopter pilot Mike Conner,...
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Feeling betrayed after her greedy cousin moves in, eighteen-year-old Arcie Bryant, whose parents died suddenly when she was eleven, leaves her wealthy grandfather's home expecting to never see him again, but years later they cross paths, and Christianity makes an unexpected arrival in her life.
4) Halos
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English
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It was the halo that caught her heart between beats and made her pause to take notice ... "When Alessi Moore drives her red Mustang convertible into town, she wonders if this could be the place she was meant to find, a place to settle down. But when her convertible and all she owns is stolen, she is filled with doubt ...
5) Growing up
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
Description
"Honey Bear is growing up! The little cub finally learns to live without her smelly, old blanket in this Berenstain Bears Gifts of the Spirit storybook! The Berenstain Bears Gifts of the Spirit series celebrates the joy of faith, family, and friends--values essential to a wholesome and fulfilling life! This 32-page picture book, created by Mike Berenstain, son of Stan and Jan Berenstain, includes a soon-to-be classic story about growing up. Honey...
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English
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"'No matter where you go, no matter whether you succeed or fail, stand or fall, no gone is too far gone. You can always come home.' At the age of eighteen, musician and songwriter Cooper O'Connor took everything his father held dear and drove 1,200 miles from home to Nashville, his life riding on a six-string guitar and the bold wager that he had talent. But his wager soon proved foolish. Five years after losing everything, he falls in love with Daley...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Annie Zook--the preacher's eldest daughter--is expected to join the Amish church, but at 20 she is 'still deciding.' Because of the strict rules that guide the Plain community, she must continually squelch her artistic passion, although it has become her solace"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Tales of London volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Formats
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An orphanage in the slums of London is the only home Sarah Matthews has ever known. When she is suddenly whisked away to a wealthy widow's home in the prestigious Mayfair district, Sarah can't fathom what has happened. Why would this elderly woman, a stranger, want her company? But Dorothea Blake has reasons she isn't revealing. As Sarah blossoms into a young woman, the secret Mrs. Blake harbors threatens to make them both outcasts among London's...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
A girl grows into a sweet but headstrong young woman, somewhat uncomfortable in the "high society" trappings of her family's estate, but when the secret of her adoption is accidentally divulged, she sets out to discover who she is.
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Series
Prairie Legacy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
As graduation day approaches, eighteen-year-old Virginia Simpson is more than ready to head off to college, reunite with her childhood sweetheart, and finally be allowed to embrace the freeedom of adulthood. But when a family crisis forces her to abandon her carefully laid plans, Virginia learns the deeper meaning of "growing into adulthood." - Back cover.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Because of his job at the newspaper Thorliff Bjorklund is growing accustomed to his new college life away from family and friends, but it's summer and Thorliff must return home to North Dakota and confront his faltering relationship with his childhood sweetheart, Anji Baard.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
With schooling behind him, Josh wonders what else life holds. Should he continue his studies and become a pastor? Is he to help his aging grandpa and uncle on the farm? With his friends moving on, Josh feels like his life has drifted to a standstill.
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English
Description
The first in an epic two-book saga by beloved author Francine Rivers, this sweeping story explores the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters over several generations. Near the turn of the 20th century, fiery Marta leaves Switzerland determined to find life on her own terms. Her journey takes her through Europe and finally lands her with children and husband in tow in the central valley of California. Marta's experiences convince...
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English
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"From a distance, the Harlans appear to be the perfect Southern family. Wealth and local fame mask the drama and dysfunction swirling through their family line. But as the summer heats up, a flood tide of long hidden secrets surface. Devastation from a rape followed by the murder of two family members brings three generations of the Harlans together on their pecan plantation in Bay Spring, Alabama. Chief among them is Anniston, who by the time...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1850s Smoky Mountains, Rivers tells the gripping tale of a girl who's desperate to remove the guilt of her sister's death and anxious to absolve her departed grandmother of sins. While seeking the elusive Sin Eater, she uncovers a hideous secret and finds the truth.
17) A proper pursuit
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Series
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English
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During the summer of 1893 Violet Hayes sets out to find the answers to seven questions she has about her life, including why her mother abandoned her and moved to Chicago, why her father gave up on religion, and if her soon-to-be stepmother killed her first husband.
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English
Description
Leah is a child from Away, isolated from her peers because of her stutter. But then she begins painting scenes that are epic in scope, brilliant in detail, and suffused with rich, prophetic imagery. When the event foreshadowed in the first painting dramatically comes true, the town of Mattingly takes notice. Leah attributes her ability to foretell the future to an invisible friend she calls the Rainbow Man. Some of the townsfolk are enchanted with...
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Series
Swan house volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
Mary Swan Middleton has always taken her family's wealth for granted, but when her maid urges her to help those less fortunate, Mary meets Carl, a young man who has nothing in common with Mary, but who Mary finds herself drawn to.
20) City of Angels
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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In 1903, Kit Shannon, a young woman lawyer under the care of her unsupportive aunt longs to discover the truth in a high-profile case, but struggles with her personal doubts about the suspects she must defend.
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