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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
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As he is driving home from a minister's conference, Baptist minister Don Piper collides with a semi-truck that crosses into his lane. He is pronounced dead at the scene. For the next 90 minutes, Piper experiences heaven where he is greeted by those who had influenced him spiritually. He hears beautiful music and feels true peace.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father Below." At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the worldly-wise old devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Popular YouTubers Cole and Savannah LaBrant share their inspiring love story, highlighting the redemptive, surprising nature of God at work in our lives, and how He graciously steps in and turns our messes into something beautiful.
The messy, tender story of how God brought two people together in a surprising, unexpected way. Savannah was the product of a broken marriage, a single mother with a history of unhealthy relationships; her faith in God...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
Waking Up in Heaven is the story of Crystal McVea, the day she died for nine minutes, went to heaven, and stood before God. In this remarkable autobiography, Crystal shares her experience of walking with God towards the gates of heaven - a place so full of light and love that she did not want to leave. But Crystal was miraculously revived and came back to consciousness in a hospital room surrounded by doctors, nurses and her own mother. Previously...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Translated into over 50 languages, The Purpose Driven Life is far more than just a book; it is a guide to a spiritual journey that has transformed millions of lives. Once you take this journey, you'll never be the same again. This new, expanded edition of The Purpose Driven Life, created for a new generation of reader, includes: Video introductions by Rick Warren to chapters 1-42 and an audio Bible study at the end of each chapter, with over 30 additional...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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In her most profound work, Sayers investigates the nature of God and creativity From the first pages of Genesis, it is clear that God and man share one vital trait: the ability to create great works out of nothing. More than any other group, artists feel impelled to create, and this urge brings them closer to God. By contemplating the creative drive of humanity, we can better understand the works of God, and by reading deeply into the tenets of Christianity,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Beyond Tim Tebow's exploits as a Heisman-winning football player, he is widely known and respected for his exemplary character and personal excellence, which have made him a role model for millions. When Tim interacts with the public, he often encounters people who feel "stuck" -- unable to take action on matters ranging from daily life to pursuing lifelong dreams. In response, Tim often identifies a crippling fear or lack of courage, to which he...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Formats
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A great archeologist might hope to make just one momentous discovery in his lifetime, but Adam Livingstone has already discovered two of the ancient world's greatest mysteries in the history of mankind--and in less than a year. Now he is on the verge of recovering what is probably the single greatest artifact ever lost.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Despite--or rather because of--all the veneration that has surrounded the figure of Jesus for centuries, historian Baigent asserts that Jesus and his death have been heavily mythologized. Using his access to hidden archives, secret societies, Masonic records, and the private collections of antiquities traders and their moneyed clients, he explores the religious and political climate in which Jesus was born and raised, examining not only the conflicts...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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The outfielder for the Texas Rangers relates the drug and alcohol abuse that derailed his baseball career and led to his estrangement from friends and family, and describes his spiritual journey back from addiction.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
Out of the Silent Planet introduces Dr. Ransom and chronicles his abduction by a megalomaniacal physicist and his accomplice via space ship to the planet Malacandra. The two men are in need of a human sacrifice and Dr. Ransom would seem to fit the bill. Dr. Ransom escapes upon landing, though, and goes on the run, a stranger in a land that, like Jonathan Swift's Lilliput, is enchanting in its difference from Earth and instructive in its similarity....
14) Redeeming love
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
California’s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Then she meets Michael Hosea, a man who seeks his Father’s heart in everything. Michael obeys God’s call...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sisters is the first major history of the pivotal role played by nuns in the building of American society. Nuns were the first feminists, argues Fialka. They became the nation's first cadre of independent, professional women. Some nursed, some taught, and many created and managed new charitable organizations, including large hospitals and colleges.
In the 1800s nuns moved west with the frontier, often starting the first hospitals and schools in immigrant...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 21
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
This Christian classic, originally published in 1678, has become one of the most significant and influential books in the English language. Travel with Christian on the road to the Celestial City as he fights temptation, evil, spiritual terrors, and religious pitfalls, but also encounters such helpful characters as Hopeful, Faithful, and Charity. This classic staple of religious literature is beautifully filled with profound allegories that accurately...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 31
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. His old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. They become bitter enemies. Because of an unfortunate accident, Ben-Hur is sent to slave in the mines while his family is sent to leprosy caves. As Messala is dying from being crushed in a chariot race, he reveals where Ben-Hur's family is. On the road to find them, Ben-Hur...
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Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
C.S. Lewis's ironic guide to Christian morality, in which a devil named Screwtape advises his young devil nephew Wormwood on corrupting humanity in thirty-three letters and in a toast at the annual dinner of the Tempters' Training College in Hell.
20) Far from you
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Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A novel-in-verse about sixteen-year-old Ali's reluctant road trip with her stepmother and new baby sister, and the terror that ensues after they end up lost in the snow-covered woods.
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