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1) A new song
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Series
Mitford years volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh, recently retired from service at Lord's Chapel in Mitford, accepts a post as interim priest at a small parish on an island off the Atlantic Coast where he and his wife Cynthia quickly become involved in the lives of a whole new community of people.
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Series
Mitford years volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Father Tim, Mitford's most eligible bachelor, finds himself in need of divine intervention when his attention becomes focused on his attractive neighbor, while at the same time he is being pursued by a wealthy widow, and his cousin Meg moves into the rectory.
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English
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Father Tim and Cynthia arrive in the west of Ireland, intent on researching his Kavanagh ancestry. The charm of their lakeside B & B is broken when Cynthia startles a burglar and sprains her already-injured ankle. Then a cherished and valuable painting is stolen from the lodge owners, and Cynthia's pain pales in comparison to the wound at the center of this bitterly estranged Irish family.
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English
Description
Esther Bolick is filled with the holiday spirit as she prepares to bake the annual batch of her famous orange marmalade cakes. Then Gene calculates what it costs to bake this legendary cake, and Esther is stunned. Is it worth it to spend so much money on people who haven't always measured up to her expectations? The answer is clear. She'll cut her list back--way back. This decision makes perfect sense, until the lyrics of a Christmas carol steal into...
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Series
Mitford years volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
All good things--even laughter and orange marmalade cake--must come to an end.And in Light from Heaven, the long-anticipated final volume in the phenomenally successful Mitford Years series, Karon deftly ties up all the loose ends of Father Timothy Kavanagh's deeply affecting life.On a century-old valley farm where Father Tim and Cynthia are housesitting, there's plenty to say grace over, from the havoc of a windstorm to a surprising new addition...
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English
Description
After twelve years of wrestling with the conflicts of retirement, Father Tim Kavanagh realizes he doesn't need a steady job to prove himself. Then he's given one. As for what it proves, heaven only knows. It's life as usual in Mitford. A beloved town character lands a front-page obituary, but who was it, exactly, who died? And what about the former mayor, born the year Lindbergh landed in Paris, who is still running for office? All this, of course,...
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Series
Mitford years volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Father Tim Kavanagh, retired and living back in Mitford, finds himself becoming depressed and discontent with his idle life, especially as his wife Cynthia's career as a children's book author is taking off, and when a health crisis strikes, he finds himself depending on others for a change.
10) Out to Canaan
Author
Series
Mitford years volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Thousands of readers have come home to Mitford, the little town with the big heart, whose endearing and eccentric residents have become like family members. But now change is coming to the hamlet. Father Tim, the Episcopal rector, and his wife Cynthia are pondering retirement; a brash new mayoral candidate is calling for aggressive development; a suspicious realtor with plans for a health spa is eyeing the beloved house on the hill; and, worst of...
Author
Series
Mitford years volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Father Timothy Kavanagh is married to more than his lovable and eccentric Episcopal parishioners. He's also married to Cynthia, his vivacious and talented neighbor. Suddenly, the routine existence of a sixtysomething bachelor is out the window. How will they keep his sofa-sized dog at a safe distance from her arrogant, albeit famous, cat? Can he learn to love the old-Italian-villa look his wife is bent on giving the rectory? These concerns pale, however,...
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Series
Mitford years volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Retired Episcopalian priest Father Tim, a man who has never really worked with his hands, receives a true Christmas blessing when he decides to purchase and restore an antique plaster creche as a surprise for his wife.
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Series
Mitford years volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
It's easy to feel at home in Mitford, North Carolina. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are friendly. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won't go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that's sixty years old....
14) A common life
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mitford's Lord's Chapel seats barely two hundred souls, yet millions of Jan Karon's fans will be there for the most joyous event in years: the wedding of Father Tim Kavanagh and Cynthia Coppersmith.
Here at last is A Common Life, the sixth book in the bestselling Mitford Years series, and the long-awaited answers to these deeply probing questions: Will Father Tim fall apart when he takes his vows? Will Cynthia make it to the church on
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