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"Rarely has an Evangelical upbringing been depicted with the relentless honesty, wide-ranging empathy, and Superbad-meets-Siddhartha playfulness of HELL IS A WORLD WITHOUT YOU. During the time of Pizza Hut buffets, 9/11, and all-night Mario Kart parties, a grieving teenager faces a mortal crossroads: fire-and-brimstone certainty vs. forbidden love. And whether or not you've ever begged God to delay the Rapture (so you could have time to lose your...
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People have always fascinated sociologist Perry Warren, yet his most personal relationships--with his wife and young son--are in shambles. If his marriage crumbles, will his son be raised fatherless, just as he was? Hoping distance will offer answers, Perry accepts a writing project in the town of Derby, South Carolina, and there discovers a wealth of research--and a reason to hope--in the strange yet fascinating neighbors next door. Eldeen Rafferty...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20
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The story of three sisters: young Frances, gregarious and strong-willed Jory, and moral-minded Grace. Their father, Oren, is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local college. Yet their mother's depression and Grace's religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family, whose world is upended when Grace returns from a missionary trip to Mexico and discovers she's pregnant with--she believes--the child of God. Distraught,...
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[2010?]
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Heaven's wager: Kent Anthony is a brilliant software engineer who is cashing in on a brilliant career. He's finally living the idyllic life, far from thoughts of theft and murder and other kinds of horrible criminal behavior. He's left his past far behind ... or so he thinks. This story brings the reader face to face with a hidden world more real than most people ever realize; a world where the unseen is more powerful than anything seen. Thunder of...
8) Donut days
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[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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830L
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During a camp-out promoting the opening of a donut shop in a small Minnesota town, sixteen-year-old Emma, an aspiring journalist, begins to connect an ongoing pollution investigation with the turmoil in the evangelical Christian church where her parents are pastors.
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2008.
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In the listener, a middle-aged advertising executive uses his God-given gift to hear the innermost thoughts of people around him, allowing him to begin evangelistic conversations with strangers. In The gifted, three friends, rescued from the rubble of an earthquake, are miraculously cured of their injuries and find themselves gifted with evangelical powers. [LARGE PRINT READING]
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