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"Women of Unfailing Conviction. Virginia, 1864: Therese Jennings cannot abide the thought of her family owning slaves. When her wealthy grandfather dies during the Civil War, leaving his slaves and estate to Therese's widowed mother, Therese flees to Richmond. There she works as a tutor by day and a nurse by night. But when trouble befalls her family, how can she reconcile her duty and beliefs? And where does James Talbot--a long-time family friend--fit...
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American century series volume 2
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2006.
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English
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Just years before America witnessed the turn of the century, the three eldest Stuart children left their home in the hills of Arkansas to pursue their dreams in the land of opportunity. Now they are back for a family reunion at the humble home they left years ago. In an unforeseeable turn of events, their visit is cut short when Lylah and Amos are required to return to the city as the world edges closer to war. Within months they find themselves and...
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American century series volume 6
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2007.
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English
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As a new decade begins, the United States enters the war in Korea. From Hollywood to the Ozarks, the sons and daughters of Will and Marian Stuart are living out their dreams and living the good life. The next generation of Stuarts has everything they could possibly want. Will they continue the family's legacy of faith as they launch out to pursue dreams of their own? Book 6 of the American Century series follows several of the younger Stuarts as they...
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American century series volume 3
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2006.
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English
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The war in Europe is over and a new feeling of freedom is sweeping across America. The skirts are getting shorter, the women are getting faster, and the Stuart family is caught up in a sea of changes. From the Arkansas hills to the streets of Chicago, with a stop off in Hollywood on the way, One Shining Moment will hold readers in its mesmerizing grip. From daring cross-country flights to seedy speakeasies to the Salvation Army headquarters, the Stuarts...
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House of Winslow volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
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770L
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Zacherias Winslow is The Wounded Yankee. Fighting for the Union Army, he is wounded in battle and sent home. When he arrives home, Zacherias discovers that in his absence his partner has stolen both his fiancee and his business. Zacherias moves to Montana to live as a hermit, but a godly Welch woman and her three children land on his doorstep and challenge his bitter heart.
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House of Winslow volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
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940L
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As a great new nation begins to take shape along the Atlantic seaboard, the Winslow family fortunes are dealt a savage blow in a maritime tragedy. Rachel Winslow alone reignites a spark of hope. As free-thinking and spirited as her celebrated forebears, Rachel must overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to keep the family's dreams alive. Threatened by those she wishes to help, pressured to conform, and confronted by a test of forgiveness beyond...
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Augie Schuler has always been desparate for the kind of love normal families provide, and when she meets Sunny Yamagata and her family, Augie thinks she has finally found what she has been looking for, and together the two girls pursue the fanciful dreams of youth.
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Minnesota, 1911. Nilda Carlson is torn between life in the city of Blackduck and spending time with her family back home on the farm. Her employer, Mrs. Schoenleber, gives her more and more responsibility and experience. Still new to America herself, Nilda focuses on the area's immigrant community, but she'll have to fight to get her ideas accepted by the locals and donors alike. One of her greatest joys is her weekly piano lesson with Fritz Larsson....
10) A time to die
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American odyssey volume 02
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[1994]
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English
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Gavin Stuart leaves the carnival to become an aviator in the French Foreign Legion during World War I, while Lylah Stuart is torn when the man she loves is pitted against her brother in aerial combat.
11) A time to weep
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1996.
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Jerry Stuart, ever anxious for thrills, works as a stunt pilot until tragedy strikes, while his uncle, Pete Stuart, struggles with the greedy owner of the mighty Kingman Oil Company.
13) The peacemakers
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American family portrait volume 8
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[1999]
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English
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Paige Morgan, driven to the point of despair by the cultural and political turmoil of the Vietnam era, finds a cause worth living for when she encounters the Jesus Movement, and when her brother Travis returns from Vietnam broken and disillusioned, Paige embarks on a crusade to bring him to Christ.
14) A time to build
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American odyssey volume no. 6
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[1998]
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English
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The sons and daughters of Will and Marian Stuart set out in pursuit of their dreams in the prosperous post-World War II years, and though they encounter some setbacks and disappointments, they know that love and healing await them at the family farm in Arkansas.
17) Harbor secrets
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"It's 1916 when newspaper woman Anna McDowell learns her estranged father has suffered a stroke. Deciding it's time to repair bridges, Anna packs up her precocious adolescent daughter and heads for her hometown in Sunset Cove, Oregon. Although much has changed since the turn of the century, some things haven t. Anna finds the staff of her father s paper not exactly eager to welcome a woman into the editor-in-chief role, but her father insists he wants...
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