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Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Naomi's husband and sons are dead. The adopted daughter she adored was murdered, and violence and war have bankrupted the families of Naomi's people, the tribes of Israel. Naomi and daughter-in-law, Ruth, return to Israel where they will change the course of the children of Israel and the world.
Author
Series
Treasures of the Nile volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Fear is the most fertile ground for faith." "You will be called Anippe, daughter of the Nile. Do you like it?" Without waiting for a reply, she pulls me into her squishy, round tummy for a hug. I'm trying not to cry. Pharaoh's daughters don't cry. When we make our way down the tiled hall, I try to stop at ummi Kiya's chamber. I know her spirit has flown yet I long for one more moment. Amenia pushes me past so I keep walking and don't look back. Like...
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Series
Language
English
Description
When famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons to Moab. For a while, it appears the Lord is blessing Elimelech's family, and his sons marry two lovely Moabite women. But calamities strike, one after another, leaving Naomi alone in a foreign land with only her childless daughters-in-law for comfort. When news reaches Naomi that the famine in Bethlehem has lifted, only Ruth...
Author
Series
Novel of prophets and kings volume 02
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The Old Testament book of Daniel comes to life in this novel for readers of Lynn Austin's Chronicles of the Kings series or Francine Rivers' Mark of the Lion series. Survival. A Hebrew girl first tasted it when she escaped death nearly seventy years ago as the Babylonians ransacked Jerusalem and took their finest as captives. She thought she'd perfected it in the many years amongst the Magoi and the idol worshippers, pretending with all the others...
Author
Series
Novel of prophets and kings volume 01
Language
English
Description
"In this epic Biblical narrative, ideal for fans of The Bible miniseries, a young woman taken into the prophet Isaiah's household rises to capture the heart of the future king. Isaiah adopts Ishma, giving her a new name--Zibah, delight of the Lord--thereby ensuring her royal pedigree. Ishma came to the prophet's home, devastated after watching her family destroyed and living as a captive. But as the years pass, Zibah's lively spirit wins Prince Hezekiah's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother, Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift over slavery has ripped the Butler household apart. Now, to pay off debts, Pierce Butler wants to cash in his slave "assets", possibly including Emma.
50) Journey
Author
Series
Legacies of the ancient river volume 03
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
"His younger brother will be greater than he . . . With those words, Menashe's dreams collapse. As Yosef's eldest son, his position had seemed secure. But now Efrayim-bold, charming Efrayim, who's everything Menashe is not-is taking his place. With their people. With the pharaoh. With Jendayi, the slave Menashe loves.Efrayim, meanwhile, sees his dreams confirmed. Surely it's his destiny to unite the Egyptians and Hebrews. To marry a princess and achieve...
59) Joseph
Author
Pub. Date
1980, c1979
Language
English
Description
A novel of Joseph, a handsome foreigner, respected by men, loved by women, who, cast out by his brothers into Egypt, became the brilliant prime minister of the most powerful nation on Earth.
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