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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
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Arriving in the turbulent and exciting city of Los Angeles just at the turn of the 20th century, Kit Shannon dreams of a future as a lawyer. Drawn into the upper-class world, Kit feels a burning desire to seek justice for the poor and oppressed, and in the courtroom is forced to confront an attack against the Christian faith she holds dear.
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2005.
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Large print edition.
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552 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm.
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English
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Best-selling author Stephanie Grace Whitson is a two-time Christy Award finalist. Deep in Lakota Sioux territory in 1878, a torched farmstead is discovered by American soldiers. Hidden in the cellar is Laina Gray-delirious and pregnant. Nursed back to health by a woman who trusts God's healing hand, Laina recovers but continues to closely guard her terrible secrets.
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Lori Wick's bestselling Tucker Mills trilogy concludes with Leave a Candle Burning about a widowed physician, Dannan MacKay, who creates a new life for his daughter but longs for the faith to love again.
Lori Wick's bestselling Tucker Mills trilogy concludes with Leave a Candle Burning about a widowed physician, Dannan MacKay, who creates a new life for his daughter but longs for the faith to love again.
Lori Wick is a multifaceted author of Christian...
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Tired of Waiting for a Match-Made-in-Heaven, She'll Settle for One Made in Texas Whether it's riding bikes, catching snakes, or sliding down banisters, Essie Spreckelmeyer just can't quite make herself into the ideal woman her hometown--and her mother--expect her to be. It's going to take an extraordinary man to appreciate her joy and spontaneity--or so says her doting oil-man father. Unfortunately such a man doesn't appear to reside in Corsicana,...
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A Journey of Hope...;
She had made a solemn promise to see her younger sister to safety in California. But the endless journey across the frontier was proving to be a heartbreaking test of courage and endurance for Faith Beal. All she had to sustain her was her steadfast belief in a loving God-;and the guiding hand of a stranger who truly seemed heaven-sent.
...;and Love
Connell McClain was her selfless guardian as their wagon train slowly...
7) Paper roses
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"Leaving the past behind in Philadelphia, mail-order bride Sarah Dobbs arrives in San Antonio ready to greet her groom - a man she has never met but whose letters, her paper roses, have won her heart from afar. But there is a problem - Austin Canfield is dead, and Sarah cannot go back East. As Sarah tries to reconcile herself to a future that is drastically changed, Austin's brother, Clay, wants nothing more than to shake the Texas dust from his boots,...
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
247 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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Tabitha Augustine and her famous archaeologist father are on the verge of their greatest find. As they compete to discover the first dinosaur fossil in Utah, Tabitha is determined to win. But sabotages and threats quickly send many contestants packing - including her father. Refusing to quit, Tabitha keeps digging. Will her stubbornness cause her to dig her own grave? Hunter Pierce loves history and adventure. His maverick ways infuriate Tabitha,...
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010.
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249 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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The West Is Wild - and Ready to Be Won Over by Love. Dr. Abigail Hayes, a pioneer in her chosen profession, finds life in nineteenth-century Utah filled with romance and fraught with danger, intrigue and mystery. Abigail endured many dangers on her way to Utah - only to discover once she arrives that everyone is not what they appear. Can her brother's friend, Jake Maverick, help her figure out why God allows tragedy so they can both do more than just...
10) Scattered petals
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Determined to rebuild her life after the death of her parents, Priscilla Morton moves to Texas and forges a relationship with ranch foreman Zachary Webster, but when the past intrudes, it threatens their relationship.
11) Walker's wedding
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Abandoned by his fiancée hours before their wedding, Walker McKay is determined to never let a woman near his heart again, but he needs an heir to inherit his ranch after he is gone. Courting someone new is out of the question, so he'll have to find a wife another way. Wealthy heiress Sara Livingston wants to be married, but her suitors are deemed unsuitable by her unreasonable father. When the opportunity to fill the bill for a mail-order bride...
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Ann dreams of a marriage proposal from her poetic suitor, Eli-until Will Hanby shows her that nobility is more than fine words. On a small farm in 19th-century Ohio, young Ann Miller is pursued by the gallant Eli Bowen, son of a prominent family. Eli is the suitor of Ann's dreams. Like her, he enjoys poetry and beautiful things and soon, he will move to the city to become a doctor. Ann travels to Pittsburgh, accompanying her father on business. There...
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Bart Kingsley had followed her to New Mexico, ready to lay his love-and his life-on the line. But spirited Laura Rose had made a fresh start for herself. She hadn't left her controlling father in Kansas to let some gun-slinging outlaw ruin her hopes-no matter what scandalous past they shared six years ago. Or how his green eyes beckoned! Rosie was his light in the darkness-Bart would do anything to win back her trust. But he was a wanted man. Would...
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Pampered Margaret Macy flees London in disguise to escape pressure to marry a dishonorable man. With no money and nowhere else to go, she takes a position as a housemaid in the home of a suitor she once rejected in hopes of winning his dashing brother. Praying no one will recognize her, Margaret fumbles through the first real work of her life. But can she remain hidden even when prying eyes visit Fairbourne Hall?
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Fans of The Anonymous Bride, will feel for Shannon O'Neil and Leah Bennett who are stranded in Lookout, Texas, without husbands or future plans. Thankfully, the marshal has ordered the rascally Corbett brothers to pay for the women's lodging at the boardinghouse, but will the brothers' idea of hosting Saturday socials really bring these women the kind of loves they long for? Will Shannon choose to marry just for security? Will Leah reject
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In 1875, Susanna Hanby is heading to college in Westerville. Ohio, when she discovers that her sister Rachel and her children have disappeared. Suspecting that Rachel's alcoholic husband knows more than he's saying, she vows to uncover the truth. Johann Giere is heir to a successful brewery and an aspiring journalist. When he becomes the supplier for a Westerville saloon, Johann crosses paths with temperance crusader Susanna, sparks fly. But when...
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When her widowed father's academy fails, Emma Smallwood travels with him to Cornwall to the cliff-top manor of a baronet and his four sons. But after they begin teaching the younger boys, mysterious things begin to happen. The older sons remember Emma from their days at her father's academy - and one of them finds himself unexpectedly drawn to her. Can a clever tutor's daughter figure out which brother to blame, and which to trust with her heart?
18) A bride for Noah
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Penniless and desperate for an adventure, Evie Lawrence moves to the Oregon Territory in 1851, intending to build a restaurant in one of the new settlements there. At his logging camp outside Seattle, Noah Hughes feels the last thing the camp needs is a woman! Are they ready to look beyond their expectations, and embrace the best God has for them?
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Finding himself the man of the family, London dancing master Alec Valcourt moves his mother and sister to remote Devonshire, hoping to start over. But he is stunned to learn the village matriarch has prohibited all dancing, for reasons buried deep in her past. Alec finds an unlikely ally in the matriarch's daughter. Though wary of Julia Midwinter's reckless flirtation, he comes to realize her bold exterior disguises a vulnerable soul and hidden sorrows....
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