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2) The thorn
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Rose's older sister, Hen, knows more than she should about falling for the wrong man. Unable to abandon her Amish ways, Hen is soon separated from her very modern husband. Mattie, their young daughter, must visit her father regularly, but Hen demands she wear Amish attire--and speak Pennsylvania Dutch, despite her husband's wishes. Will Hen be able to reestablish her place among the People she abandoned? And will she be able to convince Rose to steer...
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A successful LA artist, Roman Velasco appears to have everything he could possibly want--money, women, fame. Only Grace Moore, his reluctant, newly hired personal assistant, knows how little he truly has. The demons of Roman's past seem to echo through the halls of his empty mansion and out across his breathtaking Topanga Canyon view. But Grace doesn't know how her boss secretly wrestles with those demons: by tagging buildings as the Bird, a notorious...
4) Take one
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison come to Hollywood to make a film with a great spiritual message, but are waylaid by a temperamental actress, a botched production schedule, and their own insecurities as producers.
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2010
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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.
7) The telling
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Seasons of grace volume 3
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English
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Determined to forgo traditional medicine as she struggles to come to terms with a grave medical diagnosis, graduate student Heather Nelson hopes to find answers and healing in Amish country.
8) The fiddler
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A wrong turn in a rainstorm leads Englisher Amelia Devries to Michael Hostetle, and the young Amishman's charming Old Order community of Hickory Hollow. Despite their very different backgrounds, Amelia and Michael both feel hemmed in by the expectations of others and struggle with how to find room for their own hopes. And what first seems to be a chance encounter might just change their lives forever.
9) The secret
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Grace Byler, who is Amish, begins to question her religion after the disappearance of her mother, while Heather Nelson, after receiving a diagnosis of terminal illness, visits the Amish countryside, which she and her late mother last visited, hoping to find peace of mind.
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Angels walking volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"When former national baseball star Tyler Ames suffers a career-ending injury, all he can think about is putting his life back together the way it was before. He has lost everyone he loves on his way to the big leagues. Then just when things seem to be turning around, Tyler hits rock bottom. Across the country, Tyler's one true love Sami Dawson has moved on. A series of small miracles leads Tyler to a maintenance job at a retirement home and a friendship...
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"Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him, and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now, determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a church to escape from the cold. Pastor Drew Douglas adored his wife. But when he lost her, it was all he could do...
12) The missing
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Longing to find her missing mother and uncover the secrets that led to her leaving three weeks earlier, Grace befriends the non-Amish Heather, and the two travel together in hopes of finding Grace's mother and bringing her home.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
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English
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A portrait of the mysteries and miracles of everyday life introduces the small North Carolina town of Mitford and its colorful inhabitants, including Tim, a bachelor rector, who is falling in love with his neighbor.
14) The guardian
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English
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After schoolteacher Jodi Winfield finds a little girl on the side of the road, she delves into the isolated community of the Lancaster Old Order Amish to find answers.
15) Between Sundays
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Three people--self-centered star quarterback Aaron Hill; pro football player Derrick Anderson, who has strayed from God; and social worker Megan Gunn, struggling to adopt a little boy--are brought together during a season of hope, self-discovery, and faith.
16) The bridesmaid
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English
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Twenty-four-year-old Amish woman Joanna Kurtz holds two secrets--she wants to be a published writer, and she longs to be married to an Amish man who lives two states away.
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Marta's legacy volume 2
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English
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Spanning the era from the 1950s to the present, a family saga follows four generations of women as they face the sorrows and emotional conflicts that tear families apart, and struggle to find the forgiveness and grace that can keep them together.
18) Take two
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Setting Hollywood buzzing after a first collaboration, filmmakers Chase and Keith are approached for a second project, a situation that strains Chase's marriage and compels Keith's ambitious daughter to make questionable choices.
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"Over the course of ten Mitford novels, fans have kept a special place in their hearts for Dooley Kavanagh, first seen in At Home in Mitford as a barefoot, freckle-faced boy in filthy overalls. Now, Father Tim Kavanagh's adopted son has graduated from vet school and opened his own animal clinic. Since money will be tight for a while, maybe he and Lace Harper, his once and future soul mate, should keep their wedding simple. So the plan is to eliminate...
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Home to Blessing volume 1
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English
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When a disaster affects her family's income, Astrid's dreams of becoming a doctor are shattered, but an opportunity opens for her in Chicago for medical training, forcing her to choose between love and the pursuit of her dream.