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Anne, a divorced single mom, barely able to cope with life and struggles to make sense of the death of…
her young son. Mark, a former architect, now works as a handyman and wonders how his life got off track. Father Paul, the abbot of the Abbey of Saints Philip and James, questions how to best live a life that secludes him from the world. At a Pennsylvania abbey, this unlikely trio discovers the answers--a miracle of hope and understanding that bears witness to the surprising power of God to bring healing and wholeness to our lives. UnratedBy Brianna DuMont. 2018
Profiles of twelve troublemakers from history, including Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener who worked for the tea-loving British government. His…
mission: to steal tea seeds from China. For grades 5-8. 2018By V. C. Andrews. 2021
Following the events of The Umbrella Lady , young Saffron Faith Anders searches for family and love in this spine-tingling…
gothic fairy tale from the New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic series and Landry series—now popular Lifetime movies. After escaping the trauma of the Umbrella Lady's home, thirteen-year-old Saffron Faith Anders is determined to find the father who abandoned her all those years ago. But when she finds him in a nearby town, Saffron is shocked to discover that he has married a woman he clearly had been involved with before her mother's death. Worse, her father insists Saffron pretend to be his niece so he can continue to con his new wife's family. Desperate for her father's love, she goes along with the farce, but it soon becomes clear that perhaps it is better to face the world alone than trapped in a toxic and potentially dangerous familyBy Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell, Angus Easson. 2008
Transplanted from the "civilized" South of England, Margaret Hale enters a grim new world in industrial Milton-Northern. The cultural shock…
leaves her reeling, but for her growing attraction to mill owner John Thornton. Friendship with the daughter of a union leader awakens her activism. 1855By Jessica Stirling, St. Martin`s Press. 2001
Widow Lizzie Conway strives to get her girls--Polly, Babs, and Rosie--out of the Glasgow slums and begins a flirtation with…
rent collector Bernard Peabody. However, the girls fall in love with wayward men. Polly's romance with Dominic Manone leads to questionable choices. Some violence and some strong language. 1998By Jessica Stirling, St. Martin`s Press. 2005
War affects the Conway sisters in different ways. While working at the Ministry of Labour, Babs meets an American photographer…
who may be more than he purports. Rosie's marriage is on the rocks. Polly becomes entangled in intrigues. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 2003By David Dollenmayer, Martin Walser. 2019
1823. Seventy-three-year-old Goethe meets nineteen-year-old Ulrike von Levetzow. They form a connection that has Goethe infatuated with the young woman.…
When another man courts her, he falls apart. Translated from the original 2017 German edition. 2019By Mara Rockliff, Hadley Hooper. 2016
By Agnes Smedley. 1987
Marie Rogers grows up in rural America, torn between helping her family financially and furthering her own education. She eventually…
travels to San Francisco and then on to Asia, involved with the Socialist Party. Includes foreword by Alice Walker and afterword by Nancy Hoffman. Some violence and some strong language. 1929By Anita Diamant. 2014
Diná, la única hija de Lía y Jacob en el libro de Génesis, emerge de la saga bíblica para contar…
su historia y la de las mujeres a su alrededor. Publicado originalmente en 1997. Algunas descripciones de violencia y de índole sexualBy Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Liu Zhenyun. 2015
Liu Yuejin, a worksite cook and a thief, has his pack with money stolen. While searching for it, he discovers…
another bag which contains a USB card detailing corruption of high officials and putting him in danger. Translated from the original 2007 Chinese edition. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2015By Matt Reeck, Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi, Aftab Ahmad, Mushtāq Aḥmad Yūsufī. 2015
Basharat Ali Farooqi's life is one of misadventure, even as he schemes for a better life. He relocates with his…
family to Pakistan during the Partition and tries to settle in, but he longs for the childhood home he remembers. Translated from the Urdu edition. Some strong language. 1990By Amanda Flower, Zondervan Staff. 2013
After the death of her parents, twelve-year-old Andora "Andi" Boggs discovers evidence of her forgotten namesake, a missing relative, which…
leads her into a family mystery rooted in the Great Depression. For grades 4-7. 2013By George Hendrick, Willene Hendrick. 2000
Two short stories about slave mutinies on the high seas: Frederick Douglass's 1853 "The Heroic Slave" and Herman Melville's 1855…
"Benito Cereno." Includes excerpts from A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the 1817 memoir of Amasa Delano--the real-life captain in Melville's tale. Some violence. 2000By Nikki Grimes, Jerome Lagarrigue Lagarrigue. 2002
A collection of poems tells the story of a young, impressionable boy moving to a city neighborhood with his mother.…
He meets his mother's tough-looking friend Blue, and as the older man watches out for the boy a bond develops. For grades 2-4 and older readers. 1999By David Jeremiah. 2012
Christian pastor and host of the radio and television program Turning Point uses scripture and anecdotes to discuss God's love,…
which he says is unlimited and unending. Explains that rules such as the Ten Commandments and the threat of punishment for sin are also aspects of that love. Bestseller. 2012By Hilary Mantel. 2012
England, 1535. Katherine of Aragon is dying and rumors of Anne Boleyn's infidelity are flying around court. Thomas Cromwell is…
charged with deposing Anne so King Henry VIII can marry Jane Seymour. Sequel to Wolf Hall (DB 70074). Some violence and some descriptions of sex. Man Booker Prize. Bestseller. 2012By Rosemary Sutcliff, Square Fish. 2010
When the Roman army withdraws its protection from Britain, young legionnaire Aquila stays behind to defend his homeland from the…
tides of invaders. Sequel to The Silver Branch (DB 73887). For junior and senior high and older readers. 1959By Rosemary Sutcliff, Square Fish. 2010
Third century CE. When legionnaires Justin and Flavius uncover a plot to overthrow Emperor Carausius, they are posted to a…
remote part of Britain. Instead of accepting exile, they attempt to avenge Carausius. Sequel to The Eagle (DB 73894). For junior and senior high and older readers. 1957By Rosemary Sutcliff, Square Fish. 2011
Young Roman centurion Marcus requests an assignment to Britain to discover the fate of the Ninth Legion and recover its…
symbol--the eagle standard. The legion, led by Marcus's father, disappeared in the northern mists. Previously titled The Eagle of the Ninth. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1954