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Language
English
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Broken Road series presents an inspiring story about a man who has to rediscover his priorities after finding money and fame.
Robert Harlan has three loves in life: his wife, his daughter, and his writing. But when his thirst for success causes him to lose focus on his family life, it takes a few more missteps—and finally, a stranger with a mysterious message...
Robert Harlan has three loves in life: his wife, his daughter, and his writing. But when his thirst for success causes him to lose focus on his family life, it takes a few more missteps—and finally, a stranger with a mysterious message...
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bestselling romance author Jacob Churcher hasn't been home for almost twenty years--not since his mentally ill mother kicked him out of the house when he was just sixteen. When a lawyer calls a few weeks before Christmas to inform him that his estranged mother has passed away and left her house to him, Jacob returns not just to settle the estate but to try to reconcile with the past and the pain and abuse he experienced as a child. Also, maybe cleaning...
Author
Series
Walk novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Now nearly halfway through his trek, Alan Christoffersen walks from South Dakota to Memphis, Tennessee. He covers more than 800 miles on foot, but it's the people he meets along the way who give the journey its true meaning.
Author
Series
Mistletoe collection volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A love story for Christmas from the #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box and The Walk. Elise Dutton dreads the arrival of another holiday season. Three years earlier, her husband cheated on her with her best friend, resulting in a bitter divorce that left her alone, broken, and distrustful. Then, one November day, a stranger approaches Elise in the mall food court. Though she recognizes the man from her building, Elise has never formally...
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 4
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Michael and his friends must rescue a child prodigy who may have discovered why Michael and his friends became electric.
Author
Series
Broken road (Richard Paul Evans) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chicago celebrity, Charles James can't shake the nightmare that wakes him each night. He sees himself walking down a long, broken highway the sides of which are lit in flames. Where is he going? Why is he walking? What is the wailing he hears around him? By day, he wonders why he's so haunted and unhappy when he has all he ever wanted-fame, fans and fortune and the lavish lifestyle it affords him. Coming from a childhood of poverty and pain, this...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having followed her new husband to his native home in rustic Tuscany, Ellana distracts herself from her marital disappointments by caring for her asthmatic son, and reevaluates her life when she meets American art lover Ross Story.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On Christmas Eve, Thomas buys a magical candle that changes the way he views his fellow human beings and helps him feel charity for those less fortunate than he.
9) Noel Street
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 3
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1975. Elle Sheen--a single mother who is supporting herself and her six-year-old, African-American son, Dylan, as a waitress at the Noel Street Diner--isn't sure what to make of William Smith when his appearance creates a stir in the small town of Mistletoe, Utah. As their lives unexpectedly entwine, Elle learns that William, a recently returned Vietnam POW, is not only fighting demons from his past, but may also have the answer to her...
Author
Series
Mistletoe collection volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The master of the holiday novel presents the moving story of two people who brave loneliness and loss to find love. Dear Universe, Is anyone out there? Thinking no one is reading, a blogger who calls herself LBH writes about her most personal feelings, especially her overwhelming loneliness. She goes from day to day showing a brave face to the world while inside she longs to know how it would feel if one person cared about her. Alex Bartlett cares....
11) The sunflower
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 2
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Michael was born with special electrical powers -- and he's not the only one. His friend Taylor has them too, and so do other kids around the world. With Michael's friend Ostin, a tecno-genius, they form the Electroclan, an alliance meant to protect them from a powerful group, the growing Order of Elgen, who are out to destroy them. The leader of the Elgen, Dr. Hatch, has kidnapped Michael's mother, and time is running out. After narrowly escaping...
13) The road home
Author
Series
Broken road (Richard Paul Evans) volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans, the dramatic conclusion in the riveting Broken Road trilogy--a powerful redemption story about finding happiness on a pilgrimage across iconic Route 66"--
Author
Series
Broken road (Richard Paul Evans) volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Escaping death from a plane crash has brought Charles James some clarity: the last time he was happy was when he was married to his ex-wife Monica. Now he's walking the length of Route 66, in hopes of convincing Monica to give him another shot. As he meets people along the road who will change his perspective on the world, will his transformation be enough to earn redemption?
15) Grace
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
An old man reminisces about his first love, a young runaway who taught him more about life than anyone had before or since.
16) Finding Noel
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
A twenty-one-year-old woman searches for clues to her past while struggling with vague memories of being sent away by her parents at the age of seven, a younger sister, and a Christmas ornament inscribed with the word, "Noel."
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Publicly humiliated after her husband, a local councilman, is arrested for bigamy, Sally Walther isolates herself from the world after the divorce. Encouraged to climb out of her hole and embrace the season to get her out of her funk, Sally decides to put up a Christmas tree and reluctantly heads off to buy one. She is immediately taken by Andrew, the man who owns the Christmas tree lot and delivers her tree. As their friendship develops, Sally slowly...
18) The gift
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Nathan Hurst hated Christmas. For the rest of the world it was a day of joy and celebration; for Nathan it was simply a reminder of the event that destroyed his childhood until a snowstorm, a cancelled flight, and an unexpected meeting with a young mother and her very special son would show him that Christmas is indeed the season of miracles.
19) Promise me
Author
Language
English
Description
Beth Cardall's life was falling apart: her six-year-old daughter, Charlotte, was suffering from an unidentifiable illness; her marriage transformed from a seemingly happy and loving relationship to one full of betrayal and pain; her job was increasingly at risk; and she had lost her ability to trust, to hope, or to believe in herself. Then, on Christmas day, Beth encountered Matthew.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
An ex-minister, sometime gambler, and fugitive from justice, Hunter Bell comes to the aid of Quaye MacGandley, a beautiful young Irish woman, abused and abandoned by a brutal husband, and together these two lost and wounded people find a way to bring healing to each other
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