Ruth Ann Phimister
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
"Heading west with her adventurous husband to claim land, tragedy intervenes and Marty is left alone with her great loss and no way to return home. After his wife's death, Clark and his little girl are also in great need. His proposal to Marty comes with good intention, but will courage and faith be enough to bring them true love?"--
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Life in Sweden seems like an endless winter for three sisters after their mother's and father's suicides. Ellin writes to her relatives in Chicago, pleading for help. Joining 16 million other immigrants who leave their homelands for America between 1890 and 1920, Ellin, Kirsten, and Sophia begin the long, difficult journey fraught with hardships.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Clark and Marty Davis, the pioneer couple were thrown together after the death of their first spouses. Will they be able to find a suitable teacher for the long-awaited new school? And how do Clark and Marty guide their lovely daughter, now grown to womanhood, in her choice of a partner?
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English
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A relevant and timely novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and The Masterpiece.
He seemed like the perfect pastor to lead Centerville Christian Church.
She was the perfect pastor's wife.
When Paul Hudson accepted the call to pastor the struggling church, he had no idea what to expect. But it didn't take long for Paul to turn Centerville Christian Church around. Attendance was...
He seemed like the perfect pastor to lead Centerville Christian Church.
She was the perfect pastor's wife.
When Paul Hudson accepted the call to pastor the struggling church, he had no idea what to expect. But it didn't take long for Paul to turn Centerville Christian Church around. Attendance was...
Author
Series
Heirs of Montana volume 1
Language
English
Description
When Dianne Chadwick urges her family to move west to her uncle's ranch in Montana Territory, she imagines an idyllic adventure.
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English
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Life in Sweden feels like an endless winter to Elin Carlson after the deaths of her parents. When circumstances become unbearable, she determines to find a safe haven for her sisters. So begins their journey to America . . . the land of dreams and second chances. But as hardship becomes their constant companion, Elin, Kirsten, and Sofia question their decision to immigrate to Chicago. Will their hopes for the future ever be realized? ONLY IN CROSSING...
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Series
Heirs of Montana volume 2
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Heirs of Montana book 2, the sequel to the bestselling Land of My Heart. With the love of her life missing in the Montana wilderness, a young woman must manage a ranch on her own. 1870 Montana ranching proves to be a hard life for Dianne Chadwick. Her &supl;ancé, Cole Selby, has yet to return from his journey east. Unbeknownst to her, he has been captured by Indians, and Takes-Many-Horses, who also loves Dianne, must decide whether or not to let...
10) A slender thread
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Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Driven Apart by Their Past, Can the Bonds of Sisterhood Survive What Lies Ahead? From the dramatic tradition of such classics as Little Women and A Thousand Acres comes Tracie Peterson's contemporary novel, A Slender Thread. Well-known for her Westward Chronicles series as well as her historical series with Judith Pella, Peterson now uses her agile storytelling skills to tackle a family saga about the bonds of sisterhood, which you will not want to...
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English
Description
When Odd girl out was first published, it ignit[ed] a long-overdue conversation about the hidden culture of female bullying. Today, the dirty looks, taunting notes, and social exclusion that plague girls' friendships have gained new momentum in cyberspace. Simmons gives girls, parents, and educators strategies for navigating social dynamics online, as well as classroom initiatives and step-by-step parental suggestions for dealing with conventional...
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English
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It's hard to believe practical, petite ex-schoolteacher Patricia Anne and amiable, ample-bodied, and outrageous Mary Alice are sisters, yet sibling rivalry has survived decades of good-natured disagreement about everything from husbands to hair color. No sooner do the Southern sisters discover a common interest in some local art, when they're arguing the artistic merits of some well-coiffured heads at a gallery opening. A few hours later, one of those...
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English
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Mary Alice is in a uproar over her son's marriage to sweet little Sunshine Dabbs.But since the marriage is a done deal, it's only proper to pay a call on the family and see how bad things really are. So they follow Sunshine's grandmother into her cozy trailer ---and find a dead body. Once again the sister's are right in the thick of a cockeyed world of strange and bizzare events, helping out the good-old-boy sheriff who has'nt got a clue.
15) The hope within
Author
Series
Heirs of Montana volume 4
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
398 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"1886 Montana stands on the brink of statehood, and Dianne Selby finds her world turned upside down in this conclusion to Tracie Peterson's Montana saga. Through the twists and turns of life and nature, Dianne comes to realize that the hope within Jesus Christ is the only hope that lasts"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
161 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1878, twelve-year-old Ida Kate and her widowed father welcome a mail-order bride and her baby to their Kansas homestead, but Ida Kate soon suspects that the bride is not the woman with whom Papa has corresponded.
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Series
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
225 p.
Language
English
Description
A Different Kind of Sister Act.
Patricia Anne -- "Mouse" -- is respectful, respectable, and demure, a perfect example of genteel Southern womanhood. Mary Alice -- "Sister" -- is big, brassy, flamboyant, and bold. Together they have a knack for finding themselves in the center of some of Birmingham's most unfortunate unpleasantness.
Country Western is red hot these days, so overimpulsive Mary Alice thinks it makes perfect sense to buy the Skoot...
Author
Series
Southern Sisters mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Patricia Anne would swear that either she or her sister Mary Alice were switched at birth, except they were both born at home.
Flashy, flirtatious Mary Alice is one foot taller, twice the body weight of Patricia Anne, and three times as likely to do something completely off the wall. But now Mary Alice's impulsive behavior has land them both in the Birmingham jail!
It all begins with a call from their good friend Mitzi Phizer, who's starting...
Author
Series
Southern Sisters mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"No one's against a little excitement, least of all Mary Alice, and watching the sun go down on the beautiful shores of the Gulf of Mexico looks pretty tame...until a dead body washes up in the gentle waves. Since Mary Alice has managed to make the acquaintance of just about everyone in sight, the murder victim is no stranger to the sisters and they feel obliged to find the killer. But with no witnesses to the crime except a few great blue herons,...