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1) Messenger
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Trouble is brewing in Village. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders. As one of the few able to traverse the forbidding Forest, Matty must deliver the message of Village's closing and try to convince Seer's daughter Kira to return with him before it's too late. But Forest is now hostile to Matty as well. Now he must risk everything to fight his way through it, armed only...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Cedar Cove is shocked after Pastor Dave Flemming is accused of stealing jewelry. His wife, Emily, doesn't know what to believe, especially since Dave is being so evasive. Then she finds an earring in his pocket. Could he have stolen it--or is he having an affair?
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
�2006
Language
English
Description
Keeble, links the nine stories in this Prairie Schooner Book Prize-winning collection through recurring characters; names appear in one story's background and become central to the next. The first story, "The Chasm," introduces Jim and Diane Blood, who are trying to build a ranch house during a tough eastern Washington winter. In their attempts to forge relationships with their new neighbors, acclimate to the land and maintain their marriage, they...