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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...
2) The gift
Author
Language
English
Description
An uplifting tale of hope and faith celebrates the joy of the holiday season and follows a theme of the redemptive power of love.
Author
Series
Tattooist of Auschwitz volume 2
Language
English
Description
Her beauty saved her - and condemned her. Cilka is just 16-years-old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is. Forcibly separated from the other women prisoners, Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly taken, equals survival. When the war is over and the camp is liberated, freedom is not granted to Cilka: She is charged as a collaborator for sleeping...
Author
Series
Nonpareil book volume 31
Language
English
Description
His name is Tom. His voice can calm wild horses, his touch can heal broken spirits. And Annie has traveled a long ways to find him, desperate to heal her injured daughter, her horse, and her heart.
6) Thornyhold
Author
Series
Publisher
Morrow
Language
English
Description
Gilly Ramsey inherits Thornyhold, the former home of her godmother, and discovers the arts of witchcraft still flourish even in the 20th century.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In 1826, strange occurrences on eleven-year-old Josefina's New Mexican "rancho" lead the young healer to wonder if old legends of lost treasure and the wandering ghost called La Llorona may be true. Includes a Spanish glossary and historical background information.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Horse whisperer: After a devastating riding accident, a young girl and her beloved horse are both left with serious physical and emotional scars. Determined to help, the girl's desperate mother puts her busy, big-city life on hold and travels west to seek out the "Horse Whisperer." When she meets this rugged, down-to-earth rancher, she discovers his extraordinary gift with animals also touches the lives of the people around him--Container.
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