Central Kansas Library System

When Scotty discovers a poignant letter written by a mysterious woman called Lizzie he cannot get her out of his mind. Putting thoughts of his upcoming wedding aside, he is compelled to write Lizzie a letter of his own. A romantic correspondence ensues and flourishes into a love so powerful, not even a century and a half of time can keep them apart. Spanning an era from the Civil War to the present day, the perils of Lizzie's war torn present threaten...

An Amish woman must overcome her distrust of outsiders and risk being shunned by her own people, in order to help an FBI agent discover who is the arsonist setting fire to Amish barns.

After the sudden death of her parents, Mary Lennox is sent from their home in India to the English estate of a distant family friend. Sad and lonely, her only interest lies in a secret garden, abandoned after a tragic accident occurred there. With the help of a local boy and Colin, her guardian's invalid son, Mary's spirit is reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.

What begins as a two-hour road trip to a neighboring town turns into an all-day adventure for Ira and Maggie Moran.

At the turn of the century, an immigrant's daughter inherits her family's Nebraska farm and her father's fierce love for the land. Fifteen years later she has made the family a fortune through her canny management of the farm, but has never forgotten the young man who left the prairie to seek his fortune.

Christy Byrne, whose wife died four years ago, goes to New York with his children and meets Catherine O'Meara, whose husband died three years ago, Christmas season, faith, hope, and love.

Noah Locke, A World War II veteran, returns home at the end of the war to find his parents have died, his younger brother is in prison and the family farm has been sold. Feeling lost in the world, Noah wanders the back roads of the South in search of a place to belong, a place to call home. He encounters a mysterious stranger, who guides him to a small mountain community called the Valley of Light. When tragedy strikes the community, Noah must decide...

"Irena Sendler was one of the most remarkable--and most unlikely--heroes of World War II, saving 2500 Jewish children during the German occupation of Poland. As a social worker, Irena had access to the Warsaw Ghetto, making it possible for her to rescue the daughter of a Jewish friend and safely hide the young girl with a Catholic family. Realizing that thousands of children were still in danger, Irena recruited sympathetic friends and co-workers...

When Stacey Bess gets her first teaching job, she's shocked. It's not at all what she expected. Stacey is assigned to something called 'The School With No Name', a space in a homeless shelter that's supposed to be a classroom. The children are all ages, many from broken families, thrown together in a 'classroom' lacking essentials like desks and books. Stacey must tackle her own fears and insecurities as she works to gain the attention and respect...

Done with big-city living, Maggie Conway, moves to the small seaside town of Friday Harbor, Washington and becomes owner of a toy store and meets the proprietor of the local coffee shop, Mark Nagle. It's almost love at first sight, but Mark's number one priority is his six-year-old niece, Holly, whose single mom recently passed away and left Mark as her guardian. Their lives intertwine when Maggie and her toy store prove to be the magical key to opening...