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"For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Greg Kincaid comes The 13th Gift, a heartwarming Christmas story about how a random act of kindness transformed one of the bleakest moments in a family's history into a time of strength and love. After the unexpected death of her husband, Joanne Huist Smith had no idea how she would keep herself together and be strong for her three children--especially with the holiday season approaching. But 12 days before...
Publisher
Health Communications
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
These stories will deepen readers' Christian faith & expand their awareness of how to practice Christian values in their daily life: at home, at work & in the community. This collection will open readers' hearts to the experience & expression of more
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Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Bobbi (the dog) and Bob Cat are the best of friends. When their hometown of New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina, many lost everything. Bobbi and Bob Cat only survived by staying together. This is the story of their remarkable friendship.
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Overturn everything you knew about history's greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns out there's a finer line between genius and idiot than we've previously known. As Albert Einstein almost certainly never said, everyone is a genius - but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. So begins Katie Spalding's spunky takedown of the Western canon, and how genius...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2021, she turned into an overnight sensation. People wanted to know who she was and how she'd achieved so much while so young. In this nonfiction book, Zaila shares the personal anecdotes that have shaped her life and extends advice to readers on living authentically. While Zaila is an exceptional and inspiring young woman, she has fears and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic...
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English
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Friendship itself is a miracle. In this heartwarming collection of true stories, we witness the real power of friendship when some amazing experiences occur in the lives of ordinary men and women. A small plane suddenly loses power high above a lake...a car is swept toward a precipice by a flash flood... sometimes no power on earth is great enough to heal the hurt or rescue us from harm. But the most unlikely events can bring us into God's territory...
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Publisher
Casemate
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"From blind dates to whirlwind romances to long separations, War Bonds highlights stories of couples who met or married during World War II. Each of the the 30 stories begins with a WWII-era song title and concludes with a look at wartime couples in their twilight, as well as when they were so hopeful and young and determined to save the world. Illustrated with photographs from the 1940s as well as current ones of each couple, War Bonds offers readers...
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