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22) Orfe
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
120p
Language
English
Description
Enny tells of her relationship with Orfe, an unusually talented musician, and of the love between Orfe and Yuri, a recovering addict
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013
Physical Desc
vii, 245 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the phenomena of overuse and abuse of prescription drugs, highlighting the dangers of different drugs and drug combinations and outlining a plan for physical and spiritual health based on the teachings of the Bible.
25) The final case
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A provocative new novel from the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars--a moving father-son story that is also a taut courtroom drama and a bold examination of privilege, power, and how to live a meaningful life. In a small rural town outside Seattle, Joanna, an Ethiopian girl adopted by a white fundamentalist Christian family, is found dead of hypothermia in her own backyard--setting in motion a gripping journey into the complexities of...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence. In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark...
Author
Series
SummerHill secrets volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
139 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
After being beaten by her father, Lissa, an eighth grade classmate, comes to Merry's house in the middle of the night, and Merry asks God and the family of her Amish friend, Rachel, to help her protect Lissa.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2004, c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
125 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the journal she is keeping for English class, sixteen-year-old Tish chronicles the changes in her life when her abusive father returns home after a two-year absence.
Author
Publisher
Speak
Pub. Date
2008, c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
273 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.
32) The prayer box
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Iola Anne Poole, an old-timer on Hatteras Island, passes away in her bed at ninety-one, the struggling young mother in her rental cottage, Tandi Jo Reese, finds herself charged with the task of cleaning out Iola?s rambling Victorian house. Running from a messy, dangerous past, Tandi never expects to find more than a temporary hiding place within Iola?s walls, but everything changes with the discovery of eighty-one carefully decorated prayer boxes,...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 249 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
This guide for getting over a toxic relationship looks at the Ten Foundational Steps to True Healing that can help survivors move forward, stop blaming themselves and find peace.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A young Indian woman falsely rumored to have killed her husband finds a way to make her unfortunate reputation surprisingly useful--but complications arise when other village women seek her help offing their husbands--in this provocative, razor-sharp debut. "The Bandit Queens heralds a prodigious and sophisticated literary talent." T�ea Obreht, New York Times bestselling author of Inland. In the five years since her husband's disappearance,...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Losing her mother to a hit-and-run at age 15 threw Beatrice "Beans" Bennett's life into turmoil. Bereft, she developed a life-threatening eating disorder, and went through a challenging recovery process which paved the way for her work as a clinical psychologist decades later. When a new patient arrives at her office and insists that Beans's mother is still alive-and in danger-Beans is forced to revisit her past in order to uncover the truth. She...
36) Gossamer
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream-giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
39) Cross my heart
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two broken paths lead toward God's redemption in the next installment of Robin Lee Hatcher's Legacy of Faith series. Ashley Showalter and Ben Henning have so much in common. Both were raised by single moms. Both want to help where they see a need. And both work with horses in the Idaho valley. Ashley runs a horse rescue operation, while Ben has started an equine therapy barn on his great-great grandfather's farm--and both Ashley and Ben have the...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
While summering in her grandparents' small Oregon town, where a serial murderer lurks, eighteen-year-old Magdalena faces recovery from a scandal at her Manhattan private school, schizophrenia, and falling in love with "Wildboy." Told partly through journal entries.