Mitch Albom
Author
Series
Five people you meet in Heaven volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
A bitter eighty-three-year-old war veteran who believes his life is meaningless dies while trying to save a little girl's life and finds himself in heaven, where five people from his past--some loved ones, some strangers--explain what his years on Earth really meant, and whether or not he succeeded in saving the child.
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
What if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? Charley Benetto chose to live with his father when his parents divorced. He returns to his hometown decades later when his life is falling apart and finds his mother, who died eight years earlier still living there.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
After being punished for trying to measure God's greatest gift, Father Time returns to Earth along with a magical hourglass and a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to "new homes" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the...
Publisher
Distributed by Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Chick Benetto, a broken-down former baseball player who has collapsed into alcoholism and despair, returns one night to his small hometown with plans to take his life. At the final moment, he is magically granted one more day with his departed mother, Posey Benetto, who illuminates the secrets of both their lives and shows him a way to redemption.
Series
Hallmark hall of fame volume 75
Publisher
Hallmark Hall Of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Mitch Albom has a pretty great life. He lives in Detroit and is happily married, he's an award-winning sportswriter, a must-read newspaper columnist, a screenwriter, a radio and television broadcaster. Then two men come into his life, and he realizes something's missing. Rabbi Albert Lewis presides over a thriving synagogue in a comfortable New Jersey suburb, and pastor Henry Covington, a recovering drug user and dealer, preaches to the poor and homeless...