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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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In the ten years since 90 Minutes in Heaven was published, millions of people worldwide have read the incredible true story of Don Piper's experience with death and life--and in reading they have found their own lives changed. After a semi-truck collided with Don Piper's car, he was pronounced dead at the scene. For the next ninety minutes, he experienced the glories of heaven. Back on earth, a passing minister felt led to stop and pray for the accident...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. Colton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the surgery. He talked of visiting Heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born.
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Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Ema, give me your hand." These were the words Jesus spoke to Ema on Christmas Eve--the night He straightened her crooked foot, hand, neck, and spine, and restored her mobility. Easter weekend, eighteen years earlier, an ordinary workday turned into a nightmare when Ema McKinley passed out and was left hanging upside down in the storage room. Rather than improving, Ema's body became progressively bent and disfigured. Doctors diagnosed Ema with reflex...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Annabel Beam spent most of her childhood in and out of hospitals with a rare and incurable digestive disorder that prevented her from ever living a normal, healthy life. One sunny day when she was able to go outside and play with her sisters, she fell three stories headfirst inside an old, hollowed-out tree-- and survived without a scratch. While unconscious inside the tree, with rescue workers struggling to get to her, she visited heaven, and was...
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Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
When it Comes to Badness, There's Nothing New Under the SunIn her best-selling book Bad Girls of the Bible, Liz Curtis Higgs breathed new life into ancient stories depicting eight of the most infamous women in scriptural history, from Jezebel to Delilah. Biblically sound and cutting-edge fresh, Bad Girls already has helped thousands of women experience God's grace anew by learning more about our nefarious sisters.And there are more where they came...
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English
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Uncertain they could care for a baby born without legs, Bricker's biological parents gave her up for adoption. In her loving adoptive home, there was just one simple rule: "Never say 'can't.'" This is the incredible story of God working out his plan for her life from before day one. From the challenges of growing up different to holding captive audiences numbering in the tens of thousands, readers will discover that Bricker's wit, wisdom, and no-holds-barred...
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Series
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Knowledge is power, girlfriend.
One day you were an easy-going kid, and the next-wham! You're an emotional roller-coaster. Hair is growing in all-new places, and your best friend whispers the word "bra" in gym class.
Now that you're not a little girl anymore, you have lots of questions about growing up, your changing body, and your desires to move beyond kiddie lip gloss. In this book you'll discover all the really weird body stuff you're going through...
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Series
Language
English
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Ten of the Bible's best-known femmes fatales parade across the pages of Bad Girls of the Bible with situations that sound oh-so-familiar. Eve had food issues. Potiphar's Wife and Delilah had man trouble. Lot's Wife and Michal couldn't let go of the past, Sapphira couldn't let go of money, and Jezebel couldn't let go of anything. Yet the Woman at the Well had her thirst quenched at last, while Rahab and the Sinful Woman left their...
10) Learning
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Bailey Flanigan and Cody Coleman are not only separated by physical distance, they are also faced with great emotional distance. Bailey grows closer to her dream to be an actress and dancer in New York, while Cody coaches a small high school football team. But neither feels complete without the chance to share their dreams with one another. Can distance truly make the heart grow fonder? Both Bailey and Cody learn significant life lessons in this poignant...
Author
Publisher
Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In Love That Lasts, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus> Religion Jefferson Bethke and his wife, Alyssa, expose the distorted views of love that permeate our culture and damage our hearts, minds, and souls.
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
For more than 10 years, thoroughly Protestant Kathleen Norris had been an oblate at a Benedictine monastery. In The Cloister Life, the celebrated author turns to the priory as her spiritual landscape, as she takes us through a liturgical year, inspiring us to evaluate our own lives and values.
Norris provides tremendous insight into the languages, customs, ceremonies, and sexuality of the men and women who have chosen the cloistered life. With insight...
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Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
How many times have you heard grown-ups say, "Just be yourself"? How many times have you heard grown-ups say, "Just be yourself"?
But how can you be yourself when that self always seems to be different-depending on where you are, who you're with, or what you're doing? Your parents see you as their little girl and your friends think you're a cool chick…while you feel like a big geek who can't do anything right. And that cute boy in math? Who knows...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Speaker and Bible teacher Jennie Allen hears all the time from women who feel stuck in patterns of frustration and defeat. In her search for a solution, she's learned that the greatest spiritual battle of our generation is taking place between our ears. How we think shapes how we live. So it's crucial that we learn how to stop our spinning thoughts and refuse to be victims of toxic thinking patterns like victimhood, anxiety, and distraction. In this...
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English
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In this work the author examines the nature of habits and provides guidance for listeners seeking to break bad habits. She argues that any immediate gratification gained from bad habits is outweighed by the spiritual toll they take on an individual. Here, she introduces fourteen fulfilling habits that she suggests using to replace the bad ones. She explains that by implementing the good habits, listeners will become spiritually fulfilled and will...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
1899.
Language
English
Description
First appearing as an anonymous serial in "Harper's Magazine" in 1895, "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" was Mark Twain's final novel and was published as a complete work under his name in 1896. The novel is a stark departure from Twain's usual comic and satirical writings, which is why Twain insisted it initially be published anonymously so that the public would take it seriously. The work is told from the perspective of a fictionalized version...
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Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"In What Happens When Women Say Yes to God, Lysa shares inspiring stories from her own life along with compelling biblical insights as she describes what it means to partner with God in all decisions and actions."--Publisher.
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Language
English
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Debbie Macomber calls KNIT TOGETHER the project of her heart.Whenever she speaks, her theme is simple: don't be afraid to dream. God created us for a reason, and when we come to recognize our deepest longing, we can discover His plan for our lives. Full of encouragement and divine empowerment for women, the book centers around the Bible's assurance that God knits each one of us together in our mother's womb. Debbie deftly weaves her own story, using...
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