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Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Dear Mom and Pop, Two days ago we all spent the afternoon in palm trees. One of the village dogs broke his leash and treed the whole community. The dog is mean, but I have managed to form a cautious relationship with him by feeding him scraps from our table, and jelly beans … I hope candy doesn't hurt a dog; it hasn't hurt this dog, I can assure you. I know you're wondering about Sam … I love him with all my heart, but sometimes love isn't enough....
2) God's gift
Author
Publisher
Steeple Hill
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Missionary work in Africa was the most difficult and faith-affirming labor James Graham had ever faced, and warm, homey presents from a Good Samaritan back home gave him hope to carry on. But an injury halted his work and sent him home to Chicago.
There, James met Rachel Ashcroft, who'd sent those thoughtful gifts, and he was intrigued by the sadness that shadowed her features. Bringing the light back into Rachel's face gave him new purpose, but...
There, James met Rachel Ashcroft, who'd sent those thoughtful gifts, and he was intrigued by the sadness that shadowed her features. Bringing the light back into Rachel's face gave him new purpose, but...
3) Honor bound
Author
Series
Love and honor volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Medical missionary Cynthia Myers is trained to save lives. Captain Rick Norton of the Special Forces A-Team is ordered to take them. When Cynthia's past catches up to her, they must learn to put aside their differences to make it out alive from the treacherous jungles of a war-torn African country"--
Author
Series
Logan Point volume 4
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After Bailey Adams sees something she shouldn't, trouble follows her home--leaving her running for her life, a target of a drug cartel"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
A lawyer searches the Brazilian jungle for a missionary doctor working with Indians, the illegitimate daughter of an American tycoon who left her his fortune. But the tycoon's legitimate children are determined to prevent the inheritance.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sophia has her life all planned out--but her plan didn't include being jilted or ending up in Dakota Territory. Sophia Makinoff is certain that 1876 is the year that she'll become the wife of a certain US Congressman, and happily plans her debut into the Capitol city. But when he proposes to her roommate instead, Sophia is stunned. Hoping to flee her heartache and humiliation, she signs up with the Board of Foreign Missions on a whim. With dreams...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • An Oprah's Book Club Selection
"Powerful . . . [Kingsolver] has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race, sin and redemption into a thing of terrible beauty." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
The Poisonwood Bible, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, established Barbara Kingsolver
...Author
Series
Willamette brides volume 3
Language
English
Description
"After years of schooling on the East Coast, Constance Browning returns to Oregon and the reservation where she grew up with her missionary parents. She is accompanied by Thomas Lowell, her best friend and colleague, and together they embark on a project to catalogue the native peoples of Oregon for the Bureau of American Ethnology. But Connie and Tom have another purpose--to prove her parents are not involved in a secret conspiracy to goad the oppressed...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tinkers, a novel inspired by the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated towns in the Northeast. In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. Over a century later, the Honeys' descendants and a diverse group of neighbors are desperately poor, isolated,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family that captivated the nation on TLC's hit show 19 Kids and Counting. Jill Duggar and her husband Derick are finally ready to share their story, revealing the secrets, manipulation, and intimidation behind the show that remained hidden from their fans. Jill and Derick knew a normal life wasn't possible for them. As a star on the popular TLC reality show...
14) Woman of courage
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Quaker woman dares the unknown to be a missionary in the western wilderness of the United States in 1837.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Presents the life of an Albanian girl, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, who became known as Mother Teresa and spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
In the Presence of My Enemies, the gripping true story of American missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham's year as hostages in the Philippine jungle, was a New York Times best seller and has sold nearly 350,000 copies. Now releasing in eBook for the first time, this updated edition contains information on the capture and trial of the Burnhams' captors; Gracia's secret return trip to the Philippines; and updates on recent events in Gracia's life,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Ostracized by her tribe because of her white father, Lizzie lives alone in the mountains of Alaska. Clay is totally focused on his goal of being a missionary like his father-- until he meets a young, independent Indian woman with the most striking blue eyes he's ever seen. Will he be forced to choose between ministering to the natives, and the quiet nudging of his heart?
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When her aunt shows up homeless on her doorstep, Sara suspects anything but a miracle.Saras an artist with a supportive husband and a house that folks on her block admire outright. But shes restless and bored with life.Then her legendary Aunt Bel shows up, wearing a smile after years without a word.Twenty years ago, fresh out of college,Bel left for a summer missions trip and never returned. Now shes on Saras doorstep, looking for a place to crash....
20) End of the spear
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
Worlds collide and tragedy strikes as a missionary group journeys to the heart of the Amazon jungle in search of the Waodani, a tribe of fierce warriors completely isolated from civilization. When five of the missionaries are killed by tribesmen, their families are left husbandless and fatherless. Despite their tremendous loss, and as a testament to their faith, the families decide to remain in Ecuador and live among the Waodani as originally planned....