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Mitford years volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won't go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that's sixty years old. Suddenly,...
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Mitford years volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When Father Tim finds a battered nativity scene in an antique shop, something stirs within him. Recalling memories of the creche he had as a child, he embarks on a renovation project that soon becomes a journey of faith. Before he is finished, many have been touched by his humble endeavor.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
In her seventh inspirational novel in the bestselling Mitford series, Jan Karon delivers surprises of every kind, including the return of the man in the attic and an ending that no one in Mitford will ever forget.
In the little town that’s home-away-from-home to millions of readers, life hums along as usual. Dooley looks toward his career as a vet; Joe Ivey and Fancy Skinner fight a haircut price war that takes no prisoners; and Percy...
In the little town that’s home-away-from-home to millions of readers, life hums along as usual. Dooley looks toward his career as a vet; Joe Ivey and Fancy Skinner fight a haircut price war that takes no prisoners; and Percy...
Author
Series
Mitford years volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Mitford, a small southern village, is changing. Father Tim has finally married his neighbor Cynthia and as they begin to settle in, they struggle with new sleeping arrangements for Father Tim's sofa-sized dog, Cynthia's urge to decorate the rectory Italian-villa-style, and the growing pains of the "thrown-away" boy who's become like a son to Father Tim. Filled with heartwarming characters and hilarious moments, Mitford is the little town that readers...
5) A new song
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
In the fifth novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon's beloved series, fans old and new will discover that when it comes to Mitford, absence only make the heart grow fonder...
Mitford’s longtime Episcopal priest, Father Tim, has retired. But new challenges and adventures await when he agrees to serve as interim minister of a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has...
Mitford’s longtime Episcopal priest, Father Tim, has retired. But new challenges and adventures await when he agrees to serve as interim minister of a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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In this beautifully crafted second novel in the Mitford series, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon delivers a love story that's both heartwarming and hilarious.
Father Tim—Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor—is in need of divine intervention. His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles. And his red-haired Cousin Meg has moved into...
Father Tim—Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor—is in need of divine intervention. His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles. And his red-haired Cousin Meg has moved into...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Father Tim and his wife Cynthia are housesitting on an old farm, and there's plenty to keep them busy. Between dust storms and keeping track of the animals, it is becoming difficult to stop and count their blessings. Then, high atop a nearby mountain, a tremendous challenge presents itself. An old, abandoned church is in need of immediate revival--if Father Tim is up to the task.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Laughter and wedding bells ring as #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon takes her millions of fans behind the scenes of the most cherished event in Mitford history.
Mitford’s Lord’s Chapel is the home to the most joyful event in years: the wedding of Father Tim Kavanagh and Cynthia Coppersmith. Here at last is A Common Life, and the long-awaited answers to these deeply probing questions:...
Mitford’s Lord’s Chapel is the home to the most joyful event in years: the wedding of Father Tim Kavanagh and Cynthia Coppersmith. Here at last is A Common Life, and the long-awaited answers to these deeply probing questions:...
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Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 7
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
10) Out to Canaan
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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In her popular Mitford series, glimmering with gentle laughter and tears, novelist Jan Karon transports you to the cozy small town of your dreams. An instant bestseller, Out to Canaan, finds Father Tim Kavanagh, the beloved Episcopal priest, confronting some unsettling trends in the village. Preparing for his retirement, Father Tim wrestles with a reluctance to release his flock to another shepherd. His difficulties multiply when the new
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English
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Father Tim and Cynthia arrive in the west of Ireland, intent on researching his Kavanagh ancestry. The charm of their lakeside B&B is broken when Cynthia startles a burglar and sprains her already-injured ankle. Then a cherished and valuable painting is stolen from the lodge owners, and Cynthia's pain pales in comparison to the wound at the center of this bitterly estranged Irish family.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family. Ted Hammond loves a good mystery, and in the spring of his fifth-grade year, he's working on a big one. How can his school in the little town of Plattsford stay open next year if there are going to be only five students? Out here on the Great Plains in western Nebraska, everyone understands that if you...
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Series
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
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Description
Can the Young Man Who Once Broke Her Heart Be Trusted Again With Her Love? Love is in the air. You will sense it as soon as you arrive in Gresham. As the wedding of Julia Hollis and Vicar Andrew Phelps approaches, the quaint English village is caught up in a stir of excitement and the promise of an event to remember. Andrew's daughter Elizabeth is being courted by a handsome young curate. But while she is considering his offer of marriage, the man...
Author
Series
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
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Description
When spring arrives in full, the town of Gresham reawakens to life. Soon more than one unlikely romance blooms among her villagers and readers will be delighted as even a bruised and timid heart is made to feel young and renewed. Devoted fans' love for the town of Gresham and its charming inhabitants has helped this series become a deeply cherished bestseller!
17) Sea glass summer
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Publisher
Severn House Publishers
Language
English
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After her divorce, a woman moves to coastal Maine and forms some new attachments in this "thoroughly enjoyable and cozy tale" (Library Journal).
Recovering from a painful divorce, Sarah Draycott has moved to the picture-postcard village of Sea Glass on the Maine coast, and is soon caught up in the lives of its inhabitants. As she helps elegant but troubled widow Gwen cope with her desperately ill son, and assists nine-year-old...
Recovering from a painful divorce, Sarah Draycott has moved to the picture-postcard village of Sea Glass on the Maine coast, and is soon caught up in the lives of its inhabitants. As she helps elegant but troubled widow Gwen cope with her desperately ill son, and assists nine-year-old...
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Series
Valentine trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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When a secret about her business partner and lover is revealed during her family's celebration of The Feast of the Seven Fishes, Valentine Roncalli must make life-altering choices as she fights for everything she wants while sustaining her family's business and enjoying life to the fullest.