Janette Oke
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
A young woman overshadowed by a better-looking, more-charming sister, loses out in the affections of a man they both want. The novel chronicles how she finds peace with the help of religion. By the author of Love Comes Softly. The heartwarming story of sisters whose relationship is threatened when both are attracted to the same man.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Julia's Last Hope is a story sent in a lumbertown in western Canada. Things are going well for John and Julia Harrigan until the sudden news of the mill closing rocks their secure world. Julia's dreams for her family seem to be crumbling around her until she decides to fight to save the home and town she loves.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
A captivating mother-daughter story in the best Janet Oke tradition. When Sarah Perry loses her husband, she resolves that the best thing she can do for her young daughter Rebecca is send her off to a "proper" boarding school. And, years later, when Rebecca returns home, the distance between the two women can no longer be measured just in miles.
Author
Language
English
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Description
In this third book in the Prairie Legacy Series, Virginia dreams that having a home of her own will surely satisfy the longings of her heart. But when the storms in her life test the depths of her heart and faith, where will she turn?
Through the years, Virginia Simpson had learned that Grandma Marty's wisdom was right. When God allows something to be taken from you, He replaces it with something better. The long-awaited return of Jonathan
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
A captivating story of a young girl who must assume responsibility for raising her younger siblings. As the challenges intensify, she is determined in her faith to raise them as her mother would have wanted.
Author
Series
Prairie legacy volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Virginia Simpson is about to graduate from high school and continue her education at college when a family crisis derails her plans. Virginia soon discovers that the rest of the world is moving on without her. Her best friend, Jenny, discovers the freedom of college, and Virginia's boyfriend begins to grow away from God and then away from Virginia.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Shy, sensitive, and a bit self-conscious, Anna Trent is the oldest daughter of a family of seven. When a young pastor asks Anna to marry him, she agrees despite her feelings of not meeting all the criteria for a minister's wife and feeling guilty about leaving her mother with all the work. Anna must discover that in the sight of the Lord, she truly is "a woman of worth."
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When young Emily Evans had felt God's call to start a church in a pioneer settlement, she never dreamed it would mean going alone. With over 7 million Oke books sold, this book is another memorable story in the Oke tradition.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Well-known and loved storyteller Janet Oke presents a beautifully told tale in her best tradition. With both anticipation and anxiety, Donnigan, a man surviving on the Western frontier alone, and Kathleen, a young girl thousands of miles away with limited prospects of finding a husband and stirrings of adventure in her heart, are at last united to begin their lives together.
13) Nana's gift
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
A string of pearls that Duncan saved for years to buy for Lizzie becomes a family heirloom and something of exceptional value to their great-granddaughter in her time of need.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A girl grows into a sweet but headstrong young woman, somewhat uncomfortable in the "high society" trappings of her family's estate, but when the secret of her adoption is accidentally divulged, she sets out to discover who she is.
17) Tomorrow's dream
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
When a medical diagnosis shatters Kyle's joyful expectations for the future, she finds herself isolated from the emotional and spiritual anchors in her life.
20) The sacred shore
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Oceans and circumstances have forced families apart. An extraordinary set of journeys awaits them all, each as intricate and perilous as the coastline itself. New beginnings are connected to all that has come before.