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1) Vital signs
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Baxter series volume 3
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English
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Furious that his girlfriend chose to bring twin babies to term, Dennis walks out of Jennifer's life. And now the Centers for Disease Control have quarantined Jennifer, along with 200 others who attended the reception for a missionary couple bearing a deadly virus. Is Jennifer at risk? Does Dennis even care what will happen to the twins, separated from their mother at birth? Fear takes hold in the town as violence erupts, and Baxter experiences an...
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The fourth and final novel about the trials and joys of the residents of Cedar Circle. Sylvia Bryan has been feeling weak and tired, but is shocked when her internist finds a malignant lump in her breast. She and her husband can't understand why God is allowing cancer to attack at a time when their missionary work is going so well. As Sylvia undergoes a mastectomy and chemotherapy, the rest of the neighbors pull together to support her, even while...
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"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,...
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"After one of her patients is murdered, Dr. Megan Bradley has to get away. Away from the crime she saw but couldn't prevent, and away from missionary Gerard Vance, who almost made her trust in love again. Shaken and scared, Megan flees to the one place she can heal--her small Missouri hometown. She never expected Gerard to follow her ... or for danger to find her again. When they discover a murderer lurks in town, Megan will need strength from Gerard--and...
8) Honor bound
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Love and honor (Bridgeman) volume 1
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English
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"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"--
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Cooper kids adventure series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Amidst violent earthquakes, Jay and Lila try to determine whether the leader of a colony on a South Sea island is truly Adam MacKenzie, the presumed-dead missionary he claims to be.
10) The Testament
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions, a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives. Because Troy's new will names a sole surpise heir to his eleven-billion-dollar fortune: a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles...
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"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...
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Dakota moons volume 3
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English
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"Genevieve LaCroix Dane Two Stars, married for just a little more than a year, is thankful to be with her beloved husband, Daniel Two Stars. Though they are struggling, they have each other and dream of making a happy home in a safe place."--Back cover.
16) Angel of mercy
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Bantam Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Eighteen-year-old Heather travels as a volunteer to Africa, where she provides direly needed medical help in Kenya and Uganda and hopes to act as God's hands on Earth.
19) Psalty on safari
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Publisher
Word Pub
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
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After she wins $10,000 and an African safari on a game show, Melody sees firsthand the extreme need in Africa and decides to donate her cash to the missionary work being done there.
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Voices in the Wind volume 2
Publisher
Frankie Valens
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
After Andrew Piepper returns to Africa in search of a valuable trunk his great-uncle Jude had found, he discovers more than he bargained for. He wants to fulfill a promise he made to himself to return the trunk to its rightful owners that his Uncle Jude died trying to accomplish. Will he be able to find where his uncle hid the trunk for safe keeping?
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