Crispin the Cross of Lead by Avi Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret
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Because of Winn-Dixie
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Kate DiCamillo
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie
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My name is River
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Wendy Dunham
River Starling, adopted under mysterious circumstances, has lived most of her eleven years on her grandparents' Pennsylvania farm but after Gran suddenly decides they must move to Birdsong, West Virginia, River finds an unlikely new friend, learns about God's love, and begins to feel at home
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The hundred dresses
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Eleanor Estes
As a poor immigrant, a young girl is teased about wearing the same faded dress to school everyday and so tells a great lie that she has one hundred dresses at her home, yet when the fib results in even more teasing, an event suddenly takes place that teaches them all an important lesson about friendship and compassion. A Newbery Honor Book.
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A horse for Kate
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Miralee Ferrell
When Kate's family moves, she leaves behind her friends and the riding lessons she loves, but when she meets Tori and they find a mysterious thoroughbred, her new life might just mean her biggest dream comes true. Simultaneous eBook.
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Life with Lily
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Mary Ann Kinsinger
Introduces Lily Lapp who, beginning at age five, finds opportunities for blessings, laughter, learning and mischief as she explores her Amish community, welcomes a new baby brother, begins school and spends time with family and friends. Original.
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The lions of Little Rock
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Kristin Levine
In 1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, painfully shy twelve-year-old Marlee sees her city and family divided over school integration, but her friendship with Liz, a new student, helps her find her voice and fight against racism
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In front of God and everybody : confessions of April Grace
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K. D. McCrite
In the summer of 1986, eleven-year-old April Grace, who lives on a rural Arkansas farm with her family, across a field from her grandmother, has her sense of Christian charity tested when a snooty couple from San Francisco moves into a dilapidated house down the road and her grandmother takes up with a loud, obnoxious, and suspicious-acting Texan
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Heart of a shepherd
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Rosanne Parry
Young Ignatius "Brother" Alderman promises to help his grandparents keep the family's Oregon ranch the same while his brothers are away and his father is deployed to Iraq, but he comes to accept the inevitability of change
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The higher power of Lucky
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Susan Patron
Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life
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In Grandma's attic
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Arleta Richardson
Presents a collection of stories about life in the late nineteenth century, many of them reflecting the Christian faith of the author's family, including tales of pride in a new dress, a special apron for Grandpa, and a little girl lost while asleep in her own bed
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The Georges and the Jewels
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Jane Smiley
Instructed by her father to not become attached to the horses on their ranch because they are to be sold, Abby does her best to abide, but after a series of personal dramas with her friends and the sudden departure of her brother, Abby's heart suddenly develops a soft spot for one particular gelding who behaves as stubbornly as a mule. Simultaneous.
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The bronze bow
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Elizabeth George Speare
A young Jewish rebel is filled with hatred for the Romans and a desire to avenge his parents' deaths until Jesus teaches him love and understanding of others
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A patron saint for junior bridesmaids
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Shelley Tougas
Mary Margaret Miller is going to be a junior bridesmaid, but she is also having problems with school bully Brent Helzinski, and her cousin Eden, aka The Bride, is clashing with her mother about wedding plans
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Listening for lions
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Gloria Whelan
Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1918, thirteen-year-old Rachel Sheridan is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor's identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents' mission hospital. Reprint.
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Feathers
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Jacqueline Woodson
Inspired by a poem she read at school, Frannie begins to see her world in a new light and deals with her brother's deafness, her mother's fear, and her best friend's faith in a hopeful new way.
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