christian life

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Leaving Fishers

1999
After joining her new friends in the religious group called Fishers of Men, Dorry finds herself immersed in a cult from which she must struggle to extricate herself.

Angel of mercy

1999
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.

Asylum for nightface

1996
A deeply spiritual seventeen-year-old takes a radical step to save himself from the fanaticism of his found-again Christian parents.

Pie in the sky

2012
Abby Lovitt takes her beloved horse, True Blue, to the most famous equestrian clinic around, not knowing how it will change her and her horse's life. Then, Sophia, a girl who hardly ever makes a mistake, becomes so frightened that she refuses to ride her horse, Pie in the Sky, ever again. Pie in the Sky comes to Abby, who reluctantly takes the challenge of training the stubborn horse, and in the process learns something about life.

Long gone daddy

2006
Young Harlan Q. Stank gets a taste of life in the fast lane when he accompanies his preacher father on a road trip to Las Vegas to bury his grandfather and to fulfill the terms of the old man's will.

Christian festivals throughout the year

2004
Introduces the main religious festivals of Christianity, telling the story behind each festival, describing how it is celebrated around the world, and providing instructions for related activities.

Octavia Boone's big questions about life, the universe, and everything

2010
Seventh-grader Octavia puzzles over life's biggest questions when her mother seems to find the answers in a conservative Christian church, while her artist father believes the writings of Henry David Thoreau hold the key.

True blue

2011
In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, whose former owner was killed in a tragic accident, and Abby wonders whether the horse's skittish nature is because he is being haunted by the ghost of his former owner.

Christmas makes me think

2001
A young African American boy reflects on the spirit of Christmas and thinks of ways he can share what he has with others.

The secret of the Desert Stone

1996
Fourteen-year-old Jay and his younger sister Lila accompany their father to the tiny African nation of Togwana where they experience a supernatural phenomenon through a mysterious stone.

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