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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
In nineteenth century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, or "old same," in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The two women exchange messages written on silk fans and handkerchieves using nu shu, a unique language that women created in order to communicate in secret, sharing their experiences, but when a misunderstanding arises, their friendship threatens to tear apart....
2) Silent star
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In the 1940s, the small Pennsylvania town of Haven is rather subdued with their young men facing battles in far-away Europe. Young Andy Gilbert, burdened with his job of delivering telegrams bringing the news of those missing or killed in action, faces the coming holidays with dread and discouragement. With each new message he must deliver- met by screaming mothers, grief-stricken wives, and weeping families--he longs to join the ranks of the numbered...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"An extraordinary debut, a deeply lovely novel that evokes with uncommon deftness the terrible, heartbreaking beauty that is life in wartime. Like the glorious ghosts of the paintings in the Hermitage that lie at the heart of the story, Dean's exquisite prose shimmers with a haunting glow, illuminating us to the notion that art itself is perhaps our most necessary nourishment. A superbly graceful novel." - Chang-Rae Lee, New York Times Bestselling...
Author
Series
Tales of London volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
If the Truth is Revealed, Will She Lose All She's Grown to Love? An orphanage in the slums of London is the only home Sarah Matthews has ever known. When she is suddenly whisked away to a wealthy widow's home in the prestigious Mayfair district, Sarah can't fathom what has happened. Why would this elderly woman, a stranger, want her company? But Dorothea Blake has reasons she isn't revealing. As Sarah blossoms into a young woman, the secret Mrs. Blake...
Author
Series
Blue Ridge legacy volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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