Tristan Wright
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Celebrate Christmas with Highlights Hidden Pictures® and an illustrated, classic telling of Clement C. Moore's famous poem. After the stockings are hung by the chimney with care, find more than 120 hidden objects when St. Nicholas visits the home of three children on Christmas Eve night. Everyone in the family will enjoy this beautifully illustrated Hidden Pictures treasure year after year!"--Back cover.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's another Thanksgiving at Grandma's. Gavin expects a long day of boredom and being pestered by distantly related toddlers, but his cousin Rhonda has a different idea: make a break for it - out of the kids' room to the swing set in the backyard! Gavin isn't so sure, especially when they encounter vicious guard dogs (in homemade sweaters), a hallway full of overly affectionate aunts, and worse yet, the great wall of butts! Will they manage to avoid...
3) Saint X
Author
Language
English
Description
"Hailed as a "marvel of a book" and "brilliant and unflinching," Alexis Schaitkin's stunning debut, Saint X, is a haunting portrait of grief, obsession, and the bond between two sisters never truly given the chance to know one another. Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison's body is found in...
Author
Publisher
AuthorHouse, 2022
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
This book is about the day-to-day encounters that police officers face on a daily basis, it emphasizes the good and evil that lurk about every day. Some fall victim to the mayhem others are just lucky to avoid conflict, or escape the fatal blows that others fall victim to. All gave some, some gave all. They are the ones that are honored. Their names are on the police memorial wall, Washington DC. 10% of all sales of this book will go to the fallen,...
5) Imagine heaven: near-death experiences, God's promises, and the exhilarating future that awaits you
Author
Publisher
Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
John Burke compares gripping stories of near-death experiences (NDEs) to what Scripture says about our biggest questions of Heaven. The author shows how the common experiences shared by thousands of survivors--including doctors, college professors, bank presidents, people of all ages and cultures, and even blind people--point to the exhilarating picture of Heaven promised in the Bible.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
As he attempts to fulfil a list left behind by his deceased best friend, nineteen-year-old Case meets eighteen-year-old Winnie, a hardworking ranch hand with aspirations of her own, and together they embark on an unexpected journey as they chase down their rodeo dreams.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station, a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the century: a tale of adolescence, transgression, and the conditions that have given rise to the trolls and tyrants of the New Right. Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of '97. His mother, Jane, is a famous feminist author; his father, Jonathan, is an expert at getting "lost boys"...