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"When Dahlia decided to become a foster mother, she had a few caveats: no howling newborns, no delinquents, and above all, no girls. A harrowing incident years before left her a virtual prisoner in her own home, forever wary of the heartbreak and limitation of a girl's life. Eleven years after they began fostering, the Moscatellis are raising three children as their own and Dahlia and Louie consider their family complete, but when the social worker...
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"Twenty years ago, a nine-year-old boy was swept away by powerful waves on a remote Oregon beach, his body lost to the sea. Only a stone memorial remains to mark his tragic death. For most of her life, Amanda Dufresne had no idea she had an older brother named Dennis Owens, or that he had died. Adopted as a baby, she learned about him while looking into her late birth mother, and is curious to know more about this lost sibling. A solitary young woman,...
3) The judgment
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Rose Kauffman and her older sister, Hen, struggle to find love, acceptance, and their place in the Amish community
4) The thorn
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Rose Kauffman, a spirited young woman, has a close friendship with the bishop's foster son, Nick, who dresses plain yet stirs up plenty of trouble, but when Rose's sister cautions her against becoming too involved, Rose dismisses the warnings
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
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On the verge of commiting an act of violence, a troubled, orphaned Indian teenager finds himself hurtled through time an into the bodies of a civil rights era FBI agent, an Indian child during the battle at Little Big Horn, a nineteenth- century Indian tracker, and a modern-day airline pilot, before returning to himself, forever altered by his experiences
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Like everyone else in the Panopticon, 15-year-old Anais Hendricks has been in and out of foster care practically since birth. "[B]orn in a nuthouse to nobody that was ever seen again," she had her only successful foster placement with a prostitute later stabbed to death (Anais found the body). She's been sent to this facility, where the inmates are under constant surveillance, because she had a bad history with a policewoman who has been bludgeoned...
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"Amber Nicholls, Lachlan McCarthy, and Raffaele Wright would normally have absolutely nothing in common. But growing up as foster kids in Teddy's seaside home along the Cornish coast has forged a bond tighter than Gorilla glue. Each of them have their own messes in life to deal with, but Teddy's big news is the cherry on top. Teddy's gone on a vacation cruise around the Mediterranean and met the woman of his dreams. The only problem for his loyal-to-a-fault...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Beach Colors and Breakwater Bay comes this heartwarming story of love, family, and redemption. Two young girls pledged to be best friends forever. Separated by circumstance and hurt, they are reunited years later as they struggle to put their differences aside for the sake of a special little girl--perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah, Elin Hilderbrand, and Karen White. One woman struggling to hold on to...
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Prince Thabiso is the sole heir to the throne of Thesolo, shouldering the hopes of his parents and his people. At the top of their list? His marriage. Ever dutiful, he tracks down his missing betrothed. When Naledi mistakes the prince for a pauper, Thabiso can't resist the chance to experience life--and love--without the burden of his crown.
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Blessings volume 11
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"As Bernadine Brown and Malachi July prepare for their upcoming wedding, Amari's birth mother comes to Henry Adams, Kansas, with the hope of spending Christmas with her son."
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Christmas hope series volume 9
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"Lauren Gabriel spent many years of her childhood in foster homes, wishing her mother would come back for her and be the family she needs. Now twenty-years-old, she still longs for a place that she can truly call home. Her work as a cashier is unfulfilling, and at Christmas it's unbearable with the songs and carols and chatter of Christmas that she hears throughout the day. When Lauren ends her shift one night, she finds herself driving aimlessly...
14) Stitches in time
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Deacon's family volume 2
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A new teacher in Stoney Ridge takes on the challenge to help find homes for foster children in Lancaster County. Her effort brings hope to two young girls, but complicates her budding romance
15) White oleander
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Accelerated Reader
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When a woman murders a former lover and is imprisioned for life, her daughter is left to navigate a series of foster homes
16) Golden lord
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Dangerous gifts volume 2
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2024.
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England, 1803. The oldest foster child of the Earl and Countess Tremayne, Caden Tremayne was one of several abandoned children rescued into the fold of the "Tribe of Tremayne," each bearing a special gift. Now Cade's superior investigative abilities and talent for preventing violence--or when necessary, executing it--are urgently required by the Home Office. For after an all-too-brief peace, Britain and France are about to be at war again. But it...
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Blessings volume 4
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"Anyone worried that life in a small town could get boring certainly hasn't lived in Henry Adams: With a pig on trial, the town's foster children still trying to find their place, and new love blossoming...there is plenty to occupy our favorite residents. Preston Miles is the only one of the original foster children with no information about his biological family, but an email from his maternal grandmother will change that. Former town mayor, Riley...
18) Noah's rights
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Living in the hood, urban author Olivia befriends Noah, an underprivileged foster kid whose issues force Olivia to wrangle her own demons.
19) Kiss me hello
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Sweetest kisses novels volume 3
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While raising her foster son Luis, Sidonie Lindstrom meets rural lawyer Mackenzie Peckham and as romance blossoms between them, she soon discovers that he has not been truthful about his job and wonders if she can trust him, especially when problems arise with Luis' foster-care situation.
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After discovering a baby at a crime scene, which unwittingly places her in the crosshairs of a deadly child-trafficking ring, Quinn O’Meara, in way over her head, is unexpectedly reunited with the boy she used to share a foster home with, homicide detective Nick Saldano, who vows to protect her.
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