Christina Moore
2) The covenant
Author
Series
Abram's daughters volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four sisters in Lancaster County witness the secrets of their tiny home community as Leah suffers from her sister Sadie's shameful loss of innocence with an English boy and finds her own dreams of love with Jonas spinning out of control.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Long Island’s teen wizard returns in “an unusually consistent fantasy, rich in details, subplots, and Irish lore” from the author of High Wizardry (School Library Journal).
To give fifteen-year-old Nita a vacation from magic—and her partner Kit—her parents pack her off for a stay with her eccentric aunt in Ireland. But Nita soon finds herself with a host of Irish wizards...
To give fifteen-year-old Nita a vacation from magic—and her partner Kit—her parents pack her off for a stay with her eccentric aunt in Ireland. But Nita soon finds herself with a host of Irish wizards...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mysterious library book opens the door to a world of magic and danger in the first book in the beloved Young Wizards series.
Bullied by her classmates, Nita Callahan is miserable at school. So when she finds a mysterious book in the library that promises her the chance to become a wizard, she jumps at the opportunity to escape her unhappy reality. But taking the Wizard's Oath is no easy thing, and Nita soon finds herself paired with fellow...
Bullied by her classmates, Nita Callahan is miserable at school. So when she finds a mysterious book in the library that promises her the chance to become a wizard, she jumps at the opportunity to escape her unhappy reality. But taking the Wizard's Oath is no easy thing, and Nita soon finds herself paired with fellow...
7) The betrayal
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beautifully Repackaged: The Betrayal and The Sacrifice In The Betrayal, Leah Ebersol and her beloved Jonas Mast are separated by hundreds of miles when he accepts an apprenticeship in Ohio. They are confident their love is strong enough to survive, but more than time and distance are conspiring to keep them apart. In The Sacrifice, Leah Ebersol has no choice but to believe the worst: Her older sister, Sadie--and Leah's own beloved Jonas--have betrayed...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In 1704, in the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, eleven-year-old Mercy and her family and neighbors are captured by Mohawk Indians and their French allies, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada, where some adapt to new lives and some still hope to be ransomed.
9) Burning up
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When a girl she had met at an innercity church is murdered, fifteen-year-old Macey channels her grief into a school project that leads her to uncover prejudice she had not imagined in her grandparents and their wealthy Connecticut community.
10) River thunder
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Despite some reservations, sixteen-year-old Jessie joins her companions from the previous year's adventure on the Colorado River for a legal rafting trip through the Grand Canyon.
11) Downriver
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader and try to run the dangerous white water of the Grand Canyon.
12) Plain truth
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
Philadelphia defense attorney Ellie Hathaway, unsatisfied with the course of her career and personal life, leaves her job for an open-ended stay at her great-aunt's home in Paradise, Pennsylvania, arriving just in time to become embroiled in the case of a young, unmarried Amish woman accused of killing her newborn baby.
13) The revelation
Author
Series
Abram's daughters volume 5
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Conclusion to the series spanning three generations in a quaint Old Order Amish community. A story of love, faith, and second chances featuring five courting-age sisters and their extended family that is both heartrending and uplifting.
14) The prodigal
Author
Series
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leah's older sister Sadie has returned home from Ohio and is working toward reintegrating herself into the church. Leah is estatic to have her home, and she's happy to see her young siblings grow up. But part of Leah wonders, and still aches, when she thinks of the long-lost love of her life, Jonas Mast. She is very surprised and cautiousley optimistic to hear about the prospect of his return. But what long-buried secrets will his homecoming bring...
15) The sacrifice
Author
Series
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
In The Sacrifice, Leah Ebersol has no choice but to believe the worst: Her older sister, Sadie--and Leah's own beloved Jonas--have betrayed her. Now, two years later, Leah still misses them both, though loyal neighbor Gid continues to bide his time. But when tragedy befalls the Ebersols, Leah must make a difficult choice.
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Deeply wounded by her embittered mother's lack of sympathy for her aspirations, Elnora finds comfort in the nearby Limberlost Swamp, whose beauty and rich abundance provide her with the means to better her life.