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INTRODUCING: Lillian Walsh, who has stepped out courageously beyond what she’d ever dreamed of being able to achieve and has started a children’s home for orphans.

WHAT HAPPENS: A white lie used to protect some orphans has resulted in an official complaint and a letter revoking permission to manage the little children’s home, and more children are on their way and are in need of caring homes. And unexpectedly, Walter, the young man who has won Lillian’s heart, departs for a job in the oil industry without leaving any hope for their future, making her confused and lonely. And when startling information about the past surfaces and a new arrival comes via suspicious circumstances, she’ll have to decide what is worth fighting for and what is better left in God’s hands.

MEDIA BUZZ: This novel is part of the backstory to Hallmark’s “When Hope Calls”. The Canadian author, Janette Oke has sold more than 30 million books, and is the recipient of the ECPA President’s Award, the CBA Life Impact Award, the Gold Medallion, and the Christy Award. This series is co-written with her daughter Laurel Oke Logan.

And remember: there is no limit on how many books you can borrow, and any library books you borrow in the month of December will be all yours over the Christmas break, with the due date after we return from the holidays.

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Have you read anything by Pittacus Lore?
Does United as One or Return to Zero sound familiar?
If you have, then check out the companion series in these three novellas, which are all eBook exclusives!

Set in the same world as I am Number Four, begins a new saga that coincides with the events of Generation One. Fan-favourite characters Six and Sam return for another exciting trilogy of sci-fi action and adventure. The Legacy Chronicles are published for the first time in eBook format. Check them out today!

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That’s a 1st!

Looking for something new to read? Why not check out the 1st book in a series, during the 1st month of 2021?!

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Did you read and love Little Women?

 

Did you read and love Little Women by Louisa May Alcott?

Or maybe saw the movie and now you’re curious about what happened next?

The story doesn’t end there! Check out these books and linger longer in the world created by Louisa May Alcott.

 

March by Geraldine Brooks is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a story inspired by the father character in “Little Women” and drawn from challenged by his experiences.

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Did you know that Little Women is part of a series?

  1. Little Women
  2. Good Wives
  3. Little Men
  4. Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag
  5. Jo’s Boys

Want to read them now? Check out an eBook! Or have a listen to the Little Women audiobook. You will find eBooks & audiobooks HERE

Learn more about the author in the biography — Invincible Louisa : the story of the author of Little Women.

Or check out the graphic novel called Louis May Alcott, that presents graphic adaptations of seven stories, poems, and fairy tales by Louis May Alcott.

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TOP 10

Wondering what everyone else is reading? Here’s a look at the Top 10 most read books and series of 2018 — check them out!

 


#1

LUNAR CHRONICLES

By Marissa Meyer

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#2

CHRISTY & TODD, THE BABY YEARS

By Robin Jones Gunn

F Gun


#3

MAZE RUNNER SERIES

By James Dashner

F Das


#4

TRIALS OF APOLLO

By Rick Riordan

F Rio


#5

UNBLEMISHED SERIES

By Sara Ella

F Ell


#6

DATING GAMES SERIES

By Melody Carlson

F Car


#7

BLUR TRILOGY

By Steven James

F Jam


#8

HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY

By Suzanne Collins

F Col


#9

MISTBORN SERIES

By Brandon Sanderson

F San


#10

THE MASTERPIECE

By Francine Rivers

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Looking for something new to read? Check out one of these first books in a series!

F Ada Adams, Gillian Bronte. Orphan’s song.
Every generation has a Songkeeper — one chosen to keep the memory of the Song alive. And in every generation, there are those who seek to destroy the chosen one. When Birdie first hears the Song coming from her own mouth, her world shatters. She is no longer simply an orphan but the last of a hunted people. With enemies at her heels and war threatening to tear her homeland apart, Birdie soon discovers an overwhelming truth: the fate of Leira may hinge on one orphan’s song.
F And Anderson, R. J. (Rebecca J.). Knife.
In a dying faery realm, only the brave and rebellious faery Knife persists in trying to discover how her people’s magic was lost and what is needed to restore their powers and ensure their survival, but her quest is endangered by her secret friendship with a human named Paul.
F Bra Brandes, Nadine. A time to die.
Parvin Blackwater believes she has wasted her life. At only seventeen, she has one year left according to the Clock by her bedside. In a last-ditch effort to make a difference, she tries to rescue Radicals from the government’s crooked justice system. But when the authorities find out about her illegal activity, they cast her through the Wall — her people’s death sentence. What she finds on the other side about the world, about eternity, and about herself changes Parvin forever and might just save her people. But her clock is running out.
F Cam Cambron, Kristy. The lost castle : a novel.
Broken-down walls and crumbled stones seemed to possess a secret language all their own. What stories would they tell, if she finally listened? Ellie Carver arrives at her grandmother’s bedside expecting to find her silently slipping away. Instead, the beloved old woman begins speaking. Of a secret past and castle ruins forgotten by time. Of a hidden chapel that served as a rendezvous for the French resistance in World War II. Of lost love and deep regret. Each piece that unlocks the story seems to unlock part of Ellie too — where she came from and who she is becoming. But her grandmother is quickly disappearing into the shadows of Alzheimer’s and Ellie must act fast if she wants to uncover the truth of her family’s history. Drawn by the mystery surrounding The Sleeping Beauty — a forgotten castle so named for Charles Perrault’s beloved fairy tale — Ellie embarks on a journey to France’s Loire Valley in hopes that she can unearth its secrets before time silences them forever.
F Car Card, Orson Scott. Children of the fleet : Fleet School.
Dabeet Ochoa is a very smart kid. He’s top of his class in every school, but he doesn’t think he has a chance at Fleet School, because he has no connections to the Fleet. But then Colonel Graff arrives at his school for an interview, and everything changes.
F Con Connealy, Mary. No way up.
When ranch patriarch Chance Boden stipulates in his will that his children must reconcile and live at home for a year or give up their inheritance, Heath Kincaid is entrusted to see that it is done and soon finds Boden’s daughter in need of protection.
F Ken Kendig, Ronie. Embers.
Haegan and Kaelyria Celahar are royal heirs of the Nine Kingdoms, but Haegan is physically crippled. What chance does he have against Poired Dyrth, the greatest enemy the kingdom has ever faced, who wields fire with a power none can match? Their only hope is forbidden: Kaelyria must transfer her fire-harnessing abilities to Haegan. When she does it comes with a terrible price: Haegan’s disability is healed, but only by being transferred to Kaelyria. This decision causes their father, the King, to unleash his wrath against Haegan. Haegan must flee the kingdom alone with two impossible tasks: Find a cure for Kaelyria and stop the coming war with the omnipotent Poired Dyrth.
F Kin Kincaid, S. J. Insignia.
Tom, a fourteen-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagon Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet. Life at the Spire holds everything that Tom’s always wanted and never had — friends, the possibility of a girlfriend, and a life where his every action matters — but what will it cost him?.

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you are invited …

Four of our favorite authors  — Bill Myers, Frank Peretti, Angela Hunt and Alton Gansky — have teamed up and written a new supernatural thriller full of suspense, and the beginning of a new series! Invitation is cycle one of the Harbringers series and can be found on our shelves at F Mye.

When author Bill Myers was asked if he could explain the concept for this new [Harbringers] series, he answered:

“I (Bill Myers) originally came up with the idea: What if several authors wrote a series of linked novellas that would read like episodes of a TV series? From there, we decided to give each author a unique character. Each novella is from the first-person POV of one of the Harbinger team members as they stumble into supernatural adventures and investigations.”

–go HERE for more Q&A with Bill Myers

The publisher’s website gives us a little sneak peek at what each of the novella’s are about:
  • In The Call by Bill Myers, four strangers are drawn together to help a student at the mysterious Institute for Advanced Psychic Studies. His gifts are supposedly being honed to assist world leaders … but there are some very disturbing strings attached.
  • Frank Peretti’s The Haunted confronts a supernatural mystery, a case of murder, and an exploration into the darkness of the human heart, all centering around a mysterious house.
  • In Angela Hunt’s The Sentinels, animals around the world are mysteriously dying. What could it mean? When the tragedy begins to touch Andi’s dreams, she discovers a terrifying theory.
  • The Girl by Alton Gansky is a gripping tale of a young barefoot girl found holding a scroll in the snowy Oregon mountains. She is sweet, innocent — apparently not of this world — and something wants to kill her.

Come on by and check it out!