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Lifted up by angels
Par Lurlene McDaniel. 1997
In this sequel to Angels Watching Over Me (BR 11918), Leah is seventeen, her bone cancer is miraculously in remission,…
and she chooses to spend her summer working in a town near the Amish friends she met at the hospital. Her feelings for Ethan increase, but the reality of their differences is always present. For junior and senior high readersThe bridge over Flatwillow Creek
Par Lance Wubbels. 1998
Minnesota, 1900s. Annie and Stuart's lives change the day that Stuart rescues her from drowning in Flatwillow Creek. Even though…
Annie's father insists that she marry the banker's son and Stuart is torn between a career in the ministry versus one in medicine, God's love shows them the wayTwelve short stories describe difficult situations experienced by teens and various viewpoints expressed by the teachings of the world's major…
religions. Authors include Virginia Euwer Wolff, Naomi Shihab Nye, M.E. Kerr, and Nancy Springer. Settings include Japan, Haiti, South Carolina, and an American ashram. For junior and senior high readers. 2000The exorcist
Par William Blatty. 1971
Actress Chris MacNeil is filming a new movie in Washington, D.C. After playing with a Ouija board, her twelve-year-old daughter,…
Regan, begins exhibiting bizarre and macabre behaviors. Medical science doesn't help, so Chris appeals to the Catholic Church. A priest, Damien Karras, conducts an exorcism to try to rid Regan of the demon. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexThe nightmare chronicles
Par Douglas Clegg. 1999
Thirteen chilling horror stories. In "The Rendering Man" a young girl's acquaintance with the local disposer of dead animals turns…
into a lifelong gruesome obsession. "The Night before Alec Got Married" tells about choosing the wrong stripper for a bachelor party. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1999Angels watching over me
Par Lurlene McDaniel. 1996
While her mother is honeymooning in Japan with husband number five, sixteen-year-old Leah is in the hospital undergoing tests. After…
a frightening diagnosis, she finds comfort in her young Amish roommate, Rebekah; Rebekah's appealing brother Ethan; and a mysterious night nurse. Prequel to Lifted Up by Angels (BR 11919). For junior and senior high readersThe Heavenly Village
Par Cynthia Rylant. 1999
Seven tales of recently deceased persons who are not quite ready to give up Earth and enter Heaven. God places…
these embodied spirits in the Heavenly Village, a wayside where they can "finish their stories" before ascending to perfect happiness. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1999Italian fever: a novel
Par Valerie Martin. 1999
Lucy Stark is an assistant to novelist DV, who dies suddenly while writing a book in Italy. Lucy travels to…
Italy for his funeral, to retrieve his things, and to discover why he died. She is met by Massimo, an interpreter, who comes to care for her in many ways. Some descriptions of sex. BestsellerRebecca
Par Daphne Maurier. 1938
Rebecca, the glamorous mistress of a great English estate, died eight months before Maxim de Winter brought a young and…
frightened second wife to live there. Mystery, intrigue, and violence eventually reveal the circumstances surrounding Rebecca's deathChristine
Par Stephen King. 1983
Chilling, macabre love tragedy set in 1978 in Pittsburgh centers on teenage misfit Arnie Cunningham and his devotion to and…
ultimate possession by his '58 Plymouth Fury, "Christine." Eerie things happen from the day that Arnie buys the car for $250 from creepy old Roland D. LeBay. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe diary of a country priest
Par Georges Bernanos. 1937
Snake dreamer
Par Priscilla Galloway. 1998
Recurring nightmares about snakes so disturb Dusa that she becomes a research subject for two psychologists. Dusa is admitted to…
their clinic on a Greek island hoping to be cured, but mysterious happenings fill her with foreboding as she recalls the myth of Medusa. For senior high readersFinding Laura
Par Kay Hooper. 1997
Ever since childhood, Laura Sutherland has had a fascination with mirrors--she is searching for something in their reflections, although she…
isn't sure what it is. After she finds the right mirror at the Kilbourne family estate sale in Atlanta, she becomes a pawn in a struggle between the family matriarch, Amelia, and grandson Daniel. Some descriptions of sexMore than you know: a novel
Par Beth Gutcheon. 2000
Elderly Hannah Gray describes spending her seventeenth summer vacationing at a haunted house in Dundee, Maine, falling in love with…
local boy Conary Crocker, and trying to identify the ghost. Alternating chapters tell the century-old story of Claris Osgood, whose marriage to islander Danial Haskell leads to isolation, heartbreak, and murder. 2000Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus (Penguin classics)
Par Mary Shelley. 1985
Gothic tales (Penguin classics)
Par Elizabeth Gaskell. 2000
Short stories and the novella Lois the Witch from a nineteenth-century feminist. In "The Old Nurse's Story" a father casts…
out a daughter and her child to perish in the cold. In "The Crooked Branch" a son returns home to rob his parents. Introduction and notes by Laura Kranzler. 2000Midnight Bayou
Par Nora Roberts. 2001
Declan Fitzgerald, tired of being a Boston lawyer, buys Manet Hall near New Orleans with plans to restore the old…
plantation. But he does not expect to find his house haunted by rape, murder, and betrayal. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller. 2001Ka
Par Roberto Calasso. 1998
Retells ancient stories that are a part of India's spiritual tradition. In this translation by Tim Parks, Calasso looks at…
Indian mythology through descriptions that build image upon image, beginning with the creation of the universe and continuing to the spiritual awakening of the BuddhaThe unspeakable: a novel
Par Charles Calia. 1998
When word reaches the Bishop of St. Paul that Reverend Jim Marbury can heal the sick, Reverend Peter Whitmore is…
sent to investigate. During the Holy Week that Whitmore spends with Marbury, the men come to share some dark, painful secrets and discover divine healing. Some strong language. 1998Dancing in the light: a novel
Par Anita Stansfield. 2006
As trials come thick and fast, Wade finds himself facing devastating loss and a desperate loneliness greater than he ever…
could have imagined. Thankfully he has a large and loving family, without whose support he could not survive. Ultimately, however, Wade's greatest source of strength comes through his faith and reliance on the Savior's unconditional and atoning love.