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From beloved Newbery Honor winner and three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia comes a powerful and heartfelt novel about loss, family, and love that will appeal to fans of Jason Reynolds and Kwame Alexander. Clayton feels most alive when he’s with his grandfather, Cool...

Meet Fiona, Ronan and their dog, Murphy! They know a secret about prayer and special miracles in the flower garden. Fiona's grandma teaches her a special prayer to Jesus. Grandma tells Fiona to say this prayer whenever there is a special need for herself, someone she loves or for anyone who needs help. After the passing of her grandma, Fiona remembers the prayer to Jesus. She says the prayer and asks Jesus to let her know her grandma is okay in heaven, and that she still loves her.

Kelly Webster had buried herself in her phone since her father died in Afghanistan. So when her mother made her get out and join a club in school, she was headed for Yosemite National Park on a backpacking tour. Her father had loved hiking, but she'd never joined him. Suddenly she found herself closer to him and learning a lot about her partner, Billy Williams.

Wird wohl wieder nichts mit dem hammermäßigen Frühstück bei der Oma. In Niederkaltenkirchen sinnt ein entflohener Psychopath auf Rache. Und Eberhofers Chef Moratschek macht sich vor Angst ins Hemd, weil er einen blutigen Schweinskopf in seinem Bett gefunden hat. Franz muss sich fortan als sein Bodyguard bewähren. Und das, wo den Kommissar grad ganz andere Sorgen plagen, ist doch Dauerliebe Susi nach Italien abgehauen. Na, das kann was werden, als dann auch noch Oma und Papa alle zu einer Italienreise verdonnern, um die Susi aus den Fängen ihres Liebhabers zu befreien.

Rusty Peters moved to Hard Tack and became their sheriff, leaving his medical career and wife behind in Melville. Elmer Martin was looking for a new chance at life. He'd done some dastardly things and he wanted to change. So he became John Conroy to the citizens of Hard Tack. John prospered in Hard Tack, becoming the local butcher for the cafe. He met and fell in love with a rancher's daughter, Penelope Carver.

Bonnie McDaniel had spent the last four years raising her brothers and sister after a tragic accident killed her parents. But now, four years later, she was out of money, and short on ideas. She had to form a plan. The only thing she could come up with was to find a husband who would help her. She'd never done anything so bold in her life.

Conoce a Fiona, Ronan y su perrito Murphy! Ellos conocen el secreto de la oración y milagros especiales en el jardín de flores. La abuela de Fiona le enseña ha elevar oraciones especiales a Santa Teresa, la Florecita. Su abuela le ha enseñado a Fiona a hacer esta oración cuando tiene necesidad especial por ella misma, para alguien a quien ama o por cualquier otra persona que necesite ayuda. Después de la muerte de su abuela, Fiona recuerda la oración a Santa Teresa.

Mia Tyler had a crush on Jeremy Potter. Problem was Mia was only 15-and-a-half, at an age where she wasn't old enough for some things and too old for others. Would Jeremy ever see her the way she saw him?

In 17-year-old Dakota Kekoa's line of work, a job can go bad in a split second. And when a job goes bad, people die. Suspended from working as a tax collector in her draconic family's protection racket, Dakota is assigned a secret mission from her grandfather. A foreign queen has offered a grave insult to Dakota's grandfather by running a vampire dinner cruise off the coast of the Mabiian Islands, and his retribution must be swift.

Five short stories full of love and adventure.

Last summer, with the help of demon-killer Stephen Tapper, Raven Smith faced Hell on Earth to stop the demon-apocalypse (or more like, put it on hold). Raven made a deal with the Grand Marquis of Hell: he would not open the gates of hell if she promised not to fall in love with anyone until he returned for her.

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Amelia Noble realizes life is unfair, but she believes justice prevails in death. When Lu (Lucifer) taps the unemployed reporter to write the truth about him, God, Heaven, and Hell, she discovers the afterlife can be unfair too. Her sister and many others reside in Hell because of a rule God created but refuses to revoke. Amelia's first visit to Heaven reveals a self-centered God who created humans for his entertainment. On her second visit to Heaven, Amelia scolds God for carelessly playing a board game that affects people on Earth. She challenges him to live as a human.

Der Weg ist das Ziel. Schritt für Schritt folgt man dem Pilgerweg bis zu einem heiligen Ort. Man ist in Bewegung, spürt seinen Körper und findet mit der Zeit seinen eigenen Rhythmus. Mal geht man im Schweigen, mal ist man im Gespräch mit Wegbegleitern. Der Austausch mit anderen, aber auch das Hören auf innere Impulse und das Reflektieren der eigenen Lebensgeschichte, all das macht Pilgern aus. Der Weg bringt die Erfahrung, weil man ihn mit allen Sinnen geht und erfährt.

Victor Frank is no ordinary killer. For one, he kills women with his bare hands. When he kills John T.'s mother and tells him he's "better off without her," John T. swears he'll track him down someday and kill him. Wesley Collins is a Texas Ranger, who's already had a run-in with Victor in his earlier days. He's bound to find him once the Rangers retire him before he does any more damage. Rascal Mills' wife was killed by Victor. He's got three kids left without a mother.

Jamie Scott has a plan to detoxify her soul in 14 days. She is going to be happy again, even if she has to leave the man she's in love with to do it.

Jamie Scott has a plan to detoxify her soul in 14 days. She is going to be happy again, even if she has to leave the man she's in love with to do it.

Sam Tanner buried a man hanging from a tree the day he met Riley Morgan. He could tell from the moment he met her that she was trouble. After all, she was white and he was black, and he wanted to avoid her at all costs, but Riley managed to get under his skin, in more ways than one.

Willy, the hard-of-hearing little duck, had been waiting for the other ducks to fly south to his pond. He couldn't wait to make new friends and he thought Waffles was a very cute girl duck. Problem was, she didn't seem to like him. Whatever could be wrong?

Book six of the Willy Series. Mother Hen's eggs were missing. She was so upset. Willy was upset too. Who could have taken her eggs? But then Socks, the cat, came into the barn with wet paint on her back. But Willy didn't think Socks was stealing the eggs. How could he prove it?