Author: FINDER, SYDNEY

Angel of Mercy by Lurlene McDaniel (FIC MCD)
REALISTIC
Eighteen-year-old Heather travels as a volunteer to Africa, where she provides direly needed medical help in Kenya and Uganda and hopes to act as God's hands on Earth.
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Pure by Terra Elan McVoy (FIC MCV)
REALISTIC
Fifteen-year-old Tabitha and her four best friends all wear purity rings to symbolize their pledge to remain virgins until they marry, but when one admits that she has broken the pledge each girl must reexamine her faith, friendships, and what it means to be pure. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
You Don’t Know About Me
by Brian Meehl (FIC MEE) REALISTIC
Billy has spent his almost-sixteen years with four cardinal points--Mother, Christ, Bible, and Home-school--but when he sets off on a wild road trip to find the father he thought was dead, he learns much about himself and life.
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills: the World
Before and After Jesus by T. Cahill (B JES) BIO
Describes what life was like during Jesus’s life, focusing on the oppressive Roman political presence, the pervasive Greek cultural influence, and the widely varied social and religious context of Judaism
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Just Ask: A Novel by Melody Carson (FIC CAR)
REALISTIC
Sixteen-year-old Kim Peterson learns more about herself and her friends, and practices her new
commitment to God, by writing a teen advice
column for the newspaper on which her father is managing editor.
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Shylock’s Daughter by M. Pressler (FIC PRE)
HISTORICAL
Sixteen-year-old Jessica, who longs to be free of the restrictions of her father and life in the Jewish ghetto of sixteen-century Venice, falls in love with a Christian aristocrat and must make choices which will affect her whole family. Inspired by Shakespeare's play The merchant of Venice.
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Mutiny’s Daughter by Ann Rinaldi (FIC RIN)
HISTORICAL
Gives voice, as a teenager returned to the Christian family in England, to the half-Tahitian daughter of the British ship Bounty's second-in-command and mutineer, Fletcher Christian.

Babylon Rising by Tim Lahaye (FIC LAH) ADV
Michael Murphy, a Bible scholar who works as a field archaeologist to find and authenticate artifacts from biblical times, inadvertently accelerates the countdown to the end of the world when he uncovers an ancient secret that beings him face-to-face with the force of the greatest evil.
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The Storytellers’ Collection: Tales of Faraway Places by Melody Carlson (FIC STO)
SHORT STORY
Presents nine short-stories and fiction excerpts by published Christian novelists.
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Between Sundays by Karen Kingsbury (FIC KIN)
SPORTS
God brings hope and healing into the lives of young quarterback Aaron Hill; his teammate Derrick Anderson, a family man looking to keep a promise he made years earlier; Cory, an orphan in the foster care system who is convinced that Hill is his father; and Megan Gunn, the woman who wants to adopt Cory.
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Christian Literature

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (230 LEW)
"Mere Christianity" is the most popular of C. S. This book brings together Lewis's legendary radio
broadcast talks in which he set out simply "to explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times". Rejecting the boundaries that divide Christianity's many denominations, "Mere Christianity" is Lewis's term for the essential Christian message--the theological core on which diverse
Christian traditions can stand together.
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Heaven is For Real by T. Burpo (133.901 BUR)
Todd Burpo shares his son Colton’s experiences
having visions of heaven after a near-fatal illness,
describing what Colton saw in heaven and the lessons he has learned about faith and love after listening to Colton’s stories of his time with Jesus.
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The Shack by William P. Young (FIC YOU)
MYSTERY
After Missy is abducted during a vacation and
evidence of her murder shows up at a shack in the forests of Oregon, Mackenzie Philips, her father,
receives a strange note inviting him to return to the scene of the tragedy where he wrestles with
nightmarish religious questions.
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Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (FIC RIV)
HISTORICAL
A retelling of the biblical story of Hosea and Gomer, set in California’s gold country in the year 1850. Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel must make peace with God and accept the love of her husband,
Michael.
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom (FIC ALB) REALISTIC
A bitter eighty-three-year-old war veteran who belives his life is meaningless dies while trying to save a little girl’s life and finds himself in heaven, where five people from his past explain what his years on Earth really meant, and whether or not he succeeded in saving the child.
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The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante (FIC GAL) REALISTIC
When her grandmother takes fourteen-year-old Agnes, her younger brother, and best friend Honey and escapes Mount Blessing, a Connecticut religious commune, Agnes clings to the faith she loves while Honey looks toward a future free of control, cruelty, and preferential treatment.

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The Witness by Dee Henderson (FIC HEN)
MYSTERY
Eight years after witnessing a terrible crime and fleeing town, leaving her family to think she was dead, Amanda Griffin returns to home and relies on Chief Granger, two homicide detectives, and her faith in God to
protect her from danger.
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Everything Beautiful
by Simmone Howell (FIC HOW) REALISTIC
After sixteen-year-old Riley Rose, an atheist, is tricked into spending her summer at a religious camp, she meets Dylan Kier, an alumni camper who has recently become a paraplegic, and the pair finds common ground with one another while questioning the Christian belief system, their individual faiths, and love.
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A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (FIC IRV)
REALISTIC
Tells the story of Owen Meany who believes he is God's instrument and his friendship with John Wheelwright; beginning at age eleven when Owen hits a foul ball that kills John's mother during a Little League game in 1953.
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Left Behind: a Novel of the Earth’s Last Days
by Tim LaHaye (FIC LAH)
An ariline captain is stunned when over 100 passengers vanish from his plane in the blink of an eye. He quickly realized the Rapture his wife has been telling him about has happened and he has been left behind.
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The Robe by Lloyd Douglas (FIC DOU)
The story of Christ’s robe and the influence it had on the wealthy young Roman soldier who won it at dice.
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Jesus Christ: the Jesus of history, the Christ of Faith by J.R. Porter (232 POR)
An illustrated account of the historical Jesus, exploring the geographical, political, religious, economic, and social contexts in which he operated; tracing the career of Jesus from the Nativity to the Ascension; surveying his teaching methods; looking at how Jesus has been understood over the centuries; and including a sample of Christian art.
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A History of Christianity
by P. Johnson (209 JOH)
Examines the history of Christianity from the time of Jesus Christ to the present.
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A Girl Named Mister by Nikki Grimes (FIC GRI)
REALISTIC
A pregnant teenager finds support and forgiveness from God through a book of poetry presented from the Virgin Mary's perspective.
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The Pilgrim’s Progress by Bunyan (FIC BUN)
ADVENTURE
A religious allegory which follows the trials and tribulations of Christian as he journeys to the Celestial City, and looks at the fate of his wife, Christiana, and their children--left behind when he began his quest.
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The Calling by Cathryn Clinton (FIC CLI)
FANTASY
In 1962 in South Carolina, twelve-year-old Esta is called into the ministry of Jesus and anointed with the gift of healing, but when her relatives decide to take her on a religious crusade she wonders if it is the right thing to do.
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The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom (FIC ALB)
Fantasy
An epic story of the greatest guitar player to ever live, and the six lives he changed with his magical blue strings. In Albom's most sweeping novel yet, the voice of Music narrates the tale of its most beloved disciple, young Frankie Presto, a war orphan raised by a blind music teacher in a small Spanish town.
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Beautiful Outlaw by John Eldredge (232.9 ELD)
Explores the controversial sides of the personality of Jesus Christ.
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Heaven by Randy Alcorn (236.24 ALC)
Alcorn answers questions about heaven by sharing from his extensive research on the topic--all from a biblical perspective. "Heaven" will help readers strive for eternity while they're living on earth. extensive research on the topic--all from a biblical perspective. "Heaven" will help readers strive for eternity while they're living on earth.
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90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper (231.7 PIP)
The author, a pastor, describes his near-death experience after a car accident in 1989, explaining that he went to Heaven and was brought back to Earth by a miracle, and discusses the impact of the event on his life.