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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In the small north Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues behind. There were no witnesses, no real suspects, no one with a motive. The police soon settled on Quincy Miller, a young black man who was once a client of Russos. Quincy was framed, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he languished in prison with no lawyer, no advocate...
3) The quest
Author
Language
English
Description
While the Ethiopian Civil War rages, a Catholic priest languishes in prison. Forty years have passed since he last saw daylight. His crime? Claiming to know the true location of Christ's cup from the Last Supper. Then the miraculous happens -- a mortar strikes the prison and he is free! Old, frail, and injured, he escapes to the jungle, where he encounters two Western journalists and a beautiful freelance photographer taking refuge from the carnage....
4) Overbite
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now working for the Palatine Guard--a secret demon-hunting unit of the Vatican--Meena Harper tries to win over her co-workers as well as her new partner Alaric Wolf while investigating a young priest recently assigned to the case.
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Street
Language
English
Formats
Description
Danny Hansen is a priest who lives by a law of love and compassion. It is powerful men and hypocrites who abide by legal law but eschew the law of love that most incense Danny. As an avenging angel, he believes it is his duty to show them the error of their ways, at any cost.
Author
Series
Murphy Shepherd novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Murphy Shepherd lives alone, doing maintenance work for a church that no one attends and trying to heal from scars gained rescuing others who dwell in the margins. His specialty is finding young girls bought and sold in the flesh trade, and leading them from brokenness to freedom, but Shepherd thinks he has given everything he has and it may be time to retire. His hermetic healing process is interrupted when he rescues a woman named Summer in Florida's...
Author
Series
Rebecka Martinsson mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
The brutal murder of a female priest at the height of the Swedish midsummer brings attorney Rebecka Martinsson face to face with a nightmare as she is drawn into the investigation and into the heart of a lethal mystery.
Author
Series
Dragonvarld trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
9) The priest
Author
Series
Sons of encouragement volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
10) The dragon's son
Author
Series
Dragonvarld trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
15) The sanctuary
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Serving time for murdering two abusive men, vigilante priest Danny Hansen must escape from prison after the woman he loves receives a threatening note and a box containing a bloody finger.
17) Canticle
Author
Series
Forgotten realms. Cleric quintet volume 1
Publisher
Wizards of the Coast
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Author
Series
Chocolat novels (Joanne Harris) volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Vianne Rochet returns to the French village of Lansquenet with her daughters, Anouk and Rosette, before allying herself with a desperate Father Frances Reynaud to reverse disturbing local changes.
Author
Series
Egyptian chronicles volume 2
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Thrust into an arranged marriage, the daughter of ancient Egypt's high priest plays a pivotal role in Joseph's biblical narrative in this powerful novel from the award-winning author of Potiphar's Wife"--
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