Richard Paul Evans
21) Noel Street
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The year is 1975. Elle Sheen--a single mother who is supporting herself and her six-year-old, African-American son, Dylan, as a waitress at the Noel Street Diner--isn't sure what to make of William Smith when his appearance creates a stir in the small town of Mistletoe, Utah. As their lives unexpectedly entwine, Elle learns that William, a recently returned Vietnam POW, is not only fighting demons from his past, but may also have the answer to her...
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In this new holiday-themed novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mistletoe Promise and The Walk, a man receives the best Christmas present he could ask for: the chance to re-write the past. Jason Chercher is not doing well in love or life. Just two weeks after his wife leaves him he receives a phone call that his estranged mother has passed away, days before Christmas--leaving her home and all her belongings to him. Frankly,...
23) The last promise
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
24) Finding Noel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young woman who had been adopted as a child by a loving family has only a Christmas ornament inscribed with the word "Noel" as a keepsake of her birth family about whom she remembers nothing. When long hidden memories resurface, she goes in search of her biological sister-and her past.
25) A winter dream
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A holiday tale inspired by the biblical story of Joseph and the coat of many colors follows the modern story of Joe, who after being forced out of the family business by jealous siblings becomes the chief advisor to the CEO of another company and his own family's savior in the face of a troubled economy.
26) Grace
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
An old man reminisces about his first love, a young runaway who taught him more about life than anyone had before or since.
27) Timepiece
Author
Series
Christmas box trilogy volume Prequel
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tired of spending the holidays alone since her bitter divorce three years ago, Elise accepts a proposition from a man in her building to be a pretend couple until Christmas. As the charade progresses, her badly broken heart begins to mend, but secrets threaten to destroy the emerging relationship"--
29) Promise me
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beth Cardall's life was falling apart: her six-year-old daughter, Charlotte, was suffering from an unidentifiable illness; her marriage transformed from a seemingly happy and loving relationship to one full of betrayal and pain; her job was increasingly at risk; and she had lost her ability to trust, to hope, or to believe in herself. Then, on Christmas day, Beth encountered Matthew, a mysterious stranger.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
As heir to the Crisp Copy Center fortune, Luke has it made--until he burns through his entire inheritance in just one year of partying. Ashamed to ask his famous father for help, he finds employment--and romance--as an entry-level clerk. Can his new love get him back on track?
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 3
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
To stop Hatch from using the Elgen fleet to gain world power, Michael and the rest of the Electroclan must destroy the lead ship, but divisions within the Electroclan threaten the success of their operation.
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 5
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Michael and the rest of the Electroclan are facing their greatest crisis yet. The resistance movement has been compromised. The safe house has been destroyed. The voice is in hiding, and they have no idea if their families are alive... or dead. What they do know is that the Elgen won't stop until they've destroyed the Electroclan"--Front jacket flap.
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 6
Publisher
Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Michael and the Electroclan embark on their deadliest mission yet. The head of the resistance, known only as the voice, believes that the best way to wipe out the Elgen is to steal their money. That means capturing the Joule, the Elgen boat that serves as a floating treasury. Michael and his friends have learned about a highly placed member of the Elite Global Guard named Welch who wants to defect. They also know that three of the Elgen electric youth...
Author
Series
Christmas box trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1995], c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 2
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Michael Vey, born with Tourette's syndrome and special electromagnetic powers, joins his techno-genius best friend and an alliance of other "electric" teenagers to battle powerful foes in the jungles of Peru, where Michael learns the Order of Elgen's plan to "restructure" the world.
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 1
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year-old Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Tourette's syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely special--he has electric powers. Michael thinks he is unique until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor has the same mysterious powers. With the help of Michael's friend, Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up with their abilities, and their...
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 4
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan head to Taiwan in search of nine-year-old child prodigy Lin Julung, or Jade Dragon, who the Elgen kidnapped for Hatch's army of electric children.
40) The parasite
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 8
Publisher
Mercury Ink, Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Michael and his friends learn that returning to a normal life is not only more difficult than they imagined, but that normal doesn't last. Like the mythical Hydra, cutting off the head of the global Elgen only created more enemies"--