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Lordor Nordstrom created, in his wisdom, not only a lively town and a prosperous legacy for himself but also a beautiful final resting place for his family, friends, and neighbors yet to come. "Resting place" turns out to be a bit of a misnomer, however. Odd things begin to happen, and it starts the whole town talking. With her wild imagination, great storytelling, and deep understanding of folly and the human heart, the beloved Fannie Flagg tells...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In the ten years since 90 Minutes in Heaven was published, millions of people worldwide have read the incredible true story of Don Piper's experience with death and life--and in reading they have found their own lives changed. After a semi-truck collided with Don Piper's car, he was pronounced dead at the scene. For the next ninety minutes, he experienced the glories of heaven. Back on earth, a passing minister felt led to stop and pray for the accident...
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Series
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After crossing the bridge into the afterlife, a place called Here where the time is always Now, Riley's existence continues in much the same way as when she was alive until she is given the job of Soul Catcher and, together with her teacher Bodhi, returns to earth for her first assignment, a ghost called the Radiant Boy who has been haunting an English castle for centuries and resisted all previous attempts to get him across the bridge.
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English
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"A master storyteller at his best--the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story. Since his first collection, Nightshift, published thirty-five years ago, Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of short fiction. In this new collection he assembles, for the...
7) Everwild
Author
Series
Skinjacker trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Nick, known as the dreaded "chocolate ogre," is trying to find all the children in Everlost and release them from the limbo they are in, while Mikey and Allie have joined a band of skinjackers and are putting themselves in danger by visiting the world of the living.
8) Everfound
Author
Series
Skinjacker trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
In the limbo that is Everlost, Mary, Nick, Allie, and others face the decisions that will determine whether that place and the Earth itself will continue to exist, as well as where their own futures lie.
Author
Series
Five people you meet in Heaven volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A bitter eighty-three-year-old war veteran who believes 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--some loved ones, some strangers--explain what his years on Earth really meant, and whether or not he succeeded in saving the child.
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Publisher
W Pub. Group
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Now with 250K copies in print! Revised and Updated Edition. Anne affirms that Heaven truly is the home of your dreams: a home of lasting value that's fully paid for and filled with family, where you will be wanted and welcomed. Best of all, Heaven is a home you are invited to claim as your own. With over 40 percent new and revised content, Anne Graham Lotz has updated her classic book on Heaven for a whole new generation of readers, and also for herself....
12) Doomed
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Series
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After a Halloween ritual gone awry, Madison finds herself trapped in Purgatory-- or, as mortals know it, Earth. She can see and hear every detail of the world she left behind, yet she's invisible to everyone who's still alive. Her first stop is her parents' apartment, where she encounters the ghost of her long-deceased grandmother. Satan has had Madison in his sights from the very beginning: through her and her narcissistic celebrity parents, he plans...
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie--the little girl he saved on earth--in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect. Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom's beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving...
14) Whisper
Author
Series
Riley Bloom series volume 4
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
This time, Riley might really have bitten off more than she's ready for. After practically begging the Council for a more challenging Soul Catch, she is assigned an actual Roman gladiator-Theocoles, the Pillar of Doom. How is Riley, a skinny twelve-year-old, supposed to get through to him? Then she meets the beautiful Messalina, who convinces her that her only chance is to become part of this world. To accomplish this, Messalina helps Riley through...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a grief-stricken single father, is determined to find out.
16) Fragile spirits
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Paul has been training his whole life to be a Protector. Together he and his assigned Speaker will help lingering souls move from our world to the next. But no amount of training has prepared him for Vivienne--a Speaker with hot pink hair, piercings, and a blatant disregard for rules"--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In 2004, Kevin Malarkey and his six-year-old son, Alex, suffered an horrific car accident. The impact from the crash paralyzed Alex—and medically speaking, it was unlikely that he could survive. “I think Alex has gone to be with Jesus,” a friend told the stricken dad. But two months later, Alex awoke from a coma with an incredible story to share. Of events at the accident scene and in the hospital while he was unconscious. Of the angels that...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One million copies sold! Dr. Mary Neal (featured in the Netflix original series Surviving Death) tells the incredible story of the kayak accident during a South American adventure that took her to heaven—where she experienced God’s peace, joy, and angels—and back to life again.
In 1999 in the Los Rios region of southern...
In 1999 in the Los Rios region of southern...
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Seventeen-year-old Julie fell in love with Sam the day she met him, and planned to attend college with him; but Sam died, and getting rid of his things, trying to erase him from her life is not working, so desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls his cellphone expecting to hear his voicemail--but then Sam answers, and suddenly their cellphones become the living connection between them, a connection Julie finds impossible to let go.
Author
Publisher
Lovitude Publishing
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"When Irene, one of three close friends, dies unexpectedly, the trio's lives intertwine in life-changing ways. Immediately following Irene's death, Risë begins to sense her friend's presence around her. While delivering her eulogy from the pulpit at Irene's Celebration of Life, Risë sees Irene sitting in the congregation, her long auburn hair reflecting light from the windows above. Irene is calm and joyful as she glances, smiling, over her family...
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