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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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Death row inmate Shay Bourne's last request is to donate his heart to his victim's ailing sister. The situation gets more complicated when Bourne begins performing miracles in full view of witnesses--including his Catholic spiritual advisor.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Emily, one of three friends inseparable since childhood, becomes a pawn in a plan to save one life at the expense of another. Emily Wallace, an attractive thirty-two-year-old assistant prosecutor and heart-transplant recipient, is given a plum assignment--the murder trial of theatrical agent Gregg Aldrich, accused of murdering his wife. During the trial, Emily experiences sentiments that defy all reason and continue after Gregg Aldrich's fate is decided...
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A Christy Award winner from the bestselling author of War Room!
Truman Wiley used to report news stories from around the world, but now the most troubling headlines are his own. He's out of work, out of touch with his family, out of his home. But nothing dogs him more than his son's failing heart.
With mounting hospital bills and Truman's penchant for gambling his savings, the situation seems hopeless . . . until his estranged...
Truman Wiley used to report news stories from around the world, but now the most troubling headlines are his own. He's out of work, out of touch with his family, out of his home. But nothing dogs him more than his son's failing heart.
With mounting hospital bills and Truman's penchant for gambling his savings, the situation seems hopeless . . . until his estranged...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Two years have passed since the terrible car accident that took the life of John Baxter's daughter, Erin, her husband and three of their four daughters. John has invited a stranger for Christmas Eve dinner - Kendra Bryant, the transplant recipient who now has Erin's heart. Ashley and her brother Luke don't think it is right; they want to protect their ten-year-old niece, Amy - the only surviving member of the accident. Kendra Bryant has been struggling...
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Publisher
Bantam
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
Description
For thirty-four-year-old Ryan Perry, life is good a year after the heart transplant that had saved him from certain death, until he begins to receive strange messages united by the theme, "Your heart belongs to me," and discovers that he is being stalked by a mysterious woman who bears a striking resemblance to the donor of his heart.
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English
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The screech of tires brought Hannah Scott's world as she knew it to a devastating end. Even a year after she signed the papers to donate her daughter's organs, Hannah is still reeling with grief when she unexpectedly stumbles into the life of the Bell family, whose child, Maddie, survived only because hers had died. Mesmerized by this fragile connection to her own daughter and afraid to reveal who she actually is, Hannah develops a surprising friendship...
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Series
Hope Beach novels volume 3
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English
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"Elin Summerall was one of the lucky ones. Not only did she get a heart transplant, but the donor was a perfect fit. A miraculously perfect fit. But when Elin begins having violent flashbacks--and vivid dreams of being strangled--she realizes that she has been the recipient of more than just a new heart: Elin is remembering her donor's murder"--Page 4 of cover.
8) Pandemic
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the cutting-edge world of gene modification in this pulse-pounding new medical thriller. When an unidentified, seemingly healthy young woman collapses suddenly on the New York City subway and dies upon reaching the hospital, her case is an eerie reminder for veteran medical examiner Jack Stapleton of the 1918 flu pandemic. Fearful of a repeat on the one hundredth anniversary of the nightmarish...
9) Soar
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach.
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Series
Moonglow Cove volume 2
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English
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"It was a story that couldn't possibly be true: identical twins, separated at birth. Anna Drury wouldn't have believed it, but the woman standing before her was physically alike her in every way, and held in her hands a keepsake baby bracelet, the same as Anna had. How could it be? Anna, with her tall, strong husband and two adorable children, grew up loved and secure, and she freely opens her heart to others, so she embraces the idea of her new-found...
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Angels walking volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
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English
Description
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes the third novel in an unforgettable series about divine intervention and the trials and triumphs of life for a group of friends. Despite needing a heart transplant and against the advice of her doctor, Mary Catherine moves to Uganda to work at a new orphanage. Whatever time she has left, Mary Catherine wants to spend it helping children--especially since there will be no children of...
13) Return to me
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English
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It took a lot of coaxing to get Bob (David Duchovny), a widower, to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. But, once there, he’s smitten instantly...not with his date, but with the witty waitress, Grace (Minnie Driver). And as their relationship blossoms, everything seems to be going great, until an unbelievable truth is revealed that could easily break both of their hearts for good!
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Series
Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In this delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith's bestselling detective series, the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie gets caught up in a highly unusual affair of the heart. When Isabel is asked to cover for vacationing Cat at her delicatessen, Isabel meets a man with a most interesting problem. He recently had a heart transplant and is suddenly haunted by memories of events that never happened to him.
The situation piques her...
16) Noggin
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After dying at age sixteen, Travis Coates' head was removed and frozen for five years before being attached to another body, and now the old Travis and the new must find a way to coexist while figuring out changes in his relationships.
17) Blood work
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English
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Former FBI agent Terry McCaleb is enjoying a quiet retirement following his heart transplant operation, when he meets the sister of the woman whose heart now beats in his chest and learns that the donor wasn't killed in an accident, but was murdered, leading McCaleb to embark on an investigation of the donor's murder.
18) Five feet apart
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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"Seventeen-year-olds Stella and Will, both suffering from cystic fibrosis, realize the only way to stay alive is to stay apart, but their love for each other is slowly pushing the boundaries of physical and emotional safety." --
Can you love someone you can never touch? Stella and Will both suffer from cystic fibrosis. Being together means they could pass an infection. Stella is waiting for a lung transplant; Will is on a clinical drug trial. The...
19) The fifth vial
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English
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A suspended Harvard Medical School student is kidnapped and left for dead in Rio de Janeiro, while a terminally ill medical genius works on a potentially world-changing cure, and a Chicago detective struggles to identify a mysterious accident victim.
20) The angel maker
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Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Urban legend, or frightening fact? "One of the better fictional detectives ever penned," Seattle's Lou Boldt, and forensic psychologist Dephne Matthews suspect illegal organ harvesting is behind recent assaults on teenage runaways. The trail leads them down dark streets and darker corners of the mind, as they find themselves pursuing a twisted surgeon with his own ideas of mortality and social justice.
Packed with action, The Angel Maker takes...
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