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Firefly Cloak: A Novel
| | When eight-year-old Tessa Lee and her brother, Travis, are abandoned in a campground by their desperate mother and her boyfriend of the moment, they are left with only two things: a phone number written in Magic Marker on Traviss back and their mothers favorite housecoat, which she leaves wrapped around her sleeping children. This housecoat, painted with tiny fireflies, becomes totemic for Tessa Lee, providing a connection to her past and to the beautiful mother she lost.<br><br>Seven years later, when word arrives that her mother has been spotted working at a tourist trap on a seaside boardwalk not far from where Tessa Lee lives, she sets off on a dangerous journey to try to recover what has been taken from her.<br><br>Steeped in the rich Southern atmosphere for which Sheri Reynolds has long been hailed, Firefly Cloak is a vivid coming-of-age novel of family, loss, and redemption.<br><br>Also available as a Random House Large Print edition and as an eBook<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> | |
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The Sweet In-Between: A Novel
| | [With <i>The Sweet In-Between</i>,] bestseller Reynolds delivers again . . . Simple prose rich with subtext, convincing dialogue, and a fascinating protagonist combine to produce a heartstring-plucker thats explicit, tender, sad, and hopeful.<br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br><br>Kendra, or Kenny, has grown up in a family thats not really hers. Her momma died of cancer when Kenny was very young, and Aunt Glo is, in fact, her daddys girlfriend, who took her in when her father was sent to jail for drug trafficking.<br><br>Nearing eighteen years old and facing confusion over her sexuality, Kenny binds her chest with ACE bandages and keeps her hair cropped short like a boys. Her gender ambiguity makes her an outcast at school and, even at times, at home, where her adopted family isnt really sure what to make of her. <br><br>When a senseless murder occurs in their run-down coastal towna college student mistakenly entering the wrong home is killedKenny becomes obsessed with thoughts of the dead girl and with her own fears that she will be alone in the world when she turns eighteen. She makes it her mission to become indispensable to Aunt Glo in the hopes that she can win the older womans love, despite their not being bound by blood. <br><br>A lyrical tale of a family of misfits in a town thats seen its best days come and go, <i>The Sweet In-Between</i> is also a poignant story of an unforgettable characters coming-of-age. | |
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More Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks
| | This new collection follows the original Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks. Popular youth speakers have proven that these stories and illustrations are effective for livening up talks with youth and for communicating God's Word. | |
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Junior High Ministry
| | A comprehensive, expanded and updated edition of a classic work, Junior High Ministry, this is a non-academic though practical manual for approaching and implementing ministry to early adolescents. | |
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Still More Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks
| | Volume three of the best selling Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks series delivers all new lively, effective illustrations, stories, parables and anecdotes from the personal files of many of youth ministry's best speakers. | |
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Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks 4
| | The fourth volume of the best-selling Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks series delivers all-new, lively, effective illustrations, stories, parables, and anecdotes from the files of many of youth ministry's best speakers. | |
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Play It!
| | Now in one user-friendly, convenient collection, Play It! contains over 150 games, mixers, and activities from the best selling duo Play It! and Play It Again! for use with groups of all sizes and ages regardless of ability and skill. | |
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Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks on CD-ROM
| | 400 attention-getting stories, parables, and anecdotes on CD-ROM enables youth workers to instantly find the perfect illustration and customize the application for their youth group. | |
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Read This Book or You're Grounded!
| | Heres a switch: a book for teenagers about parents! This revolutionary book is written in user-friendly terms with contemporary language and ideas that are Scripture-based. | |
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