Jill Penrod
1) Remy
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When Natalie and Charles' father goes to prison, and their mother commits suicide as a result, the siblings find themselves penniless and homeless, two rich city kids looking for distant family in the river delta. Their first stop on the river leads them to a guide, a young man Natalie's age who travels with a cat, knows everything about the river, and won't give them the first clue about his life or his past. After weeks of searching doesn't turn...
2) Measuring Up
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School's back in session, and it may be a year to remember… When college junior Tom Van der Haas asks his cousin Eric and friend Matt to be his roommates, he has no idea what he's in for. Along with their friends Samantha and Dana, the guys will tackle a youth lock-in, family dramas, a nearby service trip, and even a kidnapping. Through it all, Tom and God deal with some big issues, like what it means to be a servant, what God wants from Tom, and...
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Drift down the river and enjoy a trio of novels from a simpler place and time, now combined into one volume. Follow three brothers-triplets-as they grow up in an isolated community on the river, facing the dangers of the swamp and learning about life, responsibility, and love along the way.
Montague-Sheila grew up with triplet brothers, causing trouble and enjoying childhood to the fullest. Now that she's grown up, she realizes she has feelings for...
4) Montague
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When Sheila was ten, her parents moved from the city to the isolated river delta, where they had to learn to live a new lifestyle in a peaceful, slow-moving, yet sometimes hostile swamp. Away from people, her only friends were three triplet brothers, three years her junior, who taught her how to play in the river, catch crabs, swim, and mostly cause trouble.
At eighteen, Sheila wants to get married, but she can't imagine growing up and leaving her...
5) Knowing Jake
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Jake Branigan is the pastor's kid, and everyone thinks they know him. What they don't know is how tired he is of his boring, normal, predictable, respectable life. Even living in an apartment with friends Stephen and Matt doesn't help with the feeling that he's missing something. However, Jake's dad is about to misstep, and the pastor's kid has to figure out what to do once his dad is no longer a pastor. Follow Jake on a journey of discovery as...
6) If the Sun
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When Marley Owen's stepdad attacks him, his mother puts him on a bus and sends him halfway across the country to stay with his sister and her kids. As a recent high school graduate, Marley is lost and alone in a new city, no idea how to deal with his difficult, free spirit sister or her collection of children. But his sister lives in Stephen Valentino and Jake Branigan's building, and God has a plan for him. Pretty soon he's working for Stephen,...
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They lived for the magic of summers, until one disastrous winter took them down.
After my parents split, I spent summers with my dad, who lived next door to this huge family. Savannah was the first to find me, one of the girls my age, and she was sunny and happy and never let me get sad about my family. She made adventures, and her yard was magical, and summers became the best part of my year.
Nobody knew what my winters were like, and I didn't...
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Adventure, danger, romance… Welcome to the Boys of Summer, a contemporary Christian series for teens and anyone who appreciates the challenge of stepping into adulthood. This collection includes the first four books of the series in one convenient ebook volume. Courting the Clearwaters-College student Shawn Carpenter is new to Christianity, and when he finds himself surrounded by new people, new purposes, and especially a new girl, he has to decide...
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Drift down the river and enjoy a trio of novels from a simpler place and time, now combined into one volume. Follow three sets of youngsters as they grow up in the isolated communities on the river, facing the dangers of the swamp and learning about life, responsibility, and love along the way.
In Swamp Rats, Cree and Princess lose their mothers and grow up nearly alone in the swamps, enduring infrequent visits from abusive and absentee dads. Raising...
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When a storm spreads the group across the shores of the great sea, they begin the long journey back to one another. Each finds clues along the way that speak of the true origins and purpose of Galleo, their ancient friend, as well as one final mission deadlier than all the rest put together. Racing time, facing loss, and fighting enemies, the teens use visions, mystical gifts, wisdom beyond their years, and memories of things lost to make their way...
11) Gem's Gypsies
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With their leader missing, the teens look to Gem to head the search to find him. Embarrassed by his upbringing and trying to avoid his destiny, Gem resists, but eventually he leads his closest friends across the continent to find a beloved warrior of the god. However, Gem's lies to his friends haunt, and restoring their trust and faith in him is harder than he expected. Disguised as a gypsy troupe, the group touches villagers with music and dance,...
12) Dane's Mountain
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Having betrayed his friends to save his family, Dane the guard is now called on to right his wrongs, and he finds himself leading his friends back to his home, a dangerous mountain filled with enemies. His friends no longer trust him, and he deserves that. What he doesn't deserve is their forgiveness and concern, and he is determined to keep them safe and be worthy of their misplaced trust. Galleo, the ancient warrior sent to protect them, forces...
13) Swamp Rats
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My name is Princess, and I live on the river. In the swamps. When I was nine, Mama left. She hated that Papa traveled on the river all the time to make money. She was lonely. After she left, I was alone.
Cree lived two doors down from me. He had three baby brothers, and he was strong. I watched him from my windows sometimes because Mama didn't let me play with him. She was born in the city, so she thought all the people out here were river rats....
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Jazz: I didn't expect to get home one September day of my freshman year and discover my mom had bailed. Like, an empty closet and a note. Dad was out of town-like always-and taking care of my little sisters was now my job. Unfortunately, the stress of that landed me in the hospital, and the nightmare began-loss, asthma, and crazy food allergies. I felt like life was over. Strangely, besides Eli, my best friend, this weird girl from youth group, Violet...
15) The Wryneck
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In the city of Balivor, orphans work in the dangerous new factories, facing danger and death daily. One young man, an orphan himself known only as the wryneck, sacrifices everything to rescue them. Then he disappears, and hope among the orphans disappears with him.Two friends, orphans themselves who had escaped Balivor, return as adults to change the laws and protect the orphans. Galen and Zoe hear stories of the selfless wryneck, and they use his...
16) Misflitch
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For generations two peoples have fought over the mountains of Thanador. The native Tarra'ans hate the recent arrivals, the Contolte, and eventually that hatred turns to war. Yaotl and Jensen, though, are a Tarra'an and a Contolte who live as brothers. Yearning to stay together , they find no safe place where both can be welcomed.Frorn across the great water, Nadia is a missioner from the clinic who is able to walk outside the battle. When her path...
17) Second Son
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You are cordially invited to the wedding of Matt Tucker and Dana Schneider, as seen through the eyes of Tony Carpenter. Last seen in Courting the Clearwaters, Shawn Carpenter's little brother Tony is now in high school, and he's tired of living in his perfect big brother's shadow. He wants to be his own person, but honestly, right now he's not doing that well as his own person. His family loves him, but they also tend to forget he exists, and the...
18) Pierre
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My name is Suzette, and I was born in a huge river delta, a swamp. After my mama delivered her eighth baby, when there was no room for me and the drought made it hard for Papa to feed all of us, I went to live with my Aunt Josie, an eccentric old healing lady, while I waited for Papa to find me a husband. Josie invited a boy to come train with her, a swamp boy with beautiful muscles and a beautiful smile, a boy who made me laugh and showed me that...
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Taken from his home in his youth, Nikolai is now a guard protecting the royal mistresses in the Most Glorious Land of Long. When invaders from his homeland kidnap the girls-and everyone else in the summer palace-he begins a journey to get help for those missing and find the truth behind the invasion.He manages to rescue two of his charges, and with the help of a woman from his past who despises him, a guard from the main palace, and a boy who dreams...
20) Cody Bear
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Rescuing Tacy comes at a price… Her history is a secret. She doesn't know phones, videogames, even snack cakes. She's underweight, afraid of everything, and now his next-door neighbor's foster daughter. As a computer geek who never talks to girls, sophomore Cody Highland didn't expect to be asked to play guardian to a teenage girl on her first day of school, but the neighbors ask anyway, putting their most precious possession in his hands. He says...