Rating: Good (4)

"Not the End of the World" is one of the most thought provoking books I have read in the last year. Did Noah really get every kind of animal onto the ark? Did anyone else survive the flood? These questions and more are asked my Noah's daughter Timnah. It cuts to my heart in some places, and other times I want to shout in frusteration at the characters. The author has skillfully created a Noah's ark I had never imagined, but is her's also the correct one? Read this mistifying book that talks about the end of the world, but it turns out that the end of the world might not be as horrible as everyone thinks.

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Not The End Of The World by Geraldine McCaughrean

Rating: Excellent! (5)

Sugar knows there is bitterness in life, but ever since she could remember, her grandpa and mom have taught her to sweeten up the world no matter what. It was easy enough, until Sugar and her mother lost their home because of her dad's gambling debts. Now they are homeless, and worse, her mother begins to give up and even lose her mind. What will happen to this perservering girl that rights poems from words written across her heart? No one, not her southern bell mom, her drunk dad, or even her beloved, eccentric English teacher could ever have expected the journey Sugar would have to make before she was almost home. Joan Bauer out-did herself with this excellent book.

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Almost Home by Joan Bauer

Rating: Excellent! (5)

'I am just a woodcutter's daughter.' Rose is convinced that she will never have a love that her friend Hildy fantasizes about all the time. After all, she is just a poor woodcutter's daughter, now the healer's apprentice. So when she has to help care for the injured Lord Hamlin she refuses to entertain any daydreams about him, or his kind manner, or his deep blue eyes... She knows that he is engaged to the mysterious princess who is nowhere to be found. Despite herself, she begins to fall in love with him. When she finally realizes this fact, will it be too late? The plot thickens as an unexpected turn of events threatens the safety of everyone Rose has come to care for.

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The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson

Rating: Excellent! (5)

Half of the Silver Buckle now belongs to Nick Noble. The thought brings both happiness and dread to Nick. He's happy that he owns part of the land where he grew up, but he also dreads having to see the people he left several years earlier. Then Nick finds out something that makes him rush home even faster- the other half of the land was left to his former best friend. However, Nick does not expect to meet Piper when he arrives back home. 
Piper Sullivan is convinced that Nick framed her brother for murder. In order to prove Nick's guilt she goes undercover at the ranch as a cook. Despite the fact that she thinks he is a liar, she begins to fall for him. Follow along with Piper and Nick as they discover just how importance forgiveness and love can be in a person's life.

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Reclaiming Nick by Susan May Warren 

Rating: Excellent! (5)

Finding Faith is a book that is could never put down until I had finished reading it. Few books have that affect on me, not only did I not want to put it down but I find myself wanting to reread it constantly. What Molly has done is exactly every good book needs: she has given it adventure over every page; she has taken me into Emma's feelings in a way which I could understand Emma and her actions fully; she has thrown in an unlikely romance, which Emma shuns with all her being; and after a few I didn't expect that she has written the epitome of a good book.

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Finding Faith by Molly Evangeline