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Girls on Fire

Transformative Heroines in Young Adult Dystopian Literature

By: Sarah Hentges

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Girls on Fire

Transformative Heroines in Young Adult Dystopian Literature

By: Sarah Hentges

Under the threat of climate change, corruption, inequality and injustice, Americans may feel they are living in a dystopian novel come to life. Like many American narratives, dystopian stories often focus on males as the agents of social change. With a focus on the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality and power, the author analyzes the themes, issues and characters in young adult (YA) dystopian fiction featuring female protagonists--the Girls on Fire who inspire progressive transformation for the future.

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McFarland

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1476631441

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9781476631448

Ainu Spirits Singing

The Living World of Chiri Yukie’s Ainu Shin'yoshu

By: Sarah M. Strong

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Ainu Spirits Singing

The Living World of Chiri Yukie’s Ainu Shin'yoshu

By: Sarah M. Strong

Indigenous peoples throughout the globe are custodians of a unique, priceless, and increasingly imperiled legacy of oral lore. Among them the Ainu, a people native to northeastern Asia, stand out for the exceptional scope and richness of their oral performance traditions. Yet despite this cultural wealth, nothing has appeared in English on the subject in over thirty years. Sarah Strong’s Ainu Spirits Singing breaks this decades-long silence with a nuanced study and English translation of Chiri Yukie’s Ainu Shin’yoshu, the first written transcription of Ainu oral narratives by an ethnic Ainu. The thirteen narratives in Chiri’s collection belong to the genre known as kamui yukar, said to be the most ancient performance form in the vast Ainu repertoire. In it, animals (and sometimes plants or other natural phenomena)—all regarded as spiritual beings (kamui) within the animate Ainu world—assume the role of narrator and tell stories about themselves. The first-person speakers include imposing animals such as the revered orca, the Hokkaido wolf, and Blakiston’s fish owl, as well as the more “humble” Hokkaido brown frog, snowshoe hare, and pearl mussel. Each has its own story and own signature refrain. Strong provides readers with an intimate and perceptive view of this extraordinary text. Along with critical contextual information about traditional Ainu society and its cultural assumptions, she brings forward pertinent information on the geography and natural history of the coastal southwestern Hokkaido region where the stories were originally performed. The result is a rich fusion of knowledge that allows the reader to feel at home within the animistic frame of reference of the narratives. Strong’s study also offers the first extended biography of Chiri Yukie (1903-1922) in English. The story of her life, and her untimely death at age nineteen, makes clear the harsh consequences for Chiri and her fellow Ainu of the Japanese colonization of Hokkaido and the Meiji and Taisho governments’ policies of assimilation. Chiri’s receipt of the narratives in the Horobetsu dialect from her grandmother and aunt (both traditional performers) and the fact that no native speakers of that dialect survive today make her work all the more significant. The book concludes with a full, integral translation of the text.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824835123

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9780824835125

Train Like a Mother

How to Get Across Any Finish Line—and Not Lose Your Family, Job, or Sanity

By: Dimity McDowell,Sarah Bowen Shea

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Train Like a Mother

How to Get Across Any Finish Line—and Not Lose Your Family, Job, or Sanity

By: Dimity McDowell,Sarah Bowen Shea

The authors of Run Like a Mother share a comprehensive guide to race training for busy runners of all experience levels. In Train Like a Mother, elite runners Dimitry McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea offer inspiration and practical advice on how to run a race—from training plan to finish line. Covering four race distances (5K, 10K, half-marathon, and marathon), they discuss pre- and post-race nutrition; strength training; injury prevention (and rehab); the importance of recovery; and everything busy women need to know to add racing to their multitasking schedules. It is all presented with the same wit, empathy, and tone the avid fans connect and identify with.

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Andrews Mcmeel+ORM

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1449427332

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9781449427337

God in the Dark

31 Devotions to Let the Light Back In

By: Sarah Van Diest

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God in the Dark

31 Devotions to Let the Light Back In

By: Sarah Van Diest

Life’s painful trials can bring shame about our inadequate and broken faith. There is relief in hearing the expressions of desperation in the psalmist’s voice. He didn’t experience this life perfected, and we don’t either. But the psalmist was loved. So are we. God was so kind to give us the Psalms. To walk through darkened days is part of the human experience. To walk through them with faith, comfort, strength, joy, and hope is part of the divine experience. Our eyes, though, are often clouded to those blessings by the thing oppressing us. When we remember and recognize our Father’s faithfulness, when we see reality with the eyes of understanding, the darkness ebbs and the light of hope grows. The impossible, unbearable, and unthinkable becomes the hidden passageway to truth, hope, and joy in Christ. These letters were originally written as encouragement to a friend when the darkness began to overtake his path. Each day for 22 days, a letter arrived with one of the eight-verse sections from Psalm 119 along with a small thought to bring light and hope and to be a reminder that we do not fight our battles alone. The letters, along with nine more devotions on the subject of experiencing God in the dark, make up this powerful, honest, hope-filled 31-day devotional.

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NavPress

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1631466070

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9781631466076

Fighting for Dignity

Migrant Lives at Israel's Margins

By: Sarah S. Willen

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Fighting for Dignity

Migrant Lives at Israel's Margins

By: Sarah S. Willen

Fighting for Dignity explores the impact of a mass deportation campaign on African and Asian migrant workers in Tel Aviv and their Israeli-born children. In this vivid ethnography, Sarah Willen shows how undocumented migrants struggle to craft meaningful, flourishing lives despite the exclusion and vulnerability they endure.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812224906

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9780812224900

Brilliant Disguise

By: Sarah Nichter

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Brilliant Disguise

By: Sarah Nichter

Sarah is a young, pretty, confident teenager with a deep faith, and the world seems ready to cater to her wishes. But she hides a warped self-image, depression, and desperate need for self-control, only to force it out in secret purging sessions. As she adjusts to her junior year at a new high school, Sarah struggles to cope with her growing discomfort and self-critical attitudes, even while easily making friends and displaying a confident exterior. One fateful day, Sarah follows her friend's seemingly trivial suggestion and willingly walks into a corrosive world of binging, purging, and depression. As Sarah leaves for college, she feels increasing pressure from friends to seek help for her bulimia. But college offers a new opportunity to remake herself if only she doesn't get in her own way. As she struggles to maintain control, she slips further into the darkness and closer to self-destruction. The few strongholds in her life faith, friends, family, and her dog keep her together as her heart is battered by broken relationships and her body is abused by her own design. This novel, based on a true story, follows Sarah as she goes away to college and tries to navigate the difficulties of new adulthood, faces academic struggles, and decides whether to leave bulimia behind or take it with her. Brilliant Disguise narrates a story of a young woman with everything to gain and absolutely everything to lose.

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Archway Publishing

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1480803758

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The True Queen

By: Sarah Fine

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The True Queen

By: Sarah Fine

Using fire and ice magic, Elli and Ansa must bring their people together to fight a common enemy in this epic conclusion to the Impostor Queen trilogy, which is a perfect fit for “fans of Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen” (School Library Journal). Now that Ansa knows she is the destined queen of Kupari, she is desperate to find a permanent home for her people in the Kupari lands. But as the small band of warriors crosses into the foreign territory, Ansa loses her fragile grip on her newly acquired—and violent—magic and puts everyone, including her love Thyra, in danger. Inside the walls of Kupari, Elli maintains the facade that she is the magical queen, with her secret—that she has no magic at all—on the brink of exposure every day. But as she tries to prepare the citizens to protect themselves from another invasion, unrest spreads as wielders like her beloved Oskar begin to lose control of their powers. As Kupari grows increasingly unstable, with the land literally crumbling beneath their feet, and a common enemy once again threatening everything, these two young women on a collision course with destiny must find a way to save the realm and their people from total destruction. In this epic conclusion to the Impostor Queen series, Sarah Fine’s sweeping tale of two fierce leaders imbued with unimaginable power and called to unthinkable sacrifice finally answers the question: who has the strength to be the True Queen?

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Simon and Schuster

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1481490621

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9781481490627

Breaking Bad Habits of Race and Gender

Transforming Identity in Schools

By: Sarah Marie Stitzlein

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Breaking Bad Habits of Race and Gender

Transforming Identity in Schools

By: Sarah Marie Stitzlein

This book examines actual classroom events of racial and gender discord. It employs the theoretical lenses of pragmatism, whitenes studies, critical race theory, and poststructuralism to offer an original analysis of how students come to embody their races and genders through schooling practices. Finally, it offers a pathway out of racism and sexism through the cultivation of flexible habits of identity.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0742563588

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How to Tell a Story

The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth

By: The Moth,Meg Bowles,Catherine Burns,Jenifer Hixson,Sarah Austin Jenness,Kate Tellers

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How to Tell a Story

The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth

By: The Moth,Meg Bowles,Catherine Burns,Jenifer Hixson,Sarah Austin Jenness,Kate Tellers

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now in paperback and featuring new material, the definitive guide to telling an unforgettable story in any setting, from the storytelling experts at The Moth “From toasts to eulogies, from job interviews to social events, this book will help you with ideas, structure, delivery and more.”—CNN LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD Over the past twenty-five years, the directors of The Moth have worked with people from all walks of life—including astronauts, hairdressers, rock stars, a retired pickpocket, high school students, and Nobel Prize winners—to develop true personal stories that have moved and delighted live audiences and listeners of The Moth’s Peabody Award–winning radio hour and podcast. A leader in the modern storytelling movement, The Moth inspires thousands of people around the globe to share their stories each year. Now, with How to Tell a Story, The Moth will help you learn how to uncover and craft your own unique stories, like Moth storytellers Mike Birbiglia, Rosanne Cash, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Gilbert, Padma Lakshmi, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Tig Notaro, Boots Riley, Betty Reid Soskin, John Turturro, and more. Whether your goal is to make it to the Moth stage, deliver the perfect wedding toast, wow clients at a business dinner, give a moving eulogy, ace a job interview, be a hit at parties, change the world, or simply connect more deeply to those around you, stories are essential. Sharing secrets of The Moth’s time-honed process and using examples from beloved storytellers, a team of Moth directors will show you how to • mine your memories for your best stories • explore structures that will boost the impact of your story • deliver your stories with confidence • tailor your stories for any occasion Now featuring new prompts for engaging storytelling and filled with empowering, easy-to-follow tips for crafting stories that forge lasting bonds with friends, family, and colleagues alike, this book will help you connect authentically with the world around you and unleash the power of story in your life.

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Crown

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059313902X

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9780593139028

The Little Book of Courage

A Three-Step Process to Overcoming Fear and Anxiety

By: Sarah Quigley,Pat Quigley,Marilyn Shroyer

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The Little Book of Courage

A Three-Step Process to Overcoming Fear and Anxiety

By: Sarah Quigley,Pat Quigley,Marilyn Shroyer

Guides readers through a three-point process for facing, feeling, and transforming fear at any intensity level, explaining how courage comes by learning to work through fear and demonstrating how readers can experience fear as a message. Reprint.

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180

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Conari Press

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1573248118

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9781573248112

When The Stars Whisper

By: Sarah Khatib

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When The Stars Whisper

By: Sarah Khatib

Will the stars be able to guide and aid a broken heart? The repercussions of a car accident claw their way into the security blanket of an obsidian-haired boy, and tear it aprart viciously, marking the beginning of a new chapter with the end of a life. Malachi Alakrab's universe falls apart when his friend dies. The distraught boy is left dealing with all his insecurities and fears, and is trying desparately to piece his life back together, celestial by celestial. When everything falls apart, we tend to fall back in search of solace, peace, love, and acceptance. Sometimes we lose our way and disintegrate... is Malachi destined to a similar fate? Will his journey of healing lead him to open up to a whole new world and new people?

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Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd

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9390463297

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9789390463299

Hollywood Heroine

By: Sarah Kuhn

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Hollywood Heroine

By: Sarah Kuhn

The fifth book in the smart, snarky, and action-packed Heroine series continues the adventures of Asian-American superheroines Evie Tanaka, Aveda Jupiter, and Bea Tanaka in a demon-infested San Francisco. Over the years, the adventures of superheroines Aveda Jupiter and Evie Tanaka have become the stuff of legend--and now they'll be immortalized in their very own TV show! The pair head to LA for filming, but Aveda struggles to get truly excited. Instead, she's preoccupied wondering about the fate of the world and her role in it. You know, the usual. Now that Otherworld activity has been detected outside the Bay Area, Aveda can't help but wonder if the demon threat will ever be eradicated. When the drama on set takes a turn for the supernatural, Evie and Aveda must balance their celebrity commitments with donning their superhero capes again to investigate. And when the evil they battle reveals a larger, more nefarious plot, it's time for the indomitable Aveda Jupiter to rise to the occasion and become the leader she was meant to be on a more global scale--and hopefully keep some semblance of a personal life while doing so.

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Penguin

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0756416515

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9780756416515

Destination: Romance

By: Susan Mallery,RaeAnne Thayne,Sarah Morgan,Jodi Thomas

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Destination: Romance

By: Susan Mallery,RaeAnne Thayne,Sarah Morgan,Jodi Thomas

Discover four fan-favorite stories from bestselling HQN authors, in this collection of cozy reads! You Say It First by Susan Mallery Sculptor Nick Mitchell grew up in a family of artists and learned from his volatile father that passion only leads to pain. As he waits on a new commission, he takes a day job as a humble carpenter at a theme wedding venue. The job has its perks—mainly the venue’s captivating owner, Pallas Saunders. Originally published in 2017. Riverbend Road by RaeAnne Thayne Protecting the streets of Haven Point isn’t just a job for police officer Wyn Bailey, it’s a family tradition. But lately she’s found herself wanting more, especially from her boss—and overprotective brother’s best friend—sexy chief of police, Cade Emmett. Originally published in 2016. New York, Actually by Sarah Morgan Molly and Daniel both think they know everything about relationships. But as they try—and fail—to resist their undeniable chemistry, they’ll soon discover they just might have a lot left to learn… Originally published in 2017. Ransom Canyon by Jodi Thomas Rancher Staten Kirkland, the last descendant of Ransom Canyon’s founding father, is rugged and practical to the last. No one knows that when his troubling memories threaten to overwhelm him, he runs to lovely, reclusive Quinn O’Grady…or that she has her own secret that no one living knows. Originally published in 2015.

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HQN Books

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1488037604

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9781488037603

Only Flesh and Bones

By: Sarah Andrews

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Only Flesh and Bones

By: Sarah Andrews

Still recuperating from her father's death and her mother's recovery from alcohol addiction, geologist and amateur sleuth Emily "Em" Hansen is out of work and unhappily whiling away her time on her family's Wyoming ranch. So when her former boss, oil millionaire J.C. Menken, asks Em for help--and offers to find her a job if she does--she has no choice but to accept. J.C. wife Miriam died a mysterious death--and his teenaged daughter Cecelia was the only witness. But a traumatized Cecelia can't remember anything about the incident, and can't seem to get on with her life. J.C. wants Em to help his daughter get back on track--but will he want to hear the shocking truths that Em uncovers about his deceased wife and the real reason for her untimely death?

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Minotaur Books

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1466819707

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9781466819702

Vampire Slayer, The Vol. 1

By: Sarah Gailey

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Vampire Slayer, The Vol. 1

By: Sarah Gailey

In the first arc of WILLOWVERSE, trying to help Buffy heal from her trauma proves to be more than Giles and Willow bargained for! She’s left without her powers or identity, and it’s up to an unprepared and inexperienced new Slayer to take up the mantle—Willow. But thankfully Willow isn’t alone, as the spell also leads to another newly-activated Slayer, serving as a guide for this speed-run of training. But even with the threat of 4 terrifying and sometimes zany monsters, the darkest threat may be Willow herself, as she struggles to cope. Can Willow’s allies save her from herself? Collects The Vampire Slayer #1-4.

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Boom! Studios

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1646688147

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9781646688142

A Sliver of Light

Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran

By: Shane Bauer,Joshua Fattal,Sarah Shourd

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A Sliver of Light

Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran

By: Shane Bauer,Joshua Fattal,Sarah Shourd

Hikers held captive in Tehran tell their story in “a moving memoir by three individuals who found the strength to survive” (San Jose Mercury News). During the summer of 2009, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and Sarah Shourd were hiking in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan when they unknowingly crossed into Iran and were captured by border patrol. Wrongly accused of espionage, the three Americans ultimately found themselves in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison, where activists and protesters from the Green Movement were still being confined and tortured. Cut off from the world and trapped in a legal black hole, the three friends discovered that pooling their strength of will and relying on one another was the only way they could survive. In A Sliver of Light, Bauer, Fattal, and Shourd finally get to tell their side of the story. They offer a rare glimpse inside Iran at a time when understanding this fractured state has never been more important. But beyond that, this memoir is a profoundly humane account of defiance, hope, and the elemental power of friendship—and a “ record of a human rights triumph” (San Jose Mercury News).

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HMH

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0547985649

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9780547985640

Strong Women Stay Slim

Shed Fat Forever with the Extraordinary Power of Strength Training!

By: Miriam Nelson,Sarah Wernick, Ph.D.

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Strong Women Stay Slim

Shed Fat Forever with the Extraordinary Power of Strength Training!

By: Miriam Nelson,Sarah Wernick, Ph.D.

From the bestselling authors of Strong Women Stay Young, an exciting, medically sound program to help you boost your metabolism and melt away fat! Scientific research has shown that strength training increases metabolism--a key to permanent weight loss--by as much as 15 percent. In fact, a Tufts University study comparing women on identical diet plans found that the strength-training group lost 44 percent more fat than the diet-only group. Strong Women Stay Slim has everything you need to shape up and feel great--no matter what your age or fitness level: Fully illustrated exercises especially designed for weight loss Up-to-the-minute information about weight, appetite, nutrition, and fitness--explaining why this program works A hunger-free food plan, including menus and delicious recipes from award-winning cookbook author Steven Raichlen Progress logs and extra guidance for the first ten weeks Motivational secrets...and more

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Bantam

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0553379453

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9780553379457

He Said Saga

The Daughter's Story

By: Sarah Jean Snyder

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He Said Saga

The Daughter's Story

By: Sarah Jean Snyder

Author Sarah Jean Snyder was nine years old when her father was diagnosed with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). She was too young to understand what was happening to her father and her family, but she began to see things falling apart. She watched her father deteriorate and become dependent on others for his care. Little did Sarah know she would receive an MS diagnosis during her lifetime. In He Said Saga, she shares her story, intertwined with that of her father’s experiences, which he chronicled in a book titled, Saga: One Man’s Battle with MS. The Beginning. She offers snippets and snapshots of her health and faith story. Snyder tells how, through her father’s circumstances, she learned how to function through sadness, how to trust even with unanswered prayers, and that life isn’t always fair. However, she also learned to focus on the good and be grateful for it. In the end, sickness isn’t the story.

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WestBow Press

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9798385027071

I Will Find You Again

By: Sarah Lyu

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I Will Find You Again

By: Sarah Lyu

All the Bright Places meets Ace of Spades in this “compelling, twisty” (Booklist) teen thriller about a girl who can’t stop pushing herself to be the best—even after losing her best friend and the love of her life. Welcome to Meadowlark, Long Island—expensive homes and good schools, ambition and loneliness. Meet Chase Ohara and Lia Vestiano: the driven overachiever and the impulsive wanderer, the future CEO and the free spirit. Best friends for years—weekend trips to Montauk, sleepovers on a yacht—and then, first love. True love. But when Lia disappears, Chase’s life turns into a series of grim snapshots. Anger. Grief. Running. Pink pills in an Altoids tin. A cheating ring at school. Heartbreak and lies. A catastrophic secret. And the shocking truth that will change everything about the way Chase sees Lia—and herself.

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