Michael R Phillips
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Shenandoah sisters volume 4
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Shenandoah Sisters Book 4, the sequel to The Color of Your Skin Ain't the Color of Your Heart. Two young women have kept their family plantation safe for more than a year, but now their dreams are coming to an end. For over a year, Maymea former slaveand Katie have lived together on Katies plantation, hiding the fact that they are orphans of war to avoid being separated. Together they have sheltered others and battled threats of foreclosure, theft,...
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Secrets of the Shetlands volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
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"Despite her business success in Washington, DC, a woman troubled by questions about her roots and identity receives a surprising letter from a solicitor's firm; meanwhile, the death of a clan patriarch in Scotland's Shetland Islands paralyzes the economy of an entire community"--
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Shenandoah sisters volume 1
Pub. Date
[2003]
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Two young Southern girls, one the daughter of a plantation owner and one the daughter of a slave, barely survive the onset of the Civil War and the loss of both their families. When these tragic circumstances bring them together, they join forces to discover if they can make a life for themselves. As their preconceptions give way to experience, they gradually learn to value their contrasting and complementing strengths and skills as they face the...
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Pub. Date
c2003
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Mayme and Katie have become friends--which is unusual given that their friendship has sprouted at ethe end of the Civil War and that Mayme is a former slave, while Katie is the daughter of a plantation owner. Both girls have been orphaned by the war, left alone on Katie's family plantation. The land is the one thing they still share, and they don't want to leave it.
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Shenandoah sisters volume 3
Pub. Date
c2004
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Book 3 of bestselling Shenandoah Sisters. Katie, the daughter of a plantation owner, and Mayme, the daughter of a slave, find themselves with only each other after the Civil War. They devise a scheme to keep Katie's plantation going, disguising the fact they are all alone. Now in book three, the girls face new threats to their security. A long-lost uncle appears and then disappears as suddenly, taking their secret with them. Then a flood threatens...
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Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 24
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Against the vast and formidable backdrop of pre-revolutionary Russia, the lives of two families become inextricably entwined. Anna Yevnovna Burenin, a peasant girl from the village of Katyk, must leave the home she loved to work in a prince's palace in St. Petersburg, bringing her family's heritage of faith with her. Anna's future is altered forever when she is thrust into the presence of the high-minded, spoiled Princess Katrina. But even as Anna's...
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Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
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Their mother had perished on the journey west. Their father was long gone--was he even still alive? With the help of the wagon train master, 15-year-old Corrie Belle Hollister and her four younger brothers and sisters must find their way to the coast during the California Gold Rush. When the children arrive in Miracle Springs and discover that the uncle they were looking for has skipped town--with the sheriff not far behind--the land of promise turns...
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Stonewycke legacy volume 4
Pub. Date
c1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 24
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The push for modernization in the early twentieth century has brought many changes to the once-grand Stonewycke estate. By 1931, the Stonewycke fortune is stretched thin as the Depression reaches Scotland, and heir Allison MacNeil finds herself at a crossroads. When a stranger shows up with a marked interest in the estate, will she hold on to the family legacy?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 27
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"Allison and Logan Macintyre's marriage has flourished in the years since World War II. Logan is now a distinguished member of the British Parliament and, at Lady Joanna's passing, Allison finds herself responsible for all of Stonewyke. While the family grieves their loss at the graveside services, an unfamiliar woman arrives to lay a rose on the coffin. Leaving an air of guarded mystery in her wake, the stranger disappears with a whisper intended...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 28
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Allison and Logan Macintyre's marriage had promised a happy future for them and the Stonewycke estate. Yet they soon discover it is only the beginning of an ongoing journey. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Allison and Logan's relationship has fallen on a period of disenchantment. Logan, bounding from job to job, finally gets involved in wartime espionage for the Britishwithout Allison's knowledge. Separated for long periods of time, Logan...
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Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister volume 2
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
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After Corrie's mother's death, her father finds a new wife through a mail-order-bride agency.
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Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister volume 6
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 15
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Corrie turns to God for help when her invitation to visit Washington and help with Abraham Lincoln's reelection campaign results in her discovery of a plot that could change the course of the nation forever.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 16
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Book one in the Stonewycke Trilogy, begins in Scotland in the mid-nineteenth century. Seventeen-year-old Margaret Duncan feels distant from her parents. A distant cousin joins the family and many events happen including a wedding, a conspiracy and murder.
16) The cottage
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Secrets of the Shetlands volume 2
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"In the Shetlands, Loni Ford discovers her inheritance is not at all what she expected, nor is local leader David Tulloch. A city girl at heart, she is surprised at how much she enjoys the peaceful atmosphere of the place. But change threatens that peace, as does a dangerous man intent on controlling the island--and Loni is all that's standing in his way"--
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Pub. Date
c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 17
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Book two continues the story of an aristocratic Scottish family. After Maggie and Ian's secret marriage, they flee their beloved Stonewycke in peril for their lives.and travel to the new country across the ocean presents a whole new life for them.
19) The legacy
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Secrets of the Shetlands volume 3
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The Dramatic Conclusion to Michael Phillips's Shetland Islands Saga Loni Ford's unexpected inheritance of substantial real estate--not to mention a title--in the Shetland Islands has caused more than a stir in the quiet fishing hamlet of Whale's Reef. How is life ever to be the same with an outsider--and a woman, at that--playing such a pivotal role in the life of this conservative community? But it isn't just the locals who have deep misgivings about...
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Russians series (Judith Pella) volume 3
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 20
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An amazing legacy of love in Russia and where revolution and tragedy reign. The story of two families as they struggle to survive.