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Across the Continent: A Summer's Journey to the Rocky Mountains, the Mormons, and the Pacific .. Across the Continent: A Summer's Journey to the Rocky Mountains, the Mormons, and the Pacific .. Samuel S. Bowles Consists of 22 letters, originally published in the Springfield Republican, and of supplementary papers on related topics, including the speeches made by Mr. Colfax during the trip. OL13175609W
Das Reisetagebuch eines Philosophen Das Reisetagebuch eines Philosophen Hermann von Keyserling Count Hermann Alexander von Keyserling (July 20, 1880 April 26, 1946) was a Baltic German philosopher from the Keyserlingk family. His grandfather Alexander Keyserling was a notable geologist of Imp… OL138533W
Michelle & Debra Michelle & Debra Jack Weyland Michelle and Debra, Mormons and best friends, see their lives diverging at the end of their teen years, as Michelle meets and decides to marry a boy who follows the standards of their church while De… OL15071513W
Stephanie Stephanie Jack Weyland Reluctant to admit her addiction to alcohol and drugs, sixteen-year-old Stephanie finds it impossible to give up drinking and pills until she faces her problems in a hospital treatment program. OL15071524W
Lucky in love Lucky in love Dean Hughes During a visit to Hawaii, twelve-year-old Lucky gets windsurfing lessons from an older, more muscular boy and tries to build up his own body after meeting a beautiful girl at the local Mormon church. OL15162433W
The miracle The miracle Blaine M. Yorgason Moose, a clumsy, lonely, and large high school senior, finds happiness as a department store Santa and discovers the joys of giving. OL15162705W
Brigham Young and me, Clarissa Brigham Young and me, Clarissa Barbara Williams A fictionalized account of the daily life of Brigham Young and his family as seen through the eyes of his eight-year-old daughter, Clarissa. OL15338279W
The ties that bind The ties that bind Kristen McKendry After losing both parents at a young age, Daniel McDonald grew up disconnected from his family history. Now, as he approaches the birth of his first child, he feels deeply unsettled about his severed… OL15457440W
Back when you were easier to love Back when you were easier to love Emily Wing Smith When her boyfriend Zan leaves high school in Utah a year early to attend Pitzer College, a broken-hearted Joy and Zan's best friend Noah take off on a road trip to California seeking "closure." OL15571327W
Being Sixteen Being Sixteen Ally Condie The year Juliet turns sixteen includes everything from her first date to getting kicked off the basketball team, but when her younger sister, Carly, develops an eating disorder, Juliet must rely on h… OL15639827W
American massacre American massacre Sally Denton An analysis of the September 1857 massacre of a gold-laden wagon train of settlers passing through Utah draws on historical records to argue that Brigham Young and members of the Mormon Church played… OL15802291W
Wandering in the wilderness Wandering in the wilderness Marianne Monson Aria and Nathan return to the Enchanted Tunnel and soon find themselves in Book of Mormon times, with Lehi and his family, wandering in the wilderness. OL15976708W
The Kirtland massacre The Kirtland massacre Cynthia Stalter Sassé When members of the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints moved into the run-down farmhouse being rented by Jeffrey Lundgren and his family, citizens of the rural community of Kirtland, Ohio, b… OL16058962W
Montana summer Montana summer Jeanette Miller Life has never looked so promising for Shelby Hamlin. After weathering a lonely childhood, her father's death, and her mother's rejection for joining the Church, she is now engaged to someone who app… OL16240558W
If I should die If I should die Jennie L. Hansen Kallene steps in to initiate a missing person search for her running partner, Linda, not knowing it would soon become a murder investigation -- or that she'd soon fall for the charming lead detective… OL16343452W
The bishop's horse race The bishop's horse race Blaine M. Yorgason An unusual horse race, plural marriage, and first love figure into the life of a Mormon bishop's son, living in Utah Territory in 1888. OL16478641W
As wide as the river As wide as the river Dean Hughes When an angry mob drives Joseph Williams and his family from Jackson County, the twelve-year-old must face conflicts within his family, his own unsteady faith, and his growing desire for adventure as… OL166597W
Espionage Espionage A. L. Sowards In France, 1944, a young Mormon soldier in the U.S. Office of Strategic Services must identify which of three Allied contacts in Calais is a double agent and use the traitor to help implement a strat… OL16696197W
The silence of snow The silence of snow Anita Stansfield Faced with illness and setbacks that could quite possibly sabotage his resurgent career, Jayson must somehow find the faith and courage to weather these unexpected ordeals and with Elizabeth ultimate… OL17743998W
Lucky's tricks Lucky's tricks Dean Hughes Eleven-year-old Lucky is worried that the nomadic life he and his father share will come to an end in Provo, Utah, when his father begins seeing a woman with a hostile twelve-year-old son. OL17848428W
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