How Peter and Mary are adopted into a home where they are wanted and loved. Grades 1-3.

The Chosen introduces the first book in the Contender trilogy, an epic young adult fantasy from Taran Matharu, author of the New York Times–bestselling Summoner series. Throughout history, people have vanished with no explanation. A group of teenagers are about to discover why. Cade is settling into a new boarding school, contemplating his future, when he finds himself transported to another realm. He soon discovers their new world is populated with lost remnants from the past: prehistoric creatures, ancient relics, and stranger still—people. Overwhelmed by his new surroundings, Cade has little time to adjust, for soon he and his fellow classmates are forced to become contenders in a brutal game, controlled by mysterious overlords. But who are these beings and why did they choose these teens? Cade must prepare for battle . . . because hiding is not an option. Fans of fantasy and LitRPG will welcome this new character and world from the author of the Summoner series.

A disappearance. A sudden death. A betrayal of the worst kind. Ella longs for a child of her own, but a gruesome find during an adoption process deepens the cracks in her marriage. A family visit starts off a horrifying chain of events, and Ella can only hope she won't lose the person she loves most of all. Amanda is expecting her second child when her husband vanishes. She is tortured by thoughts of violence and loss, but nothing prepares her for the shocking conclusion to the police investigation. And in the middle of it all, a little girl is looking for a home of her own with a 'forever' mummy and daddy ...

A murderous creature with the face of an angel. Sarah Leonard is supervising the construction of an international hotel in post-Cold War Warsaw. If the job doesn't come in on time and under budget, Sarah will be out of a job. Shockingly, a headless body is discovered in a sewer tunnel at the construction site. Polish authorities pressure the Warsaw police to solve the case quickly, even if they have to invent a murderer. Unluckily for the authorities, the case is assigned to Komisarz Stefan Rej. Rej wants a real investigation and real justice, particularly once his investigation turns up evidence that more than one person has disappeared or been slaughtered near the hotel site. The location is linked to the ancient legend of the Tunnel Child, a murderous creature with the face of an angel, apparently created by mad Nazi scientists. Who, or what, are Sarah and Rej chasing? 'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time' PETER JAMES. 'A true master of horror' JAMES HERBERT.

Their lives would never be the same again While Nikki’s sister survived a horrible hit-and-run accident on a secluded mountain highway, the baby she was carrying for Nikki and her husband wasn’t so lucky. Devastated, Nikki and Cody struggle to get past the loss of their last chance to have a child and save their strained marriage. If only Cody wasn’t with the Deer Creek Police Department. If only he could give up his all-consuming vendetta to find the drunk responsible—and make him pay.

This book is of true personal experiances of God. These are my personal experiances and testimonies that God is with us, God is true to people who beleive. With God's help and him in my life of what had happened to me on various occations and how he came to me. How my life has changed, and some lessions he wants others to learn and know even for the non beleiver. This books is written in God, For God, for without him I would not be alive today.

Abstract:

The fourth age of Earth has begun, and the new inhabitants flourished. Tribes across the land remain secluded from each other, but all beings give praise to the Goddess of Life: Takenna. The Chosen must make the pilgrimage to the Eye of Takenna for a life of servitude. but Scion believes there is something greater to their given life. Struggling with holding on to Caipri while battling his feelings of further exploits, life in Ocaia begins to unravel around him. Can Scion be devout to his tribe, save Caipri, and life a life of freedom?