Books with title :new Beginnings

Amid the hustle and bustle of preparing for Christmas, Nicole can barely find a moment to breathe. She can’t wait for winter break—until her parents drop a big bombshell.Melanie’s last-minute holiday plan is just a teensy bit complicated. First, she needs to keep it secret from her dad, and second, the scheme involves a major mileage road trip. Will Jesse’s sleek BMW come to her rescue?Peter and Jenna have dreamed up the best gift ever: winter camp for the Junior Explorers. But the fun stops short when an Explorer disappears . . . and Eight Prime must find the child before it’s too late.Book 7 of the Clearwater Crossing Series

In March of 2002, while the eyes of the world focused on Afghanistan, Jack Noble finds himself on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. A Marine in name only, Jack is on loan to the CIA. Normally an integral part of the team, he finds that he is nothing more than a security detail in Iraq. Jack and his partner Bear have a run-in with four CIA special agents over the treatment of an Iraqi family. Within hours Jack and Bear are detained. All Jack wanted was to finish his enlistment and move on with his life. All he did was intervene and save a family from unwarranted violence at the hands of four CIA agents. But he soon discovers that he did far more than intervene. He has placed himself dead square in the middle of a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of the US government. This fast-paced political crime thriller by USA Today bestselling author L.T. Ryan will leave you burning through the minutes as Jack races to stop the conspiracy before it claims his life. Fans of Jack Reacher, Mitch Rapp, and Jason Bourne should enjoy Jack Noble.

Spring has sprung! And ten-year-old Rachel Yoder is filled with the hope of good things to come. But then she learns that her best friend is moving away. What will she do without her? When a new girl named Audra shows up at the Amish schoolhouse, Rachel soon finds herself with a stinky sandwich, a mud-spattered dress, a sore nose, and a rotten attitude. As things go from bad to worse, Rachel gets grumpier and grumpier. If she doesn't soon find a way to forgive others, she'll be in danger of losing more than one friend. Is there any way Rachel can make a new beginning?

Author’s Note: Neeghan’s Journey is a sequel series to Celia’s Journey, and as they are intended to be read in order, this series is written under the assumption that you have read the entire Celia’s Journey series before starting on this one. If you are reading them out of order, expect to be somewhat confused by characters, terms, events, locations, etc., that were introduced in the previous books.- - - -Neeghan Fincastle has seen a lot of changes in her life over the past year, and she’s struggling to keep up with all the new things around her. Of course she’s happy to get to know her sister, Celia, and her grandfather, but everything is different, and she’s finding it’s not always easy to adjust.Now she’s about to face another change as she gets ready to attend the Renasci Academy for Gifted Students, the same school her sister attended. She’s excited to discover more about her gifts and learn how to use her talents, but this change is more of a challenge than all of the others. Everyone around her keeps telling her she’ll do fine, but when things don’t go quite as she imagined they would, she’ll have to decide what she really wants and find the place she truly belongs... even if that’s not the place she always thought it would be.

After the unexpected death of her parents, seven year old Anna feels lost. Then she meets Adam, who helps her to enjoy life again and be a kid. The problem is, only Anna can see him, and her family becomes concerned that she has formed an "imaginary" best friend. In order to not be considered crazy, she starts to pretend Adam is not there. They formulate secret codes and gestures to communicate when others are around. For the next eight years Adam remains her only friend, which is exactly how she prefers it. The longing to touch one another becomes something they can no longer ignore. It has them searching for answers, but just when they are close to making their dream a reality, they are torn apart. Can they find their way back to each other? Or must Anna move forward with her life and away from the boy that has her heart?

For the first eight years of her life Karla Hall knew nothing but love, but when her beloved Grams and Pops died everything changed and she was forced upon a mother who never wanted her. For the next six years she never knew what was going to happen next. Her mother moved her from town to town, following whatever loser boyfriend she had at the time and drinking away what little money she made in whatever dead-end job she could find. Her mother was a mean drunk and Karla was her favorite target. The boyfriends were worse.On her fourteenth birthday Karla’s life takes a drastic turn. Her mother is arrested for soliciting drugs, the current boyfriend takes off and Karla is all alone in a dump of an apartment with no food and no money. Caught shoplifting food, Karla is taken into the system and that’s where she meets The Peterson’s. Now she’s in a loving home, has a brother and sister she never knew about and has friends she’d never thought she’d have. Will Karla get her Second Chance? Or will her past stand in the way of her New Beginning?

You’ve been chosen to be God’s Warrior, but not even He knows what lies ahead.Spirit Warrior Stary Moon is prepared to begin her sophomore year of high school with a better understanding of the powers granted to her from the Lord. But the path set out for her is uncertain. Stary never imagined what a challenge it would be to get her friends and family to accept her true love, former spirit Umbra, whose Ultimate Weapon powers are resurfacing mysteriously. On top of this, a dark presence is possessing spirits and ghosts, haunting Stary’s dreams, and wanting revenge. As Stary dives deeper into the world of spirits, she begins losing her connection to the world of mortals. Does Stary have the strength to overcome this darkness alone, or will she need to dabble in some ancient magic? Can she continue this path no matter what the cost?

What happens when the extraordinary fades into ordinary?Caitlin awakens to find herself back in the normal life she shares with her best friend, Leah, in their small Texas town. Caitlin has no memory of the fantastic events of the last several months save a mystery man who haunts the shadows of her dreams. Constantly taken aback by strange occurrences: the sudden attention of the two most popular guys in school; Caitlin’s toe-to-toe showdown with Tami; and the constant coincidental run-ins with two mysterious strangers, keeps Caitlin’s nerves raw and on edge. Will she solve the mystery behind the strange events, or will the dreams be all that remains?