Las Animas - Bent County Library District

From bestselling author Orson Scott Card comes a vivid and imaginative portrayal of the biblical Sarah, Abraham's loyal wife and Isaac's loving mother. Forced finally to share her husband after a lifetime of devotion, rebuked by the Lord for her unbelief, and grappling with fears that her beloved Isaac will be displaced by Hagar's Ishmael, Sarah is nonetheless a triumphant figure. Covering the events recorded in Genesis up to the birth of Isaac and...

"While the Israelites struggle to occupy the Promised Land of God, Mahlah bat Zelophehad is orphaned and left to care for her four sisters. But daughters of the dead are unable to inherit land, and it will take a miracle for Mahlah to obtain the means to care for her sisters and uphold the vow she made to her dying mother. Mahlah must seek Moses, the leader of her people, and request something extraordinary--the right for a daughter to inherit her...

"Sarai, the last child of her aged father, is beautiful and spoiled. She's aware of the way men look at her, including her half brother Abram. When Abram finally requests Sarai's hand, she asks one thing--that he promise never to take another wife as long as she lives. Even her father thinks the demand is restrictive and agrees to the union only if Sarai makes a promise in return--to give Abram a son and heir. But as the years stretch on and Sarai's...

After the murder of her adopted daughter, Naomi and her family are caught up in a chaotic war raging through ancient Israel, as she finally decides to return to Bethlehem with her daughter-in-law, Ruth, where she becomes a wise woman who ministers to theneeds of its residents.

A young Jewish girl, plucked from her home by the king's men and confined to the splendor of the palace, manages to captivate the king and become his queen, but must soon find a way to save her threatened people, whatever the cost.

"The drama of the Old Testament comes to life as Judah's most notorious king ascends to the throne in this gripping novel from the award-winning author of Isaiah's Daughter. At eight years old, Shulle has known only life in a small village with her loving but peculiar father. When Uncle Shebna offers shelter in Jerusalem in exchange for Shulle's help tutoring King Manasseh, Judah's five-year-old co-regent who displays the same peculiarities as her...

As the harsh Jerusalem winter of 1948 wears on, Holocaust survivor Rachel Sachar prays for some word from her husband. One night a stranger arrives with a message from Moshe Sachar and the translation of an ancient diary of Mary Magdalene. Two thousand years separate the tragic stories of Mary and Rachel and yet their lives lead them both on a path to freedom and forgiveness.

Her name meant "date palm," and like her namesake, Tamar hoped to survive the harsh environment she was placed in: to bend but not to break. Rubbed with scented oil and arrayed in wedding finery, 14-year-old Tamar is thrust into a world of abuse, betrayal, and disillusionment when she is given in marriage to an evil, idol-worshiping man. In the face of her suffering, she must make choices: Will she let her new husband, Er, destroy her innocence and...