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The patron saint of liars

2011
Rose comes to an unwed home for young mothers after her husband is killed in a car accident but she knows she will be unable to care for her child without his help. Yet by the time she delivers the baby she cannot go through with an adoption.
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A certain magical Index

2016
"The horrifying experiment to make Accelerator into an all-powerful Level Six has commenced--and it involves the wholesale slaughter of the little sisters cloned from Mikoto Misaka. Can Touma find a way to stop the seemingly invincible Accelerator? Could it be that weakness is stronger than strength could ever be?"--Back cover.
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Dead man walking

A Catholic nun provides spiritual counseling to a man on death row.

Bernice Buttman, model citizen

2019
"Bernice Buttman is tired of being labeled a 'bully,' so when her mom leaves her with her aunt, who is a nun, Bernice decides to mend her ways and become a model citizen"--Provided by publisher.

Mother Teresa

mother to the poor
2009
As a nun in India, Mother Teresa lived life humbly, but her accomplishments deserve our utmost praise. Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with India's poor, orphaned, sick, and dying. Today, her Missionaries of Charity operate in 123 countries and her legacy of care for those who need it most continues.

Mother Teresa

1999
Describes the life of Mother Teresa, the nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity, gained wide recognition for her humanitarian efforts in Calcutta and elsewhere, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
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Almost paradise

When twelve-year-old Ruby's mother goes to jail, Ruby finds her Aunt Eleanor, an ornery nun with some dark secrets, who Ruby hopes will help free her mother.
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R is for rebel

After her parents are jailed for a failed resistance movement, Malley is sent to reform school, where she plans some resistance of her own.
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Qui?n fue la Madre Teresa?

Presents the life of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa, who spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India.
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The adventures of a girl called Bicycle

2018
Left at the Mostly Silent Monastery as a toddler and home-schooled by a retired nun, twelve-year-old Bicycle rides cross-country to meet a famous cyclist who she hopes will be her first friend.
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