Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson - Fiction

About the Nominees:

Dad's Bible: The Father's Plan

Dad's Bible: The Father's Plan is the perfect Bible for the Fathers, fathers-to-be and father figures of any age. The Dad's Bible is filled with challenging and helpful information designed to encourage and uplift fathers whose lives will be a priceless legacy for generations to come. Articles focus on topics such as walking in authority, Godly character, biblical answers to life situations, and nurturing and encouraging the next generation. Insight into biblical fathers and a topical index are also included. Whether as a personal purchase, a Father's Day gift, or "just because," Dad's Bible is sure to draw the reader into quality personal time with our Heavenly Father.

The Word of Promise New Testament Audio Bible, NKJV
The Word of Promise^TM New Testament Audio Bible is a scripted dramatization of the New King James Version (NKJV) of the New Testament presented in a compelling, dramatic audio theater format. The project features the talents of actors such as Jim Caviezel ("The Passion of the Christ,"), Michael York ("Romeo & Juliet," "Austin Powers"), Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach ("Prison Break," "Hemingway"), Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Lou Gossett, Jr. ("An Officer and a Gentleman," "Roots"), Ernie Hudson ("Ghostbusters," "Miss Congeniality"), and Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei. Complete with production by AFTRA Award winner Carl Amari, an original music score by prolific Italian composer Stefano Mainetti (Abba Pater & The Shooter), and movie-quality sound effects produced, engineered, and mixed at Cerny American Creative in Chicago--an award-winning facility ranked in the Top 3 in the nation for sound design headed by the acclaimed director JoBe Cerny.

Read and Share Bible by Gwen Ellis
The Read and Share Bible is unique in its format and solid in Bible teaching. Packed with 200 stories that are simple re-tellings, the gigantic message of God's love and care is sure to win the hearts of little ones and give them a strong Bible foundation to guide their lives. With over 400 pieces of art, this Bible Storybook is highly interactive as it encourages Scripture Memory and reinforces comprehension with quick activities for parents and kids.
Stories include Noah, David, Joseph, Abraham, Paul, and Christ as well as many other timeless Biblical characters and lessons.

Who Stole My Church? by Gordon MacDonald
Millions of people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies feel their churches have been hijacked by church-growth movements characterized by loud praise bands, constant PowerPoint presentations, and cavernous mega churches devoid of any personal touch. They are bewildered by the changes, and are dropping out after thirty, forty, or fifty years in a congregation. It's a crisis!

In this fictional story, pastor and author Gordon MacDonald uses topical examples and all-too-familiar characters to reassure readers that it is possible to embrace change, and to demonstrate how that change can actually be a positive influence in their church. The church, he says, has always been in a state of change; it has been changing for the last two thousand years. It is time to embrace that change and use it further the Kingdom of God.

Chasing Fireflies by Charles Martin
A novel about fishing, baseball, home cooking, and other matters of life and death . . . from the author of The Dead Don't Dance and When Crickets Cry.

When paramedics are called to the scene of a burning car, they find a six-year-old boy in the nearby ditch. His mother is dead, no one knows who he is, and he isn't talking. Wearing only cut-off jeans and clutching a sketchpad, he's malnourished, small for his age, and covered in scars showing years of physical abuse.

Chase--a small town journalist raised by foster parents--is drawn to the story and seeks to uncover the child's past. But by digging into the boy's past, Chase is digging back into his own long-buried emotions. As he works to discover the boy's identity, he also finds the answer to the question that got him thrown in jail in the first place--the story of his own history and the father who gave up everything to get him back.

Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson
Lisa Samson's quirky, accessibly literate style has broad appeal to readers of contemporary fiction.

Heather Curridge is coming unhinged. And people are starting to notice. What's wrong with a woman who has everything--a mansion on a lake, a loving son, a heart-surgeon husband, and soapstone countertops--yet still feels miserable inside?

But when Heather wrecks her Suburban outside Baltimore, Maryland, and two Quaker spinsters come to her rescue, she spends a summer of awakening and suddenly finds herself at a crossroads. Sometimes you have to go a little bit crazy to find the life you were meant to live.