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"When eighteen-year-old Tommy Baxter declares he wants to be a police officer after graduation, his mother, Reagan, won't hear of it. She's still mourning the death of her own father on September 11 and she's determined to keep her son safe from danger and disaster. Tommy's father Luke arranges for...

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Main Author: Kingsbury, Karen (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2020.
Edition:First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Series:Kingsbury, Karen. Baxter family ; 7.
Subjects:
Cancer > Patients > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Life change events > Fiction.
Fear > Fiction.
First loves > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Indianapolis (Ind.) > Fiction.
Cancer > Patients > Juvenile fiction.
Religious fiction.
Romance fiction.
Christian fiction.
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Summary:"When eighteen-year-old Tommy Baxter declares he wants to be a police officer after graduation, his mother, Reagan, won't hear of it. She's still mourning the death of her own father on September 11 and she's determined to keep her son safe from danger and disaster. Tommy's father Luke arranges for his son to take part in a ride-along program with the Indianapolis Police Department. Meanwhile, Tommy is in love: Annalee Miller has been a family friend for years, and after prom Tommy is seriously thinking about asking her to marry him. When tests reveal she has cancer, Tommy is driven to learn more about the circumstances surrounding his birth - and the grandfather he never knew." --Publisher.
Physical Description:358 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9781982104382
1982104384
9781982104399
9781982168070
1982168072
Author Notes:Karen Kingsbury was born in Fairfax, Virginia on June 8, 1963. She received a B.A. in journalism from California State University, Northridge in 1986. After graduation, she became a full-time reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Her first book, Missy's Murder, was published in 1992. She wrote three more true crime novels and four collections of answered prayers and miracle stories before transitioning to inspirational fiction in 1998. Her first inspirational fiction novel was Where Yesterday Lives. Popular series she has penned include the Redemption, Firstborn, Sunrise, and Angels Walking series, and she has also written the nonfiction Miracle Books collection, gift books, and children's books.

She has won several Retailer's Choice Awards, plus 2005 and 2007 Gold Medallions for Oceans Apart and Ever After, respectively. Her other books include Longing, Coming Home - The Baxter Family: A Story of Undying Hope, Fiteen Minutes, The Family of Jesus, The Friends of Jesus, In This Moment, and To The Moon and Back.

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