Relegated to the status of schoolteacher and friendly neighbor after abandoning her dreams of becoming an artist, Nora advocates on behalf of a charismatic Lebanese student and is drawn into the child's family until his artist mother's careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal

"With the country in the midst of World War II, you can be sure the small town of Elderberry, Georgia, will pull together to find a missing child. And you can be equally certain that first-grade teacher, Miss Dimple Kilpatrick, will be in the search party--especially since Peggy Ashcroft is one of her students. Miss Dimple carves out a search path all her own and once again, the sharp-as-a-tack teacher is right on point. But she finds Peggy too sick...

When Jodi Winfield comes to Lancaster to house-sit, the last thing she expects to find is a disheveled little girl alone on the side of the road. The young teacher is mystified when she learns there have been no reports of a missing child, and the girl herself is of no help, since she can't speak English. It's as if the child appeared out of nowhere. Then Jodi turns her attention to Hickory Hollow -- and the cloistered world of the Old Order Amish...

"This first full-length practice test is based on the content, format, and timing of the Mathematics (5003) subtest of the Praxis Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects assessment, and includes detailed answer explanations and instant diagnostic scoring to help you prepare." --

"This practice test will help you prepare for the Mathematics subtest of the Praxis Elementary Education: Content Knowledge for Teaching (7811) exam, which serves to determine whether the prospective elementary school teachers possess the content knowledge needed for teaching." --

Three women investigate the death of a high-profile local woman in a small Southern town, and when they find a connection to a cultish personal development group, their discoveries have scorching consequences for the whole community.

"This practice test will help you prepare for the Reading and Language subtest of the Praxis Elementary Education: Content Knowledge for Teaching (7811) exam, which serves to determine whether the prospective elementary school teachers possess the content knowledge needed for teaching." --

"It's the summer of 1944 and the world seems mired in a War that will never end. On the home front, the people of Elderberry, Georgia, are doing everything they can to support the troops. Even with a war on, the peaches are ripe for picking. As veteran teacher Miss Dimple Kilpatrick and her colleagues work in the orchard, they hear frantic calls for help: An eighteen-year-old girl, Prentice, has been missing--and is later found murdered. Miss Dimple...

It's 1942, almost a year since the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and the residents of the small town of Elderberry, Georgia, have been rattled down to their worn, rationed shoes. For young teacher Charlie Carr, life and love aren't going exactly as planned-her head dictates loyalty to the handsome corpsman, Hugh, but whenever she thinks of her best friend's beau, Will, her heart does the Jersey Bounce. Charlie is doubly troubled by the disappearance...

"This second practice test will help you prepare for the Praxis® Elementary Education: Content Knowledge (5018) exam. It includes 140 selected-response and numeric-entry questions with detailed answer explanations and an instant score report that will help focus your studies." --