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David is a 12-year-old boy who escapes from a Communist concentration camp. He has little more with him than a compass, a sealed letter, a loaf of bread, and instructions to carry the letter to Copenhagen, Denmark. David is thrust into a world free of Communism for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe. For David, this is a spiritual voyage of discovery, where he slowly loses his instinctual mistrust of humanity and begins to...

Seventeen-year-old Veronica never thought she'd want to fail a test-that is until she finds herself staring at a piece of plastic with a blue plus. With a promising college-bound future now disappearing before her eyes, Veronica considers a decision she never imagined she'd have to make. This never-taken-lightly decision leads her on a 1000-mile hilarious road trip to New Mexico over three days with her ex-best friend, Bailey where they discover sometimes...

A joyous Christmas: A successful motivational speaker learns the true meaning of Christmas when she is rescued from a near-fatal accident by a stranger. This close encounter leads her to discover that helping others is not only the key to true success but just might lead her to find true love. Northpole: Open for Christmas: Mackenzie is sensible in life and has long since abandoned childhood dreams. When she inherits her aunt's beautiful but antiquated...