Beverly Lewis
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English
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On the day before her Amish parents' twentieth wedding anniversary, nineteen-year-old Sylvia Miller stumbles across the key to the old brass tinderbox her father keeps in his Lancaster County watch repair shop. Piqued by curiosity, Sylvia unlocks the cherished heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life. Once Sylvia overcomes her shock, she confronts her father about the contents of the box. To her...
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Series
Heritage of Lancaster County volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Katie Lapp's identity had been shattered when she found the baby dress in the attic of her parent's Amish home. After being shunned, she sets out to find the ailing birth mother she has never known.
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Seasons of grace (Beverly Lewis) volume 2
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English
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Twenty-one-year-old Grace Byler longs to find her missing mother and to uncover the secret that drove her to leave them three weeks before. Grace suspects the reason has to do with her father and his reserved, uncommunicative ways. This conviction led Grace to break off her betrothal to her quiet, staid beau, and she is now resigned to remain single. But when the young Amishman she thought was courting her best friend takes a sudden interest in her,...
4) The prodigal
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Beverly Lewis Bestseller, Beautifully Repackaged In The Prodigal, Leah Ebersol knows all too well that the truth can be thorny, even heartbreaking. But when an alarming secret is brought to light, she must make another difficult choice, one that could be further complicated by a prodigal who few expected to return.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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A thoroughly modern woman, Sarah Cain had ridiculed her sister's choice of a Plain life-style, which served only to intensify the lifelong rift between them. Now, twelve years later, Sarah is stunned by news of her sister's death and baffled by Ivy's choice of a guardian. How can Sarah sacrifice her successful career and her life in Portland to raise five Amish orphans? And what of Bryan Ford, the man who loves her? Upon her arrival in Lancaster...
6) Sanctuary
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English
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She prayed the day would never come, but when her past comes calling, Melissa James has no choice but to flee. Pursued and living on the run, she finds longed-for sanctuary in Amish country. Part thriller, art romance, Sanctuary is a compelling story of revenge, the price of freedom, and the solace found in friendship.
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Abram's daughters volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Before she can be courted, tragedy befalls Leah, forcing her to choose between her happiness and her family.
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Home to Hickory Hollow volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Joanna Kurtz, an Amish woman, longs to be more than a bridesmaid and being a closet writer isn't her only secret when she meets Eben Troyer who hopes to make Joanna his bride, but must wait for his brother to return from the English world in order to leave his families farm in Indiana.
Eben and I hurried again to the beach. There, we talked and waded into the ocean up to our knees - in our Plain clothes, of all things. And later, after the sun and...
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Summerhill secrets volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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After Merry befriends Elton, an artistically talented boy whom some of her eighth grade classmates call retarded, she must find a way to prove that he is not responsible for the damage at the farm of her Amish friend, Rachel.
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Home to Hickory Hollow volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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"Jennifer Burns has always had an 'old soul,' but joining the Amish world will challenge her spirit--and her heart--in ways she never expected"--Provided by publisher.
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Summerhill secrets volume 1
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Bethany House Publishers
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IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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After being beaten by her father, Lissa, an eighth grade classmate, comes to Merry's house in the middle of the night, and Merry asks God and the family of her Amish friend, Rachel, to help her protect Lissa.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Bothered by the noise his sisters make in his house, a boy seeks advice from his grandfather. The grandfathers surprising suggestions eventually help the boy to understand how comfortable his house really is.
14) Tarantula toes
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Cul-de-sac kids volume 13
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Jason cannot wait to get his new pet tarantula, but the other members of the Cul-de-sac Kids don't share his excitement.
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Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Merry Hanson, living amongst the Amish in rural Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, relies on her Christian faith to guide her through such challenging situations as the physical abuse of her schoolmate, an arson investigation, a car accident, and an abandoned baby.
16) Fiddlesticks
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Cul-de-sac kids volume 11
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Even though rotten Ronny torments Shawn with a mean nickname, Shawn practices the Golden Rule.
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Cul-de-sac kids volume 17
Publisher
Baker
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Dunkum tries to hide his fear from the other Cul-de-sac Kids when they spend the night at their teacher's house.
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Cul-de-sac kids volume 10
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dunkum's persistence in digging out a mysterious object that he discovers in a mudhole yields some interesting information about previous residents in the neighborhood.
19) The granny game
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Cul-de-sac kids volume 20
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Abby Hunter's parents are out of town, and Grandma Hunter has come to take care of Abby, Carly, Shawn, and Jimmy.
20) Big bad beans
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Cul-de-sac kids volume 22
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Although his scheme to get out of eating his mother's health food nearly ruins his plan to save money for a bike, Jason finally finds success in an unexpected way.