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Seasons of grace (Beverly Lewis) volume 1
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English
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Two young women, Amish Grace Byler and graduate student Heather Nelson, stand as counterpoints in parallel plots involving two secrets. Grace's mother is troubled; Heather, whose mother has died of cancer, tells no one in her circle of her own diagnosis of terminal illness, which drives her to Pennsylvania Amish country in search of healing. Grace's mother makes a decision that painfully complicates the action and drives it forward. Grace, her family...
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Land of Canaan volume 1
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English
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Some Amish are making the trek to Colorado for cheaper land. Others are fleeing strict bishops with long memories.
For Emily Detweiler and her family, the move is more personal. Tragedy struck Emily in Ohio, shaking loose everything she believed was firm, including her faith. Her family took the bold step of leaving Ohio to resettle in a small Amish community in Canaan, Colorado, where they hope the distance will help erase the painful memories.
David...
3) The parting
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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The People themselves dare to challenge the Old Ways of their heritage...and each patriarch must choose a side. Nearly one hundred days have passed since the untimely death of Nellie Mae Fisher's beloved younger sister, Suzy, and Nellie dares again to dream of a future with handsome Caleb Yoder. But with rumors about Suzy still flying among the People, there are those who would keep the young courting couple apart...including Caleb's own father. Meanwhile,...
4) The shunning
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Heritage of Lancaster County volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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On the eve of her wedding Katie Lapp discovers she is not the birth daughter of her Amish parents but their adopted daughter. After finding out the truth she knows she must find her birth mother no matter what the cost.
5) The covenant
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Abram's daughters volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Book 1 of Abram's Daughters series from bestselling author Beverly Lewis. Years of secrecy bind the tiny community of Gobbler's Knob together more than the present inhabitants know, and the Plain folk who farm the land rarely interact with the fancy locals. So when Sadie is beguiled by a dark-haired English boy, it is Sadie's younger sister, Leah, who suffers from her sister's shameful loss of innocence. And what of Leah's sweetheart, Jonas Mast,...
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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,...
7) The river
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English
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"When two sisters return home for a visit after leaving the Amish world, both are troubled by the secrets--and the people--they left behind"--Provided by publisher.
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Annie's people volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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"Annie Zook--the preacher's eldest daughter--is expected to join the Amish church, but at 20 she is 'still deciding.' Because of the strict rules that guide the Plain community, she must continually squelch her artistic passion, although it has become her solace"--Provided by publisher.
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Rose trilogy (Beverly Lewis) volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Language
English
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Rose's older sister, Hen, knows more than she should about falling for the wrong man. Unable to abandon her Amish ways, Hen is soon separated from her very modern husband. Mattie, their young daughter, must visit her father regularly, but Hen demands she wear Amish attire--and speak Pennsylvania Dutch, despite her husband's wishes. Will Hen be able to reestablish her place among the People she abandoned? And will she be able to convince Rose to steer...
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Annie's people volume 3
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English
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Annie Zook, the Amish preacher's daughter, is caught between two world. LIving with shunned friend Esther, Annie longs to return to her forbidden art and the idyllic days spent with Englisher Ben Martin, before her father ordered her never to see him again.
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Brides of Amish country volume 1
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c.2010
Language
English
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After two years away, Katie Lantz returns to her Amish community nine months pregnant and unmarried. With nowhere else to turn, she nervously knocks on her family's door, fearing she'll be shunned. Yet the handsome stranger who now owns the farm welcomes her in just in time for Katie to give birth. Carpenter Elam Sutter and his kindly mother care for Katie and her newborn in a loving way she never dreamed was possible. And in the face of a heart-wrenching...
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THORNDIKE PRESS-GALE/CENGAGE LEARNING
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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217 PAGES. $31.99. 2016013358. KRISTI PALMER THINKS JOEL BYLER IS THE MAN SHE WILL MARRY, UNTIL SHE LEARNS HE HAS BEEN HIDING ALOT-INCLUDING THE FACT HE GREW UP AMISH. NOW HE HAS STOLEN MONEY FROM THEIR ACCOUNT.
13) A son's vow
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Charmed Amish life volume 1
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English
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Three months ago, everything changed for Darla Kurtz and her family. Darlas father was responsible for a terrible fire at Charms lumber mill which killed five Amish men. And though he, too, lost his life, the town of Charm hasnt looked at her family the same since. Even Lukas Kinsinger-with whom Darla used to have a close friendship.Now her brothers anger at the town is spilling over onto Darla, and she has the bruises to prove it. The accident already...
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Brides of Amish country volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c.2010
Language
English
Description
When Karen Imhoff finds a beaten man lying unconscious by the road in her Amish community, she doesn't hesitate to help. "John Doe" needs a place to stay while he regains his memory, and she has a room to rent. The handsome Englisher proves invaluable around the family farm, yet his presence wreaks havoc with her emotions. Karen can't fall for an outsider who doesn't know his own identity. But as Christmas draws closer, the simple grace of this...
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Brides of Amish country volume 10
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c.2014
Language
English
Description
Shunned by the Amish community, shepherd Carl King has given up on his dream for a family. Yet when captivating Lizzie Barkman shows up at the sheep farm where he works, Carl sees the wife he once dreamed of. Lizzie is looking for a new start for herself and her sisters, and discovers Carl to be a kind and gentle man who cares deeply about the Amish way of life. But he is under the bann. Is it possible that this forbidden man holds the key to...
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Brides of Amish country volume 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c.2010
Language
English
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As a nurse-midwife in Amish country, Amber Bradley helps expectant mother have their babies safely at home. But Hope Springs' new doctor insists all maternity patients deliver at a hospital. Amber is determined to show Dr. Phillip White that the Amish have a different way of life, one he needs to respect if he wants any patients at all. But even as he becomes more a part of the community, Amber must remember his stay is just temporary. Unless...
17) The gift
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English
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Leah Mast cures people with reflexology, but many scoff at this treatment, including Adam Beachy. When Adam becomes a father figure to his nieces due to a tragedy he finds himself needing Leah to fill the roll of mother.
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Brides of Amish country volume 9
Publisher
Love Inspired Books
Pub. Date
c.2013
Language
English
Description
One minute, Caleb Mast is an oil-rig roughneck who answers to no one but himself. The next, he's the father of a special-needs child he never knew existed. What kind of home can a man like him without faith or community provide for an eight-year-old girl? For little Joy's sake, Caleb returns to the Amish community he left behind years ago. His daughter bonds with Amish schoolteacher Leah Belier, and Caleb feels hopeful for once. But Leah blames...
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Brides of Amish country volume 6
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c.2012
Language
English
Description
Yearning to find a meaningful life in the outside world, nurse Miriam Kaufman strayed far from her Amish community. She also needed distance from Nick Bradley, the cop who had caused her so much pain. Back in Hope Springs to care for her ailing mother, Miriam needs Nick, now sheriff, to find the mother of Hannah, the baby abandoned on her porch. Nick is as wary of Miriam's intentions as she is of facing their past. Can two wounded hearts overcome...
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Brides of Amish country volume 5
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c.2011
Language
English
Description
Year ago, Rebecca Beachy kept her reasons for rejecting Gideon Troyer's marriage proposal a secret. Then Gideon left their Amish community. Now, Rebecca crafts quilts to raise money to cure her blindness, while carefully guarding her heart against love. And then Gideon returns, at risk of being shunned, to make the winning bid on one of her exquisite quilts. Will Rebecca's quilt a patchwork promise of rediscovered love bring Gideon and Rebecca...