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41) The beginning
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Language
English
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"Susie Mast's Amish life in Lancaster County has been shaped by events beyond her control, with the tragic deaths of her Dat and close-in-age brother casting long shadows. Now twenty-two, Susie remains unmarried despite her longtime affection for friend Obie Yoder. Unfortunately, her concerns are soon multiplied due to her mother's worsening health and her younger sister's urgent desire for answers about her adoption. Once again, Susie faces the possibility...
42) The road home
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English
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Lena Rose Schwartz hadn't planned to leave her Old Order community in Centerville, Michigan. But then, she could not have foreseen the accident that made her and her siblings orphans. After her parents' funeral, her younger brothers and sisters are farmed out to various nearby relatives. But when the deacon in charge of the arrangements tells her there aren't places enough for everyone, she agrees to go live with her father's second cousin and his...
43) The wish
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English
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"Leona Speicher got the "sister" she'd always dreamed of the day Gloria Gingerich and her family moved to Lancaster County Amish farmland. The Arkansas newcomers seem to be everything a devout Plain family should be, and Leona can't help comparing Gloria's's engaging young parents to her own. Leona's cousin shows a romantic interest in Gloria around the same time as Gloria's older brother expresses his fondness for Leona--it seems likely the two young...
44) The bridesmaid
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Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Twenty-seven-year-old Joanna Kurtz has made several trips to the altar, but never as a bride. The single young Amish woman is a closet writer with a longing to be published something practically unheard of in her Lancaster County community. Yet Joanna's stories aren't her only secret. She also has a beau who is courting her from afar, unbeknownst even to her sister, Cora, who, though younger, seems to have suitors to spare. Eben Troyer is a responsible...
45) The proving
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English
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After five years as an Englisher, Amanda Dienner is shocked to learn her mother has passed away and left her Lancaster County's most popular Amish bed-and-breakfast. What's more, the inn will only truly be hers if Mandy can successfully run it for twelve months. Reluctantly, Mandy accepts the challenge, no matter that it means facing the family she left behind--or that the inn's clientèle expect an Amish hostess! Can Mandy fulfill the terms of her...
46) October song
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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From newlyweds Katie and Dan living in the shadow of the shunning, to Rachel and Philip embracing parenthood even as he acclimates to Amish life as an outsider... From the courtship of Lydia Cottrell and her betrothed, Levi King, to Sarah Cain, now a wife and mother struggling to bridge her own life with that of the People... October Song is overflowing with the simpler things of life that make a Lewis novel an unforgettable journey into the depths...
47) The heirloom
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Series
Heritage of Lancaster County volume Prequel
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English
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Description
"After her widowed father remarries, nineteen-year-old Clara Bender is no longer needed to help run his household. When she comes across letters from her mother's aunt Ella Mae Zook, she sets off to visit Lancaster County's Hickory Hollow to decide where her future lies. The two women form a bond while restoring an heirloom wedding quilt and sharing their lives, with Ella Mae confiding about a tragedy from her courting years. Eventually, Ella Mae...
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Series
Cul-de-sac kids volume 13
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
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Description
Jason Birchall is starting a zoo--in his bedroom! Besides a bullfrog, Jason now owns a tarantula. A big, hairy super-spider!And he knows a secret about his new pet. Something he refuses to tell even his friends in the cul-de-sac. Especially not Abby Hunter and the girls!Will Jason use his scary-looking pet to trick his best pals? Can he fool everyone on Blossom Hill Lane?
Author
Series
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
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Description
It's "TV Turn-Off Week" all across America, and Eric Hagel decides that the Cul-de-sac Kids--their parents, too!--won't watch a speck of TV for the entire week.All the kids agree. But what about the grown-ups? Can Eric and his friends convince the adults to go along with the plan?Will it be a never-to-be-forgotten no-TV week? Or will the folks on Blossom Hill Lane be tempted by the tube?
Author
Series
Cul-de-sac kids volume 3
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
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Description
It's almost Christmas, and Eric Hagel is spying on the new neighbor. What's going on next door? Why is the house always flickering with candlelight? And what about the eerie flute music every morning at 6:00?When Mr. Tressler puts up a Christmas tree, Eric's eyes nearly pop out. The angel at the top comes to life! Soon, hundreds of angels are flying in the old man's house.Can Eric and the Cul-de-sac Kids solve the mystery? And who will be brave enough...
Author
Series
Cul-de-sac kids volume 2
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
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Description
Abby Hunter plans a birthday cake her brother will never forget. Will she be able to keep it a secret from him? Or will her little sister's big mouth get in the way?As the party day nears, Abby's best friend, Stacy Henry, needs help solving a family mystery. Abby goes broke playing detective. Then, one after another, the Cul-de-sac Kids break out with the chicken pox! What could be worse?
Author
Series
Summerhill secrets volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While working on a genealogy project at the end of eighth grade, Merry learns about her own family's Amish connection and must decide how to handle the attention of Levi Zook, her Amish neighbors' sixteen-year-old son
Author
Series
Summerhill secrets volume 10
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
When the wounds from an old tragedy reopen, Merry gradually learns that storms don't last forever and that with God's help she can face the future without her twin sister
Author
Series
Summerhill secrets volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When a car strikes her young Amish friend while the two of them catch fireflies, thirteen-year-old Merry hopes for healing through her Christian faith
Author
Series
Summerhill secrets volume 7
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A skating accident during Christmas vacation helps fourteen-year-old Merry reassess her feelings for Jon, her high school classmate, and Levi, the elder son of her Amish neighbors
Author
Series
Summerhill secrets volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
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
57) House of secrets
Author
Series
Summerhill secrets volume 6
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Merry asks God to help her find her friend's missing mother
Author
Series
Summerhill secrets volume 5
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After praying to God to fill the hole in her life left by the death of her twin sister, thirteen-year-old Merry finds an abandoned baby outside her house
Author
Series
Summerhill secrets volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
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
Author
Series
Summerhill secrets volume 8
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Merry's Amish friend Rachel asks for help with her Rumschpringa, the period in her teen years when she can experiment with the outside world and modern life before deciding to devote herself to Plain living
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