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1) The wish
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Language
English
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A Compelling Story of Friendship from the Top Author in Amish Fiction! 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 engaging young parents to her own. Leona's cousin shows a romantic interest in Gloria around the same time as Gloria's older...
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English
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"When Sylvia Miller finds the key to an old tinderbox of her father's, her curiosity is piqued. Shocked by the secrets it holds, Sylvia confronts her father. The truth about the tinderbox will forever change not only her own life, but also that of her family and her Amish community"--
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English
Description
The mistakes of the past haunt Lucy Flaud, who years ago stopped attending the activities for courting-age young people in her hometown of Bird-in-Hand. Now twenty-five and solidly past the age of Amish courtship, Lucy has given up any hope of marriage, instead focusing her efforts on volunteering in both the Plain and fancy communities of Lancaster County. Yet no matter how hard Lucy strives, she feels uncertain that she'll ever find redemption....
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Lancaster County secrets volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Fifteen years ago, Lainey O'Toole made a split-second decision. She couldn't have known that her choice would impact so many. Now in her mid-twenties, she is poised to go to culinary school when her car breaks down in Stoney Ridge, the very Amish town in which her long-reaching decision was made, forcing her to face the shadowed past. Bess Reihl is less than thrilled to be spending the summer at Rose Hill Farm with her large and intimidating grandmother,...
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Lancaster County secrets volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Jorie King has been waiting for Benjamin Zook to return home to Lancaster County so they can marry. When news arrives that Ben has been killed, Jorie finds comfort in the friendship of his brother Caleb. That friendship ripens into love, and it seems that they are meant to be together. But when the unexpected happens, their worlds are turned upside down once more. Will Jorie trust God to lead her into the arms of a new man? A multifaceted story about...
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Series
Sisters of Lancaster County volume 2
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"Marie Bachmann has always been the good Amish daughter. But when two men, a Mennonite farmhand and a bishop's rebellious son, show interest in her, she finds herself at a crossroads. Traveling to Florida and back, she grapples with her heart, finding inspiration and hope for the future in the story of a brave Civil War era ancestor"--
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Home to Hickory Hollow volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Twenty-four-year-old Amish woman Joanna Kurtz holds two secrets--she wants to be a published writer, and she longs to be married to an Amish man who lives two states away.
11) Back to school
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Series
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Description
Rachel's back in school and this year the new face of trouble is a boy named Orlie.
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
Anna Mae was shunned by her family four years ago when she left her Amish community to marry a non-Amish man in Baltimore. She arrives back in Lancaster County for Christmas. Is it too late for a miracle? She's determined to follow God's will regardless of the outcome.
13) The stone wall
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Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
"Anna Beachy is eager to begin a new chapter in her life as a Lancaster County tour guide in the picturesque area where her Plain grandmother once stayed. Anna wishes she could talk with her about those long-ago days, but the elderly woman suffers from Alzheimer's. Beyond a vague comment about an old stone wall, much about her grandmother's time there is a mystery. As Anna settles into her new community, she finds herself unexpectedly befriended by...
14) 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.
15) A road unknown
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Series
Amish roads volume 1
Publisher
Abingdon Fiction
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth is at a crossroad. She's been given the chance to experience life outside of her community, away from the responsibility to care for her eight younger siblings, but Elizabeth Bontrager can't decide which road to take. Goshen has its charms and pressures, but Paradise, Pennsylvania, sounds . . . well, like paradise. And it's also home to her Englisch friend, Paula. Decision made. Elizabeth is Paradise bound. But will the small town live up...
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Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Mary Stoltzfus is thirty years old, splashed with freckles, and unmarried. In her Amish world, that qualifies her to be called an old maid. She is living her quiet schoolteacher life in the Lancaster County Amish community when she gets a surprising invitation in the mail one day. Would she come to Montana to teach? Of course not, she decides, fully at home in eastern Pennsylvania, where she can go out to eat in dozens of restaurants, do her laundry...
17) A happy heart
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Series
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The arrival of spring brings non-stop trouble into the life of eleven-year-old Rachel Yoder, whose extra chores, new glasses, and other trials turn the normally cheerful girl into a grouch.
18) Growing up
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Series
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Rachel Yoder struggles to keep her mind on her schoolwork and learns a lesson about responsibility and growing up.
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Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-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 childhood death of her twin sister, the disappearance of a friend's mother, boy troubles, a skating accident, and her Amish friend's newfound interest in the modern world.
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