Beverly Lewis
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Stunned by the news of her sister's and her brother-in-law's deaths, Sarah Cain journeys to Lancaster County to claim her five orphaned nieces and nephews, who have been brought up as members of the Amish community.
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Series
Abram's daughters volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Before she can be courted, tragedy befalls Leah, forcing her to choose between her happiness and her family. Abram's Daughters book 3.
3) The missing
Author
Series
Seasons of grace volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Englisher" Heather Lang has come to Amish country to relive fond memories of her mother and to contemplate a grave medical prognosis of her own. While in Bird-in-Hand, Heather meets Grace Byler and the two young women strike up a fast friendship, amazed by how well they click. Following the only clue they have, Grace and Heather travel together in hopes of finding Grace's mother and bringing her home. Will they find what they're looking for...or...
4) The judgment
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Series
Language
English
Description
Rose Kauffman is engaged to Silas Good, a well-liked Amish fellow, so why does she still pine for Nick Franco, the former foster son of the bishop? Especially now that Nick has left the Amish community under a cloud of suspicion after the death of the bishop's biological son. Meanwhile, Rose's older sister, Hen, has returned to live at her parents' farm with her young daughter. Hen and her modern husband, Brandon, are separated by mutual agreement,...
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Language
English
Description
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, Pennsylvania 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...
6) The parting
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Series
Courtship of Nellie Fisher volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"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, a growing number of Honeybrook's Amish farmers are demanding tractors and other forbidden modern conveniences....
7) The thorn
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Series
Language
English
Description
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...
8) The Guardian
Author
Series
Home to Hickory Hollow volume 3
Language
English
Description
After schoolteacher Jodi Winfield finds a little girl on the side of the road, she delves into the isolated community of the Lancaster Old Order Amish to find answers.
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Series
Courtship of Nellie Fisher volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Caleb Yoder's father has forbidden him to court Nellie Mae Fisher, but words alone cannot stop Caleb's devotion. Yet if he continues to pursue Nellie, he risks losing everything. Nellie, too, is torn. She longs to marry her Old Order beau but cannot ignore the gentle pull she feels toward the faith of her New Order family. Can she and her beloved satisfy the expectations of the People while remaining true to their hearts?
10) The love letters
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Language
English
Description
"Marlena Wenger, a young aunt from the Beachy Amish caring for her infant niece, finds comfort and hope from an Old Order Amish mother and her family who extend friendship to a homeless man, whose few possessions include a collection of love letters"--
11) The shunning
Author
Series
Heritage of Lancaster County volume 1
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
The bestselling story of Katie Lapp, who longs for things forbidden to a young Amish woman. But an unexpected discovery reveals her true past.
12) The last bride
Author
Series
Home to Hickory Hollow volume 5
Language
English
Description
"Set in Amish country's beloved fictional Hickory Hollow, Tessie Miller, the youngest of her Old Order parents' five daughters, followed her heart, and the unthinkable has happened. Will she find a reason for hope, in spite of her desperate plight?"--
Of her Old Order parents? five daughters? Tessie Miller is the last to marry. She has her heart set on Amishman Marcus King? but Tessie?s father opposes the match. Impetuously? Tessie and Marcus elope...
13) The fiddler
Author
Series
Home to Hickory Hollow volume 1
Language
English
Description
"A wrong turn in a rainstorm leads Englisher Amelia Devries to Michael Hostetler, and the young Amishman's charming Old Order community of Hickory Hollow. Despite their very different backgrounds, Amelia and Michael both feel hemmed in by the expectations of others and struggle with how to find room for their own hopes. And what first seems to be a chance encounter might just change their lives forever"--P. [4] of cover.
14) The longing
Author
Series
Courtship of Nellie Fisher volume 3
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Although she still prays for Caleb, Nellie Mae Fisher has broken up with her beau, and now, her heart's greatest longing is for more knowledge of the Lord. Caleb must stay in Honeybrook as caretaker for his crippled father, but he hopes Nellie will return to the Old Order and to him.
15) The secret
Author
Series
Seasons of grace volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the seemingly ordinary Amish home of Grace Byler, secrets abound. Why does her mother weep and wander deep in the night? And why does her father refuse to admit something is dreadfully wrong? Then, in one startling moment, the quiet life Grace has known is irrevocably altered, leaving her to question all she has been taught about love, family, and commitment.
16) The prodigal
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In a beautiful new edition, the fourth volume of Beverly Lewis' bestselling Abram's Daughters series returns to the sorrows, joys, and faith of the Ebersol family.
17) The reckoning
Author
Series
Heritage of Lancaster County volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The Powerful Conclusion to The Shunning and The Confession! Katherine Mayfield, the new Mistress of Mayfield Manor, always dreamed of a fancy "English" life. But as the seasons pass, she finds herself grieving the loss of her Amish family and her dearest friend, Mary Stoltzfus. Shunned for the Plain life she once knew, Katherine finds solace in volunteer work with hospice patients - a labor of love she hopes will bring honor to the memory of her birth...
Author
Series
Home to Hickory Hollow volume 4
Language
English
Description
With her love for all things old-fashioned, Jennifer Burns has often been told she's an "old soul." But no one expected her to set aside her modern life in favor of the Old Order Amish world. Yet Jenny adopts Plain dress and settles in with Samuel and Rebecca Lapp, while she works as mother's helper for the bishop's wife. And the people of Hickory Hollow are curious about the beautiful young seeker -- one handsome Amishman in particular.
19) The Englisher
Author
Series
Annie's people volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Annie Zook, the preacher's daughter, struggles to keep her promise to her father--to abandon art for a full six months--but when Ben Martin moves to town, he is mysteriously drawn to the covered bridge depicted in Annie's painting.
20) The beginning
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Language
English
Description
Susie Mast's Old Order life has been shaped more by tragedy than her own choices. But when she decides to accept another's invitation and stop waiting on her childhood friend, she soon realizes her mistake. Family secrets and missed opportunities might dim Susie's hopes for the future but what seems like the end might only be the beginning.