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1) The orchard
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English
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"For generations, Ellie Hostetler's family has tended their Lancaster County orchard, a tradition her twin brother, Evan, will someday continue. Yet when Evan's draft number is called up in the lottery for the Vietnam War, the family is shocked to learn he has not sought conscientious objector status, despite their Old Order Amish belief in non-resistance. The faraway war that has caused so much turmoil and grief among their Englisher neighbors threatens...
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English
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The Amish as well as other Anabaptist groups have used the same book of prayers for centuries. Now for the first time is a selection of these prayers readily available in English. This exclusive authentic translation from the original German--with an introduction by Beverly Lewis--will give readers insights into the spiritual foundations of the Plain people. Each prayer is paired with a Scripture passage to draw readers closer to God. This book is...
3) The secret
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Seasons of grace (Beverly Lewis) volume 1
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English
Description
n the seemingly ordinary Amish home of Grace Byler, secrets abound. Then, in one startling moment, everything is shattered. Her mother's disappearance leaves Grace reeling. Heather Nelson is an English grad student, stunned by a doctor's diagnosis. Would fate allow her father to lose his daughter after the death of his wife? Heather travels to Lancaster County, the last place she and her mother were together. And the lives of four wounded souls begin...
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English
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With the passing of their widowed mother, Eva's older brother Menno plans to move his growing family into the Eden Valley farmhouse. Surely, Menno reasons, at least one of his three sisters will marry this coming wedding season. Eva does hope to marry, but she isn't sure she wants to give up her sweet shop for the life of a farmer's wife. When younger sister Lily disappears in the night, leaving only a brief note, Eva fears she has been wooed away...
5) The missing
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English
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"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...
6) 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.
7) The telling
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Series
Seasons of grace (Beverly Lewis) volume 3
Language
English
Description
Struggling to come to terms with a grave medical diagnosis, Heather Nelson is determined to forego traditional medicine--to her father's chagrin--in hopes of finding answers and healing in Amish country. But first, she offers to drive her Amish friend, Grace Byler, to Ohio in order to find Grace's mother. Will mother and daughter, and one seriously ill graduate student, find the answers they long for? Or will "the telling" cause them all further pain?...
8) The parting
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Courtship of Nellie Fisher volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
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English
Description
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,...
9) The guardian
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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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Summerhill secrets volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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While working on a geneaology 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.
11) The last bride
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Home to Hickory Hollow volume 5
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English
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"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?"-- Provided by publisher.
12) House of secrets
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Summerhill secrets volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Merry asks God to help her find her friend's missing mother.
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Summerhill secrets volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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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.
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Summerhill secrets volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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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.
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Summerhill secrets volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Merry Hanson is sure that staying with Miss Ruby Spindler while her parents are away if the perfect opportunity to learn how "Old Hawk Eyes" knows so much about everyone in SummerHill.
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Summerhill secrets volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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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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Summerhill secrets volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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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.
19) The mercy
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Series
Rose trilogy (Beverly Lewis) volume 3
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English
Description
The Powerful Conclusion to Beverly Lewis' Latest #1 Bestselling Series! Rose Kauffman pines for prodigal Nick Franco, the Bishop's foster son who left the Amish under a cloud of suspicion after his foster brother's death. His rebellion led to the "silencing" of their beloved Bishop. But is Nick really the rebel he appears to be? Rose's lingering feelings for her wayward friend refuse to fade, but she is frustrated that Nick won't return and make things...
20) 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...
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