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"An Amishwoman who has given up hope of marriage seeks to redeem the guilt from her past by volunteering her time in Lancaster County, and a young Englisher interested in the self-sufficiency of the Amish seeks mentorship from her father"--
Lucy Flaud has given up hope of marriage because of mistakes from her past. She seeks to redeem the guilt she feels by volunteering her time in Lancaster County. When Dale Wyeth, a young Englisher interested in...
2) Becoming Bea
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Courtships of Lancaster County volume 4
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English
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"Ben and Bea have always irritated each other. But when their friends push them together, can they cease bickering long enough to fall in love?"--
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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, 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...
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Heritage of Lancaster County volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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The Powerful Conclusion to The Shunning and The Confession! Shunned from the Plain life of her youth, Katie Lapp (now known as Katherine) delights in the modern world, yet she longs for the peace that reigned in her mother's heart. Though her life is far removed from Lancaster County, she must come to terms with her Amish heritage...and the man she once loved.
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Amish farm trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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When cancer-stricken Sophie Hostetter is murdered, nurse Rose Martin begins asking questions, and soon, she is drawn into a maze of family secrets that endanger her own life.
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English
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Of her Old Order parents' five daughters, Tessie Miller is the last to marry. She has her heart set on Amishman Marcus King, but her father opposes the match. Impetuously, Tessie and Marcus elope to the English world, then return to Hickory Hollow to live as singles, trusting they'll convince the Millers to give their love a chance. But when the unthinkable happens, Tessie faces the almost-certain censure of the People. Will she find a reason for...
7) The postcard
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Rachel Yoder, a young Amish widow, struggles to come to terms with the tragic loss of her husband, her son, her sight. Though painfully shy, Rachel and her precocious daughter help her parents run a bed-and-breakfast in Lancaster County. Philip Bradley, a New York journalist on assignment, comes to stay at the family's B & B. When he finds an old postcard written in Pennsylvania Dutch, he enlists Rachel's help in uncovering its mysteries. Soon Philip...
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Amish farm trilogy volume 1
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English
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Kristie Matthews is bitten by a dog and lands in the local ER, where an old man hands her a key and swears her to silence, but when Kristie's life is endangered, she suspects there is a connection to the mysterious key.
9) The Shunning
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Katie Lapp is a beautiful Amish girl who has always felt like something in her life was missing. But she just may find out what that is when a mysterious 'Englisher' comes to Lancaster County hoping to find the baby girl she gave up for adoption nineteen years ago.
10) A simple singing
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Sisters of Lancaster County volume 2
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English
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When a Mennonite farmhand, Gordon Martin, shows interest in Amish Marie Bachmann, she can't help but be flattered. But her mother sends her off to Florida, where she begins spending time with bad-boy Eli Jacob, the bishop's son from back home. When Gordon shows up in Florida to volunteer in a homeless shelter, her life becomes even more complicated. Returning home, Marie grapples with whether she should court Eli or leave the church for Gordon.
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Men of Lancaster County volume 2
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English
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Six years after the death of her mother in an accident, Priscilla Kinsinger returns to Lancaster County from Indiana, and her uncle asks his employee, blacksmith Jake Miller, to help Priscilla reconnect with community life.
12) A merry heart
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Brides of Lancaster county volume 1
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English
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Miriam Stoltzfus is a young Pennsylvania Amish woman once filled with dreams for a future with a man ... who jilted her. Now she is known as the old maid schoolteacher with a heart of stone. Could a forbidden romantic friendship with an English newspaper reporter stir the embers of her heart? Or, will she follow the traditional path and settle for a marriage of convenience born out of the sake of a child? Either way, she must find the key to letting...
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SummerHill secrets volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Fifteen-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 physical abuse of her schoolmate, an arson investigation, a car accident, and an abandoned baby.
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Sisters of Lancaster County volume 3
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English
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Leisel Bachmann left her Amish roots and beloved sisters to pursue a career in medicine without a second thought. She has an Englisch boyfriend, Nick Jordan, and dreams of a new life--but those dreams come crashing down when her sister Marie is diagnosed with cancer. Soon nothing is going as she planned--not her state boards, not her first nursing job, and certainly not her relationship with Nick. As she becomes increasingly discouraged, her aunt...
15) The shunning
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Heritage of Lancaster County volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
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.
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Neighbors of Lancaster County volume 2
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English
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"The passing of time and the distance between Zane and Lila haven't been enough to halt their feelings for each other. But all choices have consequences, and with Lila preparing to marry another, will these one-time sweethearts ever find the life together that they both still long for?"--Back cover.
As high school ends, Zane Beck can't help but look at his Amish neighbor, Lila Lehman, with different eyes. Her father arranges for her to be courted...
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Spirit of the Amish volume 2
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English
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"When a fire takes Lucy's livelihood and the life of her overbearing husband, she is on her own with a baby on the way. Overwhelmed with all the responsibilities of the farm, she goes to stay with her grandmother. There, she feels safe and gets to know Manny, a handsome widower who checks in on the ladies. Lucy's shy and gentle ways are appealing to Manny, but accepting love and affection comes hard for her. Will spending time with her grandmother's...
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Women of Lancaster County volume 4
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English
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Amish-raised Izzy Mueller doesn't fit in with her family or her community. She works as a caregiver and is in love with with Mennonite-raised Zed Bayer who is leaving soon for college. When she learns some unsavory news about her own past she begins to question many things about her life.
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Abram's daughters volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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