Frank Carlson Library

Reuben is an Amish boy who has five sisters. He wants to drive the buggy and give his animals names ending in "shine." One day he and his friends Sam and Ben see that his neighbor's barn is on fire. Several days after the big scare, the neighborhood gathers for a barn raising. Reuben and his friends get to participate in the event. This revised and updated edition features newly designed pages.

When Eli Riehl's father suffers a heart attack, Eli gives up his writing to assume responsibility on the farm, but even though he is willing to abandon his dream of becoming an author, he won't give up his beloved Phoebe Miller.

Sequel to: Reuben and the fire.

"Their True Home by Amy Clipston : When Marlene Bawell moved from Bird-in-Hand ten years ago, she was in the deepest of mourning for her mother. Now her family has moved back so her father can seek employment after being laid off. To help save money, Marlene works at the hardware store owned by Rudy Swarey's father. She knew Rudy growing up and had a secret crush on him, though he never seemed to notice her. But just as a friendship between them begins...

"After Rose's husband dies, she longs to be near her family, especially her twin sister, Lillian, so she packs up her young son and leaves her life in Ohio to move back to Paradise, Pennsylvania. Luke Miller is new to Paradise and is enjoying getting to know Rose, the quiet, reserved widow. Then he notices that her son looks an awful lot like his cousin. and Rose gets prickly when he mentions it. Is there something Rose isn't telling him? Luke wants...

At seventeen, Tom Miller smashed his car into a tree, killing his brother only four hours before he was scheduled to marry Claire Shetler. Unable to live with his father's bottomless grief and anger, Tom left the Amish church, ran away, and joined the Marines. Twenty-seven years later, Tom returns to Mt. Hope, Ohio, a wounded, decorated Marine helicopter pilot, and rents an apartment over Claire's workshop. A widowed Amish midwife, Claire is struggling...