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Author
Series
Heritage of Lancaster County volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Unknown to Katie, her long-lost love seeks her even as she has another interest. Yet she yearns for peace, which requires facing her plain heritage.
Author
Series
Friendship letters volume 1
Language
English
Description
Life is good on their Pennsylvania Amish farm for newlyweds Vic and Eleanor Lapp--until the day Vic's youngest brother drowns in their pond and Vic turns to alcohol to numb the pain. Things get so bad that Vic loses his job and their marriage is coming apart. Eleanor is desperate to help her husband and writes letters to her friend, Doretta, living in Indiana for advice. The trust Eleanor places in her friend and the gentle words she receives in return...
Author
Series
Kate Burkholder volume 14
Language
English
Description
Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. The mystery of what happened to the esteemed old man has haunted his small Pennsylvania community for years. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed and revealed to be the bishop's, his disappearance becomes even more sinister. Unhappy with the local investigation, Amish elders arrive in Painters Mill and ask chief of police Kate Burkholder...
Author
Series
Ada's house volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young Old Order Amish woman's determination to flee from a bad decision and save a farm pits her against the Amish man determined to see that she falls. Can the two find common ground? Or will their unflinching efforts toward opposite goals blur the bigger picture--a path to forgiveness, glimpses of grace, and the promise of love?
Author
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this bittersweet holiday romance set in Amish country, Will Henderson, a young man tortured by his past, meets Karen Yoder, a young woman looking for answers as they both become involved with a desperate father searching for his son.
Author
Series
Ice Mountain volume 6
Language
English
Description
"Since the moment her father died, Beth Mast has devoted body and soul to the care of her stepmother and stepsister-cooking, cleaning, and caring for their animals. So her friend Lucy's wedding to the eldest King brother offers a welcome respite. Shy and unaware of her beauty, Beth harbors a secret sadness she hopes no one can see. But at this gathering she's on display: her assigned escort happens to be the handsomest bachelor in their Amish community....
Author
Series
Amish greenhouse mystery volume 1
Language
English
Description
"When Vernon King, his son, and son-in-law are involved in a terrible accident, three women are left to cope with their deaths, as they become the sole providers of the family they have left. The women's only income must come from the family greenhouse, but someone seems to be trying to force them out of business. Amy King has just lost her father and brother, and her mother needs her to help run the family's greenhouse. It doesn't seem fair to ask...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twin sisters Elma and Thelma Hochstetler have done everything together for their thirty-two years of life--including remaining unmarried. Now they will take on baking a cake for a Shipshewana charity event together.... Could a lopsided Christmas cake be the key to opening the door to romance for one or more of the Hochstetler twins? --Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Ada's house volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amish schoolteacher Lena Kauffman channels her zest for living into her love of teaching, but tensions mount when she is challenged to work with a rebellious young man and deal with several crises that threaten her other students.
11) An Amish gift
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After her husband, Shep, loses his latest job, he inherits a house, along with a long-established bicycle shop. The move gives Jennie, Shep, and their children a chance for a fresh start. While Shep dives into his new venture at the bike shop, Jennie loves being a stay-at-home mom but yearns to find some fulfillment outside of her family-- particularly as they struggle financially. She embarks on a candy-making enterprise, but as the holiday season...
12) The shunning
Author
Series
Heritage of Lancaster County volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When Katie Lapp, an Amish woman from Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania, stumbles across a satin infant gown in her parents' attic, it leads to a devastating confession from her parents that completely changes her life.
Author
Series
Promise Glen volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teacher Dorcas Beiler and her first love, Thomas Fisher, rekindle their feelings for one another, when he returns to Promise Glen to start a construction company.
Author
Series
Amish mystery volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kappy King, a member of a middle-of-the-road Amish denomination in Blue Sky, Pa., learns that Alma Miller, the bishop's wife, has been hospitalized after being found bludgeoned and unconscious on the floor of her home. The only clue to the identity of her assailant is a cryptic message Alma managed to write on the floor in flour: "Nine babies. ME blue." Kappy, along with her non-Amish friend Edie Peachey, play amateur detective, focusing on the theory...
15) The search
Author
Series
Lancaster county secrets volume 3
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
16) Kingdom come
Author
Series
Elizabeth Harris volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Amish country in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has always been a place of quiet beauty--until a shocking murder shatters the peace, and leaves a troubled detective picking up the pieces. --Publisher
Author
Series
Amish mystery volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When murder disrupts Heavenly, Pennsylvania, a small town in the heart of Amish country, gift shop owner Claire Weatherly and Detective Jakob Fisher must find the not-so-simple truth.
Author
Series
Beiler sisters volume 2
Publisher
Eugene, Oregon
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
New Amish convert Debbie Watson is crushed when her preferred suitor Alvin Knepp leaves the community for the city, leaving her to decide whether to accept brash Paul Wagler or wait in the hope that Alvin will return.
Author
Series
Beiler Sisters volume 1
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Set in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Debbie Watson is a young Englisha girl who has grown up admiring her Amish friends, the Beiler sisters. As she prepares to graduate from college, Debbie considers making the life-changing decision to convert to the Amish faith and lifestyle.
20) Hearse and buggy
Author
Series
Amish mystery volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Claire Weatherly never intended her visit to Amish country's Heavenly, Pennsylvania, to be anything other than that--a visit. But when she begins to feel the healing power of the town's simple life, she decides to stay and open an Amish specialty shop of her own. So when the former owner of the store is murdered, Claire can't help but get involved.
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