Beverly Lewis
Author
Series
Heritage of Lancaster County volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
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
Heritage of Lancaster County volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Katie Lapp's identity had been shattered the moment she found the satin baby dress in the attic of her parents Amish home. Painfully torn from her close-knit community in the frightening ordeal called the shunning, Katie - now Katherine Mayfield - sets out to find the ailing birth mother she has never known. Her journey takes her to the peaceful home of Lydia Miller, where electric lights and telephones sets Katherine's mind whirling with "fancy"...
3) The shunning
Author
Series
Heritage of Lancaster County volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 11
Description
After writing a story in Amish country, New York journalist Phillip Bradley returns to Lancaster County haunted by the memory of soft-spoken widow he met there, but winning her heart is just the first step in a long journey that will require him surrendering his own culture.
Author
Series
Abram's Daughters volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 14
Description
When Sadie Ebersol abndons the Amish community with her sister Leah's beloved Jonas, the family of four sisters is thrown into turmoil, forcing Leah to make difficult choices between her happiness and her loyalty to those closest to her.
6) The betrayal
Author
Series
Abram's Daughters volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Seperated from her beloved Jonas after he takes a six-month carpenter's apprenticeship in Ohio Leah hopes that their relationship will endure but finds herself challenged by an unexpected test facing their families.
7) The covenant
Author
Series
Abram's daughters volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Four sisters in Lancaster County witness the secrets of their tiny home community as Leah suffers from her sister Sadie's shameful loss of innocence with an English boy and finds her own dreams of love with Jonas spinning out of control.
Author
Series
Abram's Daughters volume 5
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 14
Description
"Conclusion to the series spanning three generations in a quaint Old Order Amish community. A story of love, faith, and second chances featuring five courting-age sisters and their extended family that is both heartrending and uplifting"--Provided by publisher.
9) The prodigal
Author
Series
Abram's daughters volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Truth can be thorny and even heartbreaking, yet Leah is required to make another difficult choice. Will this secret of secrets bring further sorrow for Leah, Sadie, and the Ebersol family? The Prodigal is a multi-layered mystery and a saga of love encompassed by the merciful threads that knit families together.
10) The postcard
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Young Amish widow Rachel Yoder helps run a bed-and-breakfast in rural Pennsylvania, and when a guest, journalist Phillip Bradley, finds an old postcard in the dresser of his room, it touches off a surprising chain of events.
11) October song
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
Description
As Katie and Daniel adjust to marriage, Katie reaches out to her family for acceptance, Rachel's husband Phillip tries to fit in with his new Amish peers, and Levi continues his courtship with Lydia.