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 wish
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Leona Speicher got the "sister" she'd always dreamed of the day Gloria Gingerich and her family moved to Lancaster County Amish farmland. The Arkansas newcomers seem to be everything a devout Plain family should be, and Leona can't help comparing Gloria's's engaging young parents to her own. Leona's cousin shows a romantic interest in Gloria around the same time as Gloria's older brother expresses his fondness for Leona--it seems likely the two young...
7) 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.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"Annie Zook, the preacher's daughter, struggles to keep her promise to her father--to abandon her art for a full six months. Will Annie's intention to join the Amish church be derailed by the attention of a handsome Englisher?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Description
Stunned by news of her sister's and her brother-in-law's deaths Sarah Cain journeys to Lancaster County to claim her five orphaned nieces and nephews, who have been brought up as member of the Amish community, and finds her life irrevocably altered by her encounter with the Plain people of the region.
10) The atonement
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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...
11) Sanctuary
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Series
Description
A secret pst forces Melissa James to flee her marriage and seek refuge with a Pennsylvania Dutch family, while her husband fears his own mistake will prevent their reunion.
12) 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.
13) The ebb tide
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Description
When a well-to-do family asks Sallie Riehl to be their daughter's nanny for the summer at their Cape May, New Jersey, vacation home, she jumps at the chance to broaden her horizons beyond the Lancaster County Amish community where she grew up. Curious by nature, Sallie loves reading and learning, and she fears that her chances of making a good match with an Amish farmer will be hampered because of it. Though she loves taking care of nine-year-old...
14) The revelation
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.
15) 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.
16) The telling
Author
Series
Seasons of grace volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
©2010
Description
Struggling to come to terms with a grave medical diagnosis, Heather Nelson is determined to forgo 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?...
17) The missing
Author
Series
Seasons of grace volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
©2009
Description
"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...
18) 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.
Author
Series
Annie's people volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Description
"Annie Zook--the preacher's eldest daughter--is expected to join the Amish church, but at 20 she is 'still deciding.' Because of the strict rules that guide the Plain community, she must continually squelch her artistic passion, although it has become her solace"--Provided by publisher.
20) The sunroom
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
The wonderful story of a telented and passionate young pianist on the verge of adolescence who learns the devastating news of her mother's critical illness. Heartbreak and joy are intertwined in this powerful gift book.