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Author
Series
Lizzie searches for love volume 1
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
2010
Description
A hot-tempered, high-spirited teenaged girl who hates housework, dislikes babies, and loves driving fast horses tries to fit in among the members of her Amish community. Based on the true experiences of the author's extended family.
Author
Series
Adventures of Lily Lapp volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
Introduces Lily Lapp who, beginning at age five, finds opportunities for blessings, laughter, learning, and mischief as she explores her Amish community, welcomes a new baby brother, begins school, and spends time with family and friends.
Author
Series
Lizzie searches for love volume 3
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Questions and indecision as well as answers and certainty enter Lizzie's life as she must decide whether to join the Amish church, to marry Stephen, and to continue teaching. Based on the true experiences of the author's extended family.
Author
Series
Lizzie searches for love volume 2
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Will Lizzie Glick, a high-spirited Amish teenager, give up her dream of teaching school so that her wish for a family and a marriage can come true? Based on the true experiences of the author's extended family.
6) Ellie
Author
Series
Ellie's people volume 1
Publisher
Herald Press
Pub. Date
©1988
Description
Ellie Maust grows up Amish but isn't happy with the strict ideas of her father. As she learns responsibility and approaches her own wedding day, she begins to rethink her feelings about her family's Amish traditions.
Author
Series
Mysteries of Middlefield volume 2
Publisher
Tommy Nelson
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Curious thirteen-year-old Bekah Yoder wonders about the strange behavior of the man who moves into the house next door, but even she does not suspect the danger that he brings to their neighborhood.
Author
Series
Mysteries of Middlefield volume 1
Publisher
Tommy Nelson
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Thirteen-year-old Mary Beth Mullet and her twin brother, Johnny, discover that someone has been spending time in the old barn Mary Beth escapes to when she needs time to herself.
10) The journey
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young Amish girl tells her "silent friend, " her diary, about all the wondrous experiences she has on her first trip to a city, Chicago.
11) Rebecca
Author
Series
Ellie's people volume 2
Publisher
Herald Press
Pub. Date
©1989
Description
Becky is torn between her love for a Mennonite boy and loyalty to her parents and the traditions of her Amish church.
13) Family tree
Author
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1997, c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
While trying to construct her family tree for a school assignment, eleven-year-old Tyler discovers her Amish heritage and other secrets about her family's past.
14) The newcomer
Author
Series
Formats
Description
1737. Anna and Bairn met during their crossing to start a new life in the raw Pennsylvania frontier. As Anna and her fellow church members seek out a new beginning, Bairn has yet to commit to the strict expectations of the Amish community. Will their shipboard romance survive unexpected turns-- and a newcomer to the church who is everything Bairn is not?
15) Katy's gift
Author
Publisher
Courage Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Katy and Amos, an Amish brother and sister, live the saying that it's better to give than to receive, bringing them both much happiness.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 33
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1975
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
An unusual hex sign leads Nancy Drew to Pennsylvania Dutch country in pursuit of a thief who stops at nothing to get rid of her.
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Katrina Yoder has the voice of an angel, but her Amish parents believe singing is prideful vanity, and when she wins a ticket to sing in Hollywood, her life is turned upside down.
18) The homestead
Author
Series
Dakota volume 1
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
During the Great Depression, fifteen-year-old Amish girl Hannah and her family move from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to a homestead in North Dakota, hoping to make a fresh start, but face harsh realities and nearly starve until Hannah takes matters into her own hands, going into town to look for a job, leaving her little time to contemplate her feelings for her neighbor.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2007
Description
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.
Author
Series
Bishop's family volume 3
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Ruthie Stoltzfus loves her family must decide about her future. Should she stay Amish, or leave? She's passed the GED, saved her money, but can't quite set her journey into motion. Patrick Kelly came to Stoney Ridge to convert to the Amish and has given himself thirty days to learn the language, drive a buggy, and adapt to "everything Plain." Every moment is to be cherished, especially the hours he spends with Ruthie, his Penn Dutch tutor. Ruthie's...
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