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Series
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When her best friend's husband and two children are killed in a suspicious car accident, Amish community member Kate Burkholder maintains a vigil by a grievously injured survivor who may hold answers before investigating a brutal killer who makes her question everything about her Amish 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.
3) 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.
6) 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.
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) 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.
10) Mending fences
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Series
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019].
Description
As Luke Schrock struggles to reenter his Amish community, an audacious request from a deacon seems impossible--until he meets unpredictable Izzy Lapp.
11) 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.
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.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Sadie Fisher wonders if she'll ever find true love again after the death of her husband. When wealthy Englischer Kade Saunders rents her guest cottage for a month, Sadie's world is turned upside-down. Kade has a five-year old autistic son who is unexpectedly left in his permanent care. As Sadie's feelings for the child grow, so do her feelings for Kade. But is this man suitable for anything more than friendship?
14) Down a dark road
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
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"Two years ago Joseph King was convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to life in prison. He was a "fallen" Amish man and, according to local law enforcement, a known drug user with a violent temper. Now King has escaped, and he's headed for Painters Mill. News of a murderer on the loose travels like wildfire and putting Chief of Police Kate Burkholder and her team of officers on edge. A nightmare scenario becomes reality when King shows up...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Danielle is anything but Amish. Just her luck to fall in love with an Amish guy. Now she's 18, pregnant, and hopeful that Matthew will do the right thing and marry her. When Matthew walks away from her and their unborn child, she has nowhere to turn. Her unlikely friendship with Levi offers some comfort-- yet they have so little in common. Does God have plans beyond what her mind can imagine, that His love never goes away but endures forever?
16) The reckoning
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...
17) Adoring Addie
Author
Series
Courtships of Lancaster County volume 2
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Description
"Set in Lancaster County, Addie and Jonathan struggle to continue their relationship against both sets of parents' wishes. Will love finally mend the feud between their two families, or will their forbidden courtship drive everyone further apart?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
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Description
Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. But only a handful of the residents remember the terrible secrets lost in the muted/hushed whispers of time--and now death is stalking them, seemingly from the grave. On a late-night shift, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to the scene of an apparent suicide--an old man found hanging from the rafters in his dilapidated barn. But evidence quickly points to murder and...
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
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A deadly fire exposes the dark side of Amish life in this harrowing new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series. When a historic barn burns to the ground in the middle of the night, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called in to investigate. At first, it looks like an accident, but when the body of eighteen-year-old Daniel Gingerich is found inside--burned alive--Kate suspects murder. Who would want a well-liked, hardworking young Amish...
Author
Series
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2010], c1999
Description
Amish bishop Eli Miller breaks the traditional isolation of his people to ask Professor Michael Brandon, who is not Amish, to find his grandson, Jeremiah, who has disappeared with his father, Jonah, although Brandon is not to notify the police or use force to recover the boy.
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