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The mistakes of the past haunt Lucy Flaud, who years ago stopped attending the activities for courting-age young people in her hometown of Bird-in-Hand. Now twenty-five and solidly past the age of Amish courtship, Lucy has given up any hope of marriage, instead focusing her efforts on volunteering in both the Plain and fancy communities of Lancaster County. Yet no matter how hard Lucy strives, she never feels she's doing enough. Then her father strikes...
2) 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 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...
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"Jacob Lapp has loved Annie Zook since childhood. But she's never seen him that way. Once courted-then rejected-by his older brother, Annie's wary of the Lapp men. But now that Jacob is working at her dat's blacksmith shop, he feels he's been given a second chance. It's no secret Annie wants a husband. Yet she's intent on marrying someone older, more established-someone the opposite of Jacob. Can he ever break down the walls she's forged around her...
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Heritage of Lancaster County volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
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"Shunned from the Plain life of her youth, Katie Mayfield (now known as Katherine) delights in the modern world, yet she longs for the peace that reigned in her mother's heart. Though her life is far removed from Lancaster County, she must come to terms with her Amish heritage--and the man she once loved. Now in a special edition set to coincide with the release of the Hallmark Channel movie DVD, this redemptive story of love and grace offers readers...
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Businessman Joel Byler who has gotten himself into a financial bind and his eccentric, wealthy Amish father who is done bailing out his spoiled son. When will Joel learn he must pay for his own mistakes and at what cost to his business, his fiancée, and his Amish siblings?
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Laura Meade grew up with all the modern conveniences and frills that her fancy English world could offer. While studying interior design at a school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she becomes fascinated with the Amish who live in the area, and she seeks to learn more about their culture. When Laura meets Eli Yoder, one of the Plain People, she falls hopelessly in love. Never much of a churchgoer, Laura has no real concept of God's love or the need...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 14
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"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.
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Brides of Lancaster county volume 1-4
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[2002]
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Presents four novels about four young women in the Amish community who struggle to find love and a sense of belonging in their sheltered world.
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Amish of Lancaster volume 04
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"Samuel Lapp isn't ready to think about joining the Amish church yet. However, he's feeling the pressure from his family, community, and church. The harder they push, the more he rebels. Not even his pretty neighbor, Mary Ruth Smucker, can get Samuel to settle down into the Amish ways. Just when everyone has given up hope on Samuel, he finds himself learning more about the non-Amish way of life than he ever wanted to know. When he finds faith, will...
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