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Amish blessings volume 1
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English
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Yoder loves her job as a housekeeper for elderly couple Job and Dinah Keim. Their only children, a son and daughter, left the Haven, Kansas, district and their faith more than twenty years earlier with no contact. When Child Protective Services shows up on the Keims' doorstep with their five grandchildren, their quiet lives-- and Cassie's-- are turned upside down. Mason, the oldest grandson at twenty-two, believes his siblings should be his responsibility...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 24
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Leota's garden was once a place of beauty, where flowers bloomed and hope thrived. It was her refuge from the deep wounds inflicted by a devastating war, her sanctuary where she knelt before a loving God and prayed for the children who couldn't understand her silent sacrifices. Now, eighty-four-year-old Leota Reinhardt is alone, her beloved garden in ruins. All her efforts to reconcile with her adult children have been fruitless, and she voices her...
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After her mothers death, Shelia Ainslee seeks a grandmother she has never known to find redemption for her beloved mothers name. For years Shelia heard how Grandmother Ainslee resented her son's marriage to a cabaret singer. But Sheila knows her mother only did what was necessary to survive and to protect her from a dangerous world.
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Ever since Abby's Grand Lady spoke those words over her when she was just a girl, Abby has been dreaming of returning to visit her indomitable grandmother in rural Louisiana. When an unexpected opportunity comes for Abby to take her preteen daughter on a cross-country road trip to the South, she's elated. She can't wait for Hannah to meet 92-year-old Grand Lady and be touched by her soft hands and gentle stories before it's too late. Tensions rise...
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"Perla Phillips has carried a secret for over sixty years. When she sees her granddaughter, Ella, struggling in life, Perla decides to share her story--then suffers a debilitating stroke before she can do so. As Ella and her aunt begin to look into their grandmother''s past, they''ll learn more than they expected about Perla, faith, and each other." --
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Home to Heather Creek volume 03
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As crisp autumn air descends on Heather Creek Farm, the kids start to settle into their new home. Christopher is consumed by an exciting new hobby, and Sam is drafted for the high school football team, almost against his will. Meanwhile, Emily is making new friends, reaching out to Rayann, the new girl in town. But Charlotte has doubts that the girl--and her cute older brother--are a good influence on Emily; and when Emily is invited to Rayann's lake...
7) Heirlooms
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Answering a woman's desperate call for help, young Navy widow Helen Devries opens her Whidbey Island home as a refuge to Choi Eunhee. As they bond over common losses and a delicate, potentially devastating secret, their friendship spans the remainder of their lives. After losing her mother, Cassidy Quinn spent her childhood summers with her gran, Helen, at her farmhouse. Nourished by her grandmother's love and encouragement, Cassidy discovers a passion...
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Home to Heather Creek volume 10
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With summer just around the bend, Bedford High School is gearing up for the end-of-the-year alumni banquet, gathering and celebrating graduates from throughout the years. Charlotte is busy baking pies for the event, but when she hears a rumor that Kevin Slater, her grandchildren's father, is coming back for the high school reunion, the bottom falls out of her world. Why would he return after all this time? Does he know the children are in Bedford?
...10) Hometown promise
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"For six years Lukas Frye has fought to regain control of his reckless life. He comes to Kellerville, Ohio, hoping to settle down and be the man his ailing grandfather can depend on. Lukas thinks he can put down roots in a place unsullied by his past--until he sees Juliane Keller. Juliane knows the secrets that could ruin his chance of being accepted in the place we wants to call home. But she isn't just a reminder of his past; she's a woman with...
11) Every sunrise
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Home to Heather Creek volume 07
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[2009]
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English
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The Slater kids on Heather Creek Farm are having a hard time of it in February. When Sam sets out searching for the father who abandoned them he goes missing. Bob and Charlotte, his grandparents, set off to bring him home and they need all the help they can get.
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After a tumultuous courtship, John and Julia Brighton have a second chance at happiness! With tragedy behind them and their children grown, they're looking forward to a new and promising era in their lives.
Only, such a promise is never guaranteed. And life can change in a moment.
The Brightons' lives are turned upside down when John's daughter Jana abandons her husband, Mark, and three-year-old daughter. John and Julia reach...
13) Second chances
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Home to Heather Creek volume 13
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[2009]
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English
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The summer days are winding down and Charlotte's grandchildren are heading back to school, but she is feeling unsettled. Charlotte knows she should be glad for peaceful autumn days, but she can't stop wondering what it will be like when the kids grow up and leave for good. What will she do with herself? She has always been interested in nursing and decides to volunteer to help out at the local home. Her surprising friendship with one of the residents...
14) Fatal witness
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Pearl River volume 02
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English
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"As a child, artist and potter Dani Bennett witnessed the brutal murder of her parents. With no memory of the incident or her true identity, she was forced to take on a new name and a new life, hidden away in Montana for the past 25 years. Mae Richmond has spent the same stretch of time searching for her granddaughter, who went missing the night her daughter and son-in-law were murdered. Convinced the woman she saw in a pottery magazine feature is...
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"When Paul Elias receives a terminal diagnosis, he leaves his physician's office in a fog. Only one thing is clear to him: if he is going to die, he must find someone to watch over his granddaughter, Pearl, who has been in his charge since her drug-addicted father disappeared. Paul decides to take her back to Nysa--both the place where he grew up and the place where he lost his beloved wife under strange circumstances forty years earlier. But when...
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Home to Heather Creek volume 21
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[2010]
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English
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"For Memorial Day, the Bedford Volunteer Fire Department decides to host a reenactment of a World War II battle and a USO-style dance. The whole community gets involved, and when Bob pulls out his father's old uniform, Charlotte is delighted to see that Bob is taking an interest in something outside the farm. With patriotic spirits running high, Sam begins to rethink whether to join the military. As his final days of high school approach, will he...
17) Before the dawn
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Home to Heather Creek volume 1
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Charlotte's world is turned upside-down by the death of her daughter, Denise, whose three children are now coming to live on Heather Creek Farm with her.
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Naomi knows she should be excited about her upcoming wedding, but she remains unmoved. Not only are her feelings for her fiance lackluster, but she also believes he may see her more as a servant than a partner. Is it too late to back out of the marriage? While praying for God's guidance, Naomi takes a break from her duties as a quilter and craft shop work to travel to Pinecraft, Florida. Along the way, Naomi meets Nick, an Englischer, and the two...
19) The Duet
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2004.
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Widowed farmer Gerrit Appeldoom and sophisticated piano teacher Joan Horton form an unlikely attachment to each other after meeting during Gerrit's granddaughter's lesson, but their growing relationship must face the challenges of their different lifestyles, beliefs, and pasts.
20) The stone wall
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"Anna is eager to begin a new chapter in her life as a Lancaster County tour guide in the picturesque area where her Plain grandmother once stayed. Anna wishes she could talk with her grandmother about those long-ago days, but the elderly woman suffers from Alzheimer's, and beyond a vague hint about an old stone wall, much about that time is a mystery. Thankfully, Martin Nolt, a handsome Mennonite, takes the young Beachy Amish woman under his wing...
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