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By Grace Livingston Hill. 1982
Elizabeth is confronted by her brother's murderer who claims he loves her. She flees across the wilderness and meets an…
unusual man. This gentleman's protection and her strong Christian faith help her survive. 1982, c1908.By Gilbert Morris. 2004
By Beverly Lewis. 2018
In the summer of 1951, eighteen-year-old Maggie Esh is in need of some hope. Sweet-spirited and uncommonly pretty despite struggling…
with a debilitating illness, she is accustomed to being treated kindly by the young men of her Old Order Amish church district. Yet no one but Jimmy Beiler ever asks her out, and she always declines, certain he only pities her. To make matters worse, Dat has recently remarried, less than a year after Maggie's mother died. And while her stepmother is kind, she's much younger than Mamm, and she simply doesn't understand Maggie or her illness the way Mamm did. Strong in her faith, Maggie has been taught to accept her lot in life as God's will. But with declining health, an unsettled family situation, and few future prospects, any sense of hope seems elusive. When tent revival meetings come to the area, Maggie attends out of curiosity, but the words of the evangelist begin to stir something deep inside her. Dare she hope for a brighter future? 2018.By Claire Mowat. 1994
Andrea Baxter's summer in Anderson's Arm, a fishing village in Newfoundland, turns to unexpected adventure, when she, her cousin, and…
her uncle are arrested for illegal scallop dragging by the St. Pierre et Miquelon coast guard. Once they're rescued from the police station, Andrea ends up staying on St. Pierre, finding mystery, adventure, and romance. Grades 5-8. 1994.By Beverly Lewis. 2008
Caleb Yoder’s father forbids him to court Nellie Mae Fisher because her family has left the Old Order Amish church…
for the New Order. Nellie tries to figure out a way she can have both salvation in Jesus and a relationship with Caleb. Sequel to “The Parting”. Followed by “The longing”. 2008.By Nikki Arana. 2006
By David Adams Richards. 2006
Postwar New Brunswick. Mary Jameson, the widow of a lumber magnate, hopes to stymie the prophecy she receives from a…
fortune-teller - that her oldest son will be powerful and her younger son will bring glory upon the family, but they will be the end of the family. When Will, the brash older brother, suffers a fatal logging accident, and Owen, the intellectual younger son, returns a wounded hero from WWII, it seems the prophecy may come true. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2006.By Stephen A Bly. 1996
New York editor Lynda Austin is alarmed when the last chapter of a book containing treasure maps disappears from the…
office. A clue leads her to believe the missing pages are in Montana, which gives Lynda a good excuse to meet up with appealing rodeo circuit cowboy Brady Stoner again. Sequel to "The Lost Manuscript of Martin Taylor Harrison", followed by "The kill fee of Cindy Lacoste". 1996.By Don Aker. 2011
Reef is back in Halifax, which brings back memories of Leeza and the terrible way their relationship ended - with…
a restraining order. Leeza is feeling stifled by her mother's "concern" and wishes she was studying out of town. Despite Reef's best efforts to stay away, circumstances quickly unfold to push him and Leeza ever closer together, so Reef must face his demons and make some tough choices - or else risk losing everything, including the only girl he has ever loved. Sequel to "The first stone" (DC41431). For junior and senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence and strong language. c2011.By Karen Kingsbury. 2014
Offers a collection of scripturally based short story views of six of the family members of Jesus Christ, including Mary,…
Joseph, Jesus' brother James, John the Baptist, Zechariah, and Elizabeth. 2014. Joseph, the protective stepfather -- Zechariah, the knowing uncle -- John the Baptist, the chosen cousin -- Elizabeth, the faithful aunt -- James, the doubting brother -- Mary, the loving mother.By Beverly Lewis. 2012
When her car gets a flat tire, classical violin prodigy Amelia is rescued by Michael, a young Amish man. Amelia,…
who secretly fiddles in a country band, stays at Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania, for a few days before returning to the English world. But she misses the simple life. Followed by “The bridesmaid”. 2012.By Ed Kavanagh. 2001
On a beautiful morning out in the meadow, Nipper Mooney experiences both the phenomenon of lost time and the death…
of his father. Soon he is sent to All Angels, a rigid Catholic school where Nipper, a sensitive and inquisitive boy, only finds more questions. He survives this claustrophobic and often violent world by becoming a reader, a dreamer, and developing a scrappy toughness, as he journeys through the beauties and horrors of childhood. Some strong language. 2001.By Gilbert Morris, Lynn Morris. 2003
By Beverly Lewis. 2006
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? 2006.By Lisa Samson. 2001
Poppy, a pastor's wife, begins to meet regularly with other local church ladies to pray for her friends. Poppy also…
wrestles with her own concerns as a pastor's wife. This book combines finely grained family drama with quirky Christian women's domestic fiction. 2001.By Beverly Lewis. 1997
Katie, now Katherine Mayfield, searches for her birth mother. The journey takes her to the Finger Lakes region of New…
York and into a world of compassion and greed, mercy and betrayal. Meanwhile Katie's first love, Daniel, wants to rekindle their relationship. Sequel to "The Shunning" (DC36967), followed by "The reckoning" (DC36966). 1997. (The Heritage of Lancaster County ; 2)By James Walker. 1996
Wells Fargo agent Zac Cobb's new assignment takes him to Arizona to track down bandits stealing army payrolls. It also…
leads him into a confrontation with his brother Julian, who, bitter from injuries suffered in the Civil War, has become an outlaw. They find themselves thrust together on a boat careening down the rapids of the Colorado River. Sequel to "The Rawhiders". c1996. (The Wells Fargo trail ; 5)By Laura Gallier. 2017
Owen was a normal high school student with a great life. He had a beautiful girlfriend, played on the football…
team, and was surrounded by a group of great friends. That is, until he found a well on some abandoned land, and a man who offered him a drink of water that changed his life forever. Suddenly, Owen is seeing things that no one else sees: Shackles and chains that bind his family and friends, terrifying creatures that connect themselves to the cuffs attached at the end of the chains, and angelic beings who seem to have a power that even the demons cannot withstand. Do the things Owen is seeing have anything to do with the suicide epidemic currently threatening to destroy his high school? How can this young man with no faith in the supernatural suddenly see invisible forces of terror provoking his fellow student's demise? For senior high readers. 2017.By Beverly Lewis. 2017
Sallie Riehl has dreamed of traveling at least once before settling down to join church, so she is thrilled at…
an unexpected summer opportunity to nanny in Cape May for a well-to-do family. However, saying even a temporary good-bye to Paradise Township means forgoing baptism another year, as well as leaving behind a would-be beau. Yet the weeks in Cape May soon prove unforgettable as Sallie meets a Mennonite young man whose friendship she quickly begins to cherish. Has she been too hasty with her promises, or will she only find what her heart is longing for back home? 2017.By Melody Carlson. 2017
Abby Wentworth is the glue that holds her book club together. So when she unexpectedly passes away on the cusp…
of the Christmas season, the rest of the women in the group are stunned, saddened, and sure that, without her, the group can't continue. They gather "one last time" to open gifts Abby left behind, little knowing how it will change each of their lives--forever. 2017.