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Hope on the plains: the Dakota series, Book 2 (Dakota Series #2)
By Linda Byler. 2017
Hannah and her family still struggle with the events of The Homestead (DB 88593), but they are settling into life…
in North Dakota when tragedy strikes. As other Amish families decide to return to Lancaster, Hannah and her family face the same decision, even as she is being courted. 2017Home is where the heart is: the Dakota series, book 3 (Dakota Series #3)
By Linda Byler. 2018
Hannah and her husband Jerry remained in North Dakota when the rest of her family returned to Pennsylvania. However, when…
their ranch is decimated by locusts, Hannah relents and they follow. But tragedy strikes once again, leaving Hannah reeling and questioning her faith. 2018Lancaster burning trilogy (Lancaster Burning #4)
By Linda Byler. 2015
Collection of three novels following the travails of Sarah Beiler as an arsonist terrorizes her small Amish community. In Fire…
in the Night, her parents' barn is burned down and she becomes entranced with flirtatious Matthew Stoltzfus. Also includes Davey's Daughter and The Witnesses. Some violence. 2015The homestead: the Dakota series, book 1 (Dakota Series #1)
By Linda Byler. 2017
Teenaged Hannah resents her parents when they leave Lancaster County after losing the farm during the Depression. Settling in North…
Dakota, the family struggles without the support of the Amish community. Hannah seeks help from ranch hand Clay Jenkins and wrestles with her feelings for him. 2017The selected letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder
By Laura Ingalls Wilder, William Anderson. 2016
A collection of the letters of the American author, illuminating her thoughts, travels, philosophies, writing career, and relationships. Gathered from…
museums, archives, and personal collections, these letters span over sixty years of Wilder's life and shed light on her daily life. 2016Susanna's dream (The Lost Sisters #2)
By Marta Perry. 2014
Reeling from the death of her mother, Susanna Bitler is discouraged to learn that her business partner plans to quit…
their gift shop. But when Lydia Beachy and Chloe Wentworth reveal themselves as her long-lost sisters, Susanna grapples with the knowledge that her life was a lie. 2014Naomi's Christmas: Pleasant Valley (Pleasant Valley #7)
By Marta Perry. 2012
Thirty-year-old Amish beekeeper Naomi Esch has spent fifteen years raising her siblings, but now that her father is remarrying, she…
must move out. Naomi stays with her brother while watching widower Nathan King's children. After rumors spread, Nathan proposes marriage--but Naomi wants to marry for love. 2012El amante turco (Punto de lectura #212/1)
By Esmeralda Santiago, Nina Torres-Vidal. 2007
Puerto Rican-born Santiago continues the memoir begun in Cuando Era Puertorriqueña (DB 40892). Recounts rebelling against her controlling mother and…
running off with Ulvi Dogan, a domineering Turkish filmmaker seventeen years her senior, then freeing herself from Dogan's possessiveness and later graduating from Harvard. Translated from English. Spanish language. 2004What is love? (What is?)
By Etan Boritzer, Robbie Marantz. 1996
The second book in the series on character education and social values by Etan Boritzer. Explains love as an "inside…
rainbow feeling" experienced by all the different people "held together by love" in the same world. For grades 3-6A vote of confidence: a novel (The Sisters of Bethlehem Springs Ser.)
By Robin Lee Hatcher, Robin Hatcher. 2009
Who says a woman can't do a man's job? Put up or shut up! Complaining about Bethlehem Springs' dissolute mayoral…
candidate, Gwen Arlington is challenged to take on the role herself. For seven years, she's carved out an independent life in the bustling mountain town of Bethlehem Springs, Idaho teaching piano and writing for the local newspaper. But now she's a single woman running for mayor--and in 1915 this decision is bound to stir up troubleThe naked woman: a study of the female body
By Desmond Morris, St. Martin`s Press. 2005
Zoologist presents the biological aspects of female anatomy--hair, eyes, mouth, breasts, legs, and feet. Discusses how human societies have sought…
to modify and embellish certain attributes using implants, tattoos, body piercing, cosmetics, false fingernails, and circumcision among other ways. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004Heloise and Abelard
By George Moore. 2003
Paris, early 1100s. Renowned theologian Peter Abélard is hired to tutor Héloïse, a brilliant teenager, at the home of her…
guardian, a church official. When their passionate love affair is discovered, vengeance is swift and cruel. Based on historical documents. Reprint of 1925 edition. 1921Perdido como niña en los tormentosos mares de Arabia, Shani crece a ser la favorita de la casa de Ahmad…
Khan. Ahora Shani ha de regresar a su nativa Inglaterra, y el Capitn Brandon Hawkesbury viene a embarcar a la joven mujer, observando que no sería fcil para que la inquieta muchacha acepte un nueva vida...una nueva familia...una nueva fePrairie song
By Cheryl Anne Porter. 2000
In 1889, pregnant Kate Chandler flees from her abusive employer in New York City to join a land rush in…
Oklahoma. Once there she enlists the help of gunslinger Cole Youngblood, who needs a caretaker for his orphaned niece and nephews. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000The bird in the tree
By Elizabeth Goudge. 1992
In the 1930s, Damerosehay, a charming old house on the Hampshire coast, and a close-knit family are threatened when the…
grandson and daughter-in-law of the owner fall in love and plan to marry. Prequel to Pilgrim's Inn (DB 12807) and The Heart of the Family (DB 13768)Cet hiver / nick & charlie
By Alice Oseman. 2023
Cet Hiver « Je déteste Noël, lance Tori. - Non c'est faux, je réponds. - En tout cas, je déteste…
celui-ci. - Comme tout le monde. » Cet hiver a été difficile pour Tori, Charlie et Oliver Spring. Ils tentent tous les trois de traverser le jour de Noël sans heurts. Pour Oliver, cela revient à jouer à Mario Kart avec son frère et sa sœur. Mais, pour Tori et Charlie, cela implique d'oublier ces derniers mois. Ce Noël va-t-il séparer les membres de la famille Spring ou contribuer à les réunir ? Nick et Charlie L'absence rend le cœur plus tendre, pas vrai ? Charlie : « Je sors avec Nick Nelson depuis deux ans. Il aime le rugby, les chiens, le bruit des feutres sur le papier et dessiner sur les chaussures. Et il m'aime, moi. » Nick : « Ce que nous faisons avec Charlie à la maison : Regarder des films. Nous embrasser. Cuisiner. Discuter. Nous disputer. Rire. Nous sommes peut-être un peu ennuyeux. Mais ça nous va. » Tout le monde sait que Nick et Charlie forment le couple idéal. Qu'ils sont inséparables. Mais Nick s'apprête à partir pour l'université, et Charlie restera au lycée. Alors que l'heure des au revoir approche, les deux garçons commencent à s'interroger : leur amour est-il suffisamment fort pour supporter la distance ? Après tout, les premières amours durent rarement toujoursJoseph and Emma: a love story, volume I
By Marsha Newman, Buddy Youngreen. 2001
A novelist and an historian team up to write this historical novel from the perspective of the Smiths' personal lives.…
This is the story of how Joseph and Emma met, fell in love, married, and then went on to the divine work Joseph was called to doLike a love story
By Abdi Nazemian. 2019
New York City, 1989. Three teens discover their sexuality, romance, AIDS activism, and the revolutionary act of living life to…
the fullest in the face of impossible odds. Descriptions of sex and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2019The Selection (The selection Ser. #1)
By Kiera Cass. 2012
When Prince Maxon comes of marrying age in the caste-divided nation of Illéa, thirty-five single young women compete in the…
Selection--a chance to win the prince's heart. America Singer reluctantly enters the contest and is chosen as a candidate, but loves another. For senior high and older readers. 2012Graduation day (The Testing #3)
By Joelle Charbonneau. 2014
Tensions between the United Commonwealth and the rebel alliance intensify, with deadly action looming on the horizon. Meanwhile, gifted student…
Cia Vale, unsure of which side to trust, must convince her fellow students to believe in her. Sequel to Independent Study (DB 78427). Violence. For senior high and older readers. 2014