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(0)Rachel Botchan
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2010], p2010
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 sound discs (9 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In these six stories from the uplifting American Girl series, a young girl living in 1914 New York learns what it's like to grow up in the big city. Rebecca Rubin has big dreams of becoming an actress, but her parents don't think girls are cut out for performing. As Rebecca searches for alternatives, she finds new ways to fulfill dreams that she never thought possible.
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2011
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (6 hrs. 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Taking place in 1854, Kirsten's stories follow the young Swedish immigrant and her family as they attempt to start a new life on a farm in frontier Minnesota. This collection includes: Meet Kirsten, Kirsten Learns a Lesson, Kirsten's Surprise, Happy Birthday, Kirsten!, Kirsten Saves the Day, and Changes for Kirsten."--Container.
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sometimes life's most precious treasure lies at Dangerous Depths.
Leia ditched a promising medical career to settle on a secluded island of Hawaii. She ditched Bane, too, and he's come to the island to find out why. He's also in search of a fortune rumored to lie offshore. But an act of sabotage that pushes Bane closer to Leia plunges them both into a tangle of emotion—just as a series of threatening events grip the
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Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
It feels like paradise, but deadly secrets lie beneath the waves off the coast of Kauai.
Sometimes Kaia Oana thinks her dolphins are more humane than humans. As a mammal intelligence researcher, Kaia has learned a thing or two about the goodness and intelligence of dolphins—and as a natural scientist in close proximity to weapons developers, she's learned a thing or two about humans as well.
When a tourist catamaran
...5) Black Sands
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Page-turning romantic suspense set amid the gorgeous beauty of Hawaii and the impending danger of a volcano.
A brainy—and perpetually single—volcanologist, Annie Tagama works alongside her father at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. But despite her pedigree, Annie has lost her passion or volcanology. She's quietly grieving the mysterious loss of her brother in the Middle East.
When Annie discovers that her
...6) Midnight Sea
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lani opened her eyes fully, straining to see something, anything. It was as though she swam in a black sea that blacked out all light, all visual sensation. 'I can't see,' she whispered. 'I can't see!' Her shriek rose and echoed off the blackness."
A seemingly random shooting at her aunt's coffee farm has left Lani Tagama blind. Now she must learn to navigate in a world of darkness. With the help of an embittered ex-cop, Ben, and a half-trained
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Series
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Church Split Has Not Extinguished Their Love, But the Demands of One Man Still Stand in Their Way... Caleb Yoder's father has forbidden him to court Nellie Mae Fisher, but words alone cannot stop Caleb's devotion. Yet if he continues to pursue Nellie, he risks losing everything. Nellie, too, is torn. She longs to marry her Old Order beau but cannot ignore the gentle pull she feels toward the faith of her New Order family. Can she and her beloved...
8) The parting
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The People themselves dare to challenge the Old Ways of their heritage...and each patriarch must choose a side. Nearly one hundred days have passed since the untimely death of Nellie Mae Fisher's beloved younger sister, Suzy, and Nellie dares again to dream of a future with handsome Caleb Yoder. But with rumors about Suzy still flying among the People, there are those who would keep the young courting couple apart...including Caleb's own father. Meanwhile,...
Author
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marlena needed time to let things sink in. It was beyond her how all this could possibly work out--adding the care of an infant to her daily routine. Fortunately, it would just be until Luella returned home from the hospital and was stronger. No more than a couple weeks, surely. Marlena Wenger's life takes an unexpected turn on the day she learns she must care for her estranged sister's baby. Spending the summer in Brownstown, Pennsylvania, to assist...
10) The Road Home
Author
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lena Rose Schwartz hadn't planned to leave her Old Order community in Centerville, Michigan. But then, she could not have foreseen the accident that made her and her siblings orphans. After her parents' funeral, her younger brothers and sisters are farmed out to various nearby relatives. But when the deacon in charge of the arrangements tells her there aren't places enough for everyone, she agrees to go live with her father's second cousin and his...
11) The last bride
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House, A division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Set in Amish country's beloved fictional Hickory Hollow, Tessie Miller, the youngest of her Old Order parents' five daughters, followed her heart, and the unthinkable has happened. Will she find a reason for hope, in spite of her desperate plight?"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A young Amish woman fends off the matchmaking efforts of her fellow passengers on the Charming Nancy--the ship that brought the first wave of Amish to America in 1737"--
Author
Series
The Bishop's family volume 1
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Katrina agrees to help a widow who is starting a new business because she thinks it will give her time to heal from a broken heart, but while working at the widow's farm she meets farm hand Andy, who seems too good to be true.
Author
Series
Bishop's family volume 2
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Abigail Stoltzfus is called to Stoney Ridge to find a match, she finds that Dane Glick is the only eligible bachelor, who happens to be a member of a family on the opposite side of an escalating church conflict.
Author
Series
The Bishop's family volume 3
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While restless Ruthie Stoltzfus hopes to leave her Amish community, newcomer Patrick Kelly tries to learn plain ways with Ruthie as his tutor so that he can convert to the faith, and Ruthie's cunning ex-boyfriend Luke Schrock works to win her back.
16) The longing
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
467 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Although she still prays for Caleb, Nellie Mae Fisher has broken up with her beau. Now, her heart's greatest longing is for more knowledge of the Lord. Caleb yearns for freedom, as his plans to leave Honeybrook have been thwarted. He must stay on as caretaker for his father, who was crippled in a wintertime accident. He also longs for Nellie Mae, still hoping that she will return to the Old Order...and to him. Christian Yoder, a young Mennonite man,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
336 p. ; 216 x 140mm
Language
English
Description
After being branded during the battle of Jericho, Moriyah has had no prospects for marriage--until now. She hopes to please the man, but things go horribly wrong and she is forced to flee for her life. Seeking safety at one of the Levitical cities of refuge, she is unprepared for the dangers she faces, and the enemies--and allies--she encounters on her way.
18) Mending fences
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
413 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"As Luke Schrock struggles to reenter his Amish community, an audacious request from a deacon seems impossible--until he meets unpredictable Izzy Lapp"--
19) Stitches in time
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Large print edition
Physical Desc
433 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
New to Stoney Ridge, schoolteacher Mollie has come to town for a fresh start. When Luke Schrock, new to his role as deacon, asks the church to take in foster girls from a group home, she's the first to raise her hand. The power of love, she believes, can pick up the dropped stitches in a child's heart and knit them back together. The 11-year-old twins she takes in bring her sleepless nights and police visits and then the girls accuse Mollie of drug...