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Author
Series
Adventures of Lily Lapp volume 4
Formats
Description
Lily Lapp, now in fifth grade and growing up fast, faces many changes including old friends leaving and new ones coming, the election of a new bishop, and a wedding. Includes facts about the Amish faith and way of life.
Author
Series
Mysteries of Middlefield series volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Curious thirteen-year-old Bekah Yoder wonders about the strange behavior of the man who moves into the house next door, but even she does not suspect the danger that he brings to their neighborhood.
Author
Series
Adventures of Lily Lapp volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
From age seven, Lily finds it difficult to adjust to life in Pennsylvania, following a different set of rules, and going to school with judgmental Effie and annoying Aaron, but her second year brings some wonderful surprises.
Author
Series
Adventures of Lily Lapp volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
"Continues the story of Amish Lily, her brothers, and her parents as she goes to school, makes new friends, and helps her mother and father as the family grows"--
5) Plain girl
Author
Pub. Date
[1955]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Esther is an Amish or Plain Girl. At the age of 10 the Pennsylvaniaschool authorities forced her father to send her to public school.Esther knew that she would be faced with many difficult choices.
Author
Series
Lizzie searches for love volume 2
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Will Lizzie Glick, a high-spirited Amish teenager, give up her dream of teaching school so that her wish for a family and a marriage can come true? Based on the true experiences of the author's extended family.
Author
Series
Adventures of Lily Lapp volume 1
Pub. Date
c2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Introduces Lily Lapp who, beginning at age five, finds opportunities for blessings, laughter, learning, and mischief as she explores her Amish community, welcomes a new baby brother, begins school, and spends time with family and friends.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Lizzie is a five-year-old Amish girl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She is spunky, sensitive, and not nearly as pious as her older sister Emma. Lizzie sometimes daydreams instead of praying when she bows her head before meals ... but she figures God knows she's grateful for the good food Mam puts on the table every night. Her wild spirit often gets her into trouble, though, and she wonders why she can't be as sweet and kind as her goody-two-shoes big...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When Leah takes a summer job near their Amish community, she is happy to be near Ethan again. Ethan is now at the age when an Amish young man is allowed a taste of non-Amish life before committing to the rules of the adult community.
12) Reuben
Author
Series
Ellie's people volume 5
Formats
Description
Growing up in a close-knit Amish family, Reuben struggles with peer pressure and his desire to own a horse.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 33
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
An unusual hex sign leads Nancy Drew to Pennsylvania Dutch country in pursuit of a thief who stops at nothing to get rid of her.
Author
Series
Summerhill secrets volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
After being beaten by her father, Lissa, an eighth grade classmate, comes to Merry's house in the middle of the night, and Merry asks God and the family of her Amish friend, Rachel, to help her protect Lissa.
15) A world away
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Sixteen-year-old Eliza, an Amish girl, goes to work for an "English" family as a nanny to two young children, and must then choose between two entirely different ways of life.
16) Just plain fancy
Author
Pub. Date
1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Naomi, an Amish girl whose elders have impressed upon her the importance of adhering to the simple ways of her people, is horrified when one of her hen eggs hatches into an extremely fancy bird.
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Fifteen-year-old Merry Hanson, living amongst the Amish in rural Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, relies on her Christian faith to guide her through such challenging situations as the physical abuse of her schoolmate, an arson investigation, a car accident, and an abandoned baby.
18) Big decisions
Author
Series
Lizzie searches for love volume 3
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Questions and indecision as well as answers and certainty enter Lizzie's life as she must decide whether to join the Amish church, to marry Stephen, and to continue teaching. Based on the true experiences of the author's extended family.
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