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1) Beginnings
Author
Series
Sommerfeld trilogy volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Beth Quinn struggles to find a place to belong in the Old Order Mennonite Community of Sommerfeld, Kansas, where she starts a business designing stained glass windows; but two men, one a Mennonite, begin to vie for her attention.
2) Blessings
Author
Series
Sommerfeld trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trina Muller, a young Mennonite girl, desires more than anything to become of veterinarian; however, her parents and Graham Ortmann, the man who loves her, all disapprove of the idea of her going away to college.
3) Bygones
Author
Series
Sommerfeld trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
284 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Thomas Ollenburger seeks God's help in choosing his path when, after graduating college, he questions whether his heart belongs to his Mennonite roots in rural Kansas, or back in Boston, but seeing as how he holds affection for a girl in both locations, his choice proves difficult.
Author
Series
Inn at Eagle Hill volume 2
Language
English
Description
Struggling with her faith during a summer shared with five older Amish sisters, Bethany volunteers at a local soup kitchen while railing at the handsome but annoying Jimmy before uncovering a heartbreaking secret.
6) The outcast
Author
Language
English
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Description
Independent single woman Rachel is shunned by the Mennonite community she grew up in when she becomes pregnant, and dark secrets threaten to rise when her bishop brother-in-law coerces her to leave.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Kim Vogel Sawyer pens an inspiring debut novel whose unforgettable characters resonate with emotional intensity and compelling authenticity. Suddenly all alone in 1894 Kansas, Summer Steadman can't find the employment she needs to settle near the fresh graves of her husband and four children. Bitter against the Lord and refusing to eat, she collapses in despair. Remembering his own painful loss, godly widower Peter Ollenbuger offers her food and shelter...
Author
Series
Inn at Eagle Hill volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
At Eagle Hill, an Amish bed and breakfast created in the converted basement of Rose Schrock's farmhouse, guests arrive with their worries and leave with their problems solved in surprising ways.
Author
Series
Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
When young Emily Evans had felt God's call to start a church in a pioneer settlement, she never dreamed it would mean going alone. With over 7 million Oke books sold, this book is another memorable story in the Oke tradition.
12) Simple secrets
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
13) Fields of grace
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
With their eldest son about to be drafted into military service, Reinhardt and Lillian Vogt decide to immigrate to America with their three sons and Reinhardt's adopted brother. After tragedy strikes during the voyage, their hopeful dreams turn to dust. Can they maintain the faith of their fathers in a new land?
14) Katy's new world
Author
Series
Katy Lambright series volume 1
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Katy Lambright gets permission to attend a public high school outside of her Mennonite community, but her relationships with her family and lifelong friends become strained as she struggles to find a balance between two very different worlds.
15) The patient one
Author
Series
Walnut Creek volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Seven former best friends reunite and struggle to heal after the tragic death of one of their own in this evocative and heartrending novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Gift and Her Secret"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
She left her Old Order Mennonite commuinty, heavily weighted with secrets. But God reveals all things, in His time. And He redeems them.
Suzanne Zimmerman was only seventeen and pregnant when her shamed mother quietly sent her away from their Old Order Mennonite community in Kansas. With her old home, family, and first love firmly behind her, Suzanne moved to Indiana, became a nurse, and raised a daughter, Alexa, on her own.
Now,...
Suzanne Zimmerman was only seventeen and pregnant when her shamed mother quietly sent her away from their Old Order Mennonite community in Kansas. With her old home, family, and first love firmly behind her, Suzanne moved to Indiana, became a nurse, and raised a daughter, Alexa, on her own.
Now,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When trouble roars into quiet Arborville, Alexa and Anna-Grace find themselves the target for discord and exposed secrets. Can they continue to seek the God of all grace amidst the fog of confusion?
Alexa Zimmerman wonders if the Old Order Mennonite community in Arborville, Kansas will ever fully accept her. Her family roots here aren’t what anyone thought when she first arrived, but she is hopeful that her culinary...
Alexa Zimmerman wonders if the Old Order Mennonite community in Arborville, Kansas will ever fully accept her. Her family roots here aren’t what anyone thought when she first arrived, but she is hopeful that her culinary...
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Even a proper Mennonite innkeeper like Magdalena Yoder finds it hard to resist Hollywood's siren call, especially when she is offered a huge sum for the use of her PennDutch Inn. But she comes to regret her decision when one of the crew is murdered and she becomes the suspect.
Author
Language
English
Description
"An engrossing novel about marriage and motherhood, loss and moving on. When Ruth Neufeld's husband and father-in-law are killed working for a relief organization overseas, she travels to Wisconsin with her young daughters and mother-in-law Mabel to bury her husband. She hopes the Mennonite community will be a quiet place to grieve and piece together next steps. Ruth and her family are welcomed by Elam, her husband's cousin, who invites them to stay...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Sweet Contemporary Story Set in an Old Order Mennonite Community Amy Knackstedt moves with her children to Weaverly, Kansas, to escape the speculation surrounding her husband's untimely death. She hopes the new location will provide a fresh start for them all. But her neighbor, Tim Roper, is not pleased to have a Mennonite family living next to his apple orchard. When the children try to befriend him, he resists. Tim left the Mennonite faith years...
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