amish

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Amish and Mennonite

2005
Describes the history, culture, and traditions of the Amish and Mennonite peoples and presents numerous Amish and Mennonite recipes, also providing cooking tips.

A history of the Amish

2003
Chronicles the history of the Amish people from the sect's origins in sixteenth-century Europe through its life in twenty-first-century North America, discussing the societal changes and challenges they have faced over the course of nearly five centuries.

The angels trilogy

2003
Presents a trio of novels which follows the story of Leah Lewis-Hall, a sixteen-year-old who is diagnosed with cancer while spending Christmas alone in the hospital, and who finds the support and friendship she needs from her Amish roommate Rebekah and Rebekah's big, loving family.

Plain girl

1955
Despite her father's objections, Esther, a young Amish girl secretly looks forward to attending public school in Pennsylvania. There, she makes a new friend and gains a new perspective on her family's way of life.

Amish horses

2001
An Amish boy cares for the horses that work on his family's farm.

An Amish year

2000
An Amish girl describes a year in her life and the activities that fill it, from early spring through the following winter.

Plain truth

a novel
2007
Philadelphia defense attorney Ellie Hathaway, unsatisfied with the course of her career and personal life, leaves her job for an open-ended stay at her great-aunt's home in Paradise, Pennsylvania, arriving just in time to become embroiled in the case of a young, unmarried Amish woman accused of killing her newborn baby.

Until angels close my eyes

1998
Leah Lewis-Hall thinks her battle with cancer is over until her step-father reveals that he has been in remission but is now ill again. Meanwhile her Amish boyfriend decides to live among the English and find his banished brother.

Reuben and the fire

1993
Reuben, an Amish boy with five sisters, witnesses the burning of a neighbor's barn and experiences the excitement of the barnraising that follows.

The Amish

1991
Discusses the history, culture, daily lifestyle, and future of the Amish people.

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