Linda Byler
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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A hopeful story of unexpected love in the midst of illness, pain, and family conflict
John is the youngest of seven boys and is constantly overshadowed by his big brothers who seem to all be stronger, smarter, and better looking than he is. As a teenager, he knows he's overweight and is sure he'll never be popular like his brothers are. But those struggles are nothing compared to the battle he is about to fight. After weeks of feeling exhausted,...
John is the youngest of seven boys and is constantly overshadowed by his big brothers who seem to all be stronger, smarter, and better looking than he is. As a teenager, he knows he's overweight and is sure he'll never be popular like his brothers are. But those struggles are nothing compared to the battle he is about to fight. After weeks of feeling exhausted,...
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Lizzie Glick moves from "running around" to the adventures and anxieties of adulthood in the three-book series, Lizzie Searches for Love. But one characteristic remains ever-present in all the books: Lizzie's love for food! Now you can make Lizzie's homemade oatmeal bread with strawberry jam and her tantalizing creamsticks. Lizzie's Cookbook is a collection of over 175 easy-to-follow recipes for the food that Lizzie cannot resist. The recipes were...
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Series
Dakota ; 1
Language
English
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"Fifteen-year-old Hannah and her family move from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to North Dakota, where they face harsh realities far from any Amish communities, forcing her to work on a cattle ranch, where she meets a charismatic English boy named Clay Jenkins." --
Author
Series
Dakota ; 2
Language
English
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"Hannah, a feisty young Amish woman, lives on her family's farm in North Dakota. After moving halfway across the country and struggling to land on their feet, Hannah's family is finally feeling settled. The cattle business is doing well, and other Amish families have moved into the area. Feeling betrayed by Clay Jenkins and unimpressed with her own father, Hannah is hesitant to trust the men around her. Jerry Riehl, intrigued by her intelligence and...
Author
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Dakota ; 3
Language
English
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"Hannah has put everything into building up her family's homestead in North Dakota. Despite the Great Depression, unpredictable weather, and unforgiving landscape, she and her new husband Jerry stay on even after their Amish friends and family move back east. When a plague of grasshoppers destroys every last morsel of vegetation after yet another drought, Hannah and Jerry return to the fertile soil of Pennsylvania, where life will be safe and predictable....
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English
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"The Witnesses is the third novel in Amish novelist, Linda Byler's current series, 'Lancaster Burning.' Byler takes readers inside the home of the leader of the local Amish community, Davey Beiler, who finds himself at the center of mounting fear and controversy. Fires have destroyed two more nearby Amish barns, and many of the farmers are ready to ask for police protection, an unheard of action. Beiler counsels against this, but then his beloved...
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English
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"As May settles into family life, she has so much to be grateful for. Yes, there are plenty of challenges as she continues to heal from the demons of her past, but her loving husband and sweet children are the greatest earthly gift she could ask for. And having Oba in their home is almost more precious than she could have imagined . . . at least, if it weren't for his ongoing anger and hardness of heart. May's children are steadily growing older,...
10) Davey's daughter
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English
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Sarah Beiler grows increasingly concerned about Ashley, her friend who also works at the farmers market. Ashley acts strange, even nervous, when anyone talks about the rash of fires. When Sarah asks her what she knows, Ashley only heightens Sarah's suspicions. But that is not Sarah's only trouble. She remains distracted by Matthew Stoltzfus, who says that God is calling him to leave the Amish community. When he begs her to join him, Sarah's heart...
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English
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"The Amish community of Lancaster is being terrorized by barn fires. David and Malinda Beile''s barn was the first to go. The clues are sparse, but Levi, the Beilers' oldest son, happened to be awake in the middle of the night and spotted a white vehicle driving past the house with its lights off. Sarah, David and Malinda's daughter, is in her late teens and old enough to observe her parents' agony. Not only is she afraid, too, and wishing she could...
12) Tapestry of love
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English
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"Susan Lapp is back in Lancaster and ready to begin a serious relationship with Levi Yoder. After all the ups and downs of her time out west, it's good to be back in the familiar routines of church, family, and working at the market and housecleaning. Nothing stays simple for long, though, and Susan finds herself trying to help her sister Kate navigate her complicated and painful marriage that is taking a toll on their entire family. As Susan and...
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The setting is the beginning of an Amish settlement in colonial America in the forests of eastern Pennsylvania. There, a young Amish couple, Hans and Kate Zug, are in their ninth year of marriage, still waiting to have a child. Then, one April morning, Kate finds a Native infant, wrapped in deerskin and placed next to the spring where she went to fill her water bucket. Kate and Hans cherish Hester, despite the pointed question of Hans's mother--'What...
14) Which way home?
Author
Series
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Born a Native American, but brought up Amish, Hester Zug, at age 20, flees her Amish home. Her father's too-tender care of her has made her stepmother wildly jealous, and so Hester sets off, knowing only that she can't stay. Hester's natural instincts for navigating the forests in colonial Pennsylvania along with the book of medicines and remedies given to her by an aged Native American woman allow her to survive until she gets sick from drinking...
Author
Series
Sadie's Montana ; 3
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
As Sadie and Mark settle into their new home, they are visited by FBI agents who warn them that Sadie's valuable horse may put them in grave danger.
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Plenty of young men had noticed Emma's smooth auburn hair and her quick intellect, but at twenty-six years of age, she was still single, much to the bewilderment of her Amish community. "She's just too picky," they said, and she supposed they were right. Most did not know that she had been in love once, and had wound up brokenhearted. When she becomes a nanny for an English (non-Amish) family along the coast of North Carolina, her world opens up...
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1931, and times are tough for the Miller family, who are raising eight children in the midst of the Great Depression. When Eli Miller passes away unexpectedly, and then a fire destroys their barn, Annie has no idea how she'll make ends meet. The Amish community rallies around her and the children, as is their custom, but as days turn into weeks and then into months, Annie's friends and neighbors return to their own routines and seem to expect...
Author
Series
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When tragedy strikes in the Amish community, Elsie is forced to let go of her teenage angst and grow up quickly. But sometimes letting go of one's desires has a way of allowing one to accept something even better. A tale of longing, desperation, and finally hope, this is a heartwarming Christmas tale to be remembered."--Amazon.
Elsie is desperate for a horse of her own, but her family can't afford to buy a horse, never mind pay for the grain and...
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Edna Miller had found herself drawn to Emery Hoschtettler with an attraction she can explain no better than she can put a stop to it. Emery seldom seemed to pay her much attention, but Edna decided it would be unfair to marry anyone else when her heart longs only for him. By twenty-nine, just as she's reconsidering her choice, Emery asks her out. But not she feels Emery is hiding something. Or is Edna simply unable to accept true love after so many...
Author
Series
Long road home ; 2
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"After being shuffled from home to home, May finds a welcoming friend in Clara. Clara is single...and it doesn't take her long to realize May had her own painful past...Clara helps May to reintegrate into the Amish community, but May sinks deeper and deeper into depression...What will it take for May to finally face her past...And could May ever open her heart to another man? In the midst of great darkness, May discovers a beacon of light"--