Annie

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Borntrager, Mary Christner

Mystery

Thorndike Pr

Daniel

Literature & Fiction

Rebecca

Rebecca Eash is just as spirited as her mother, who readers grew to love in Book 1 of Ellie s People: An Amish Family Saga. Becky works as a hired girl for another Amish family and spends time with her Mennonite friend, Susan Miller. Her gentle days in the 1950s are filled with laundry and canning, barn-raisings, a taffy pull, and an old-fashioned box social. But as Susan s brother, James, shows an interest in Becky and their relationship deepens, she becomes embroiled in conflict with her parents, Ellie and David, and the deacon, who don t want to her to marry a Mennonite boy. When James joins the Amish church and they begin planning for their future, everything appears to be working out after all. But then James has a dream from God that he can t ignore, and Becky is faced with the most difficult decision of her life.  Book 2 of the Ellie s People: An Amish Family Saga series. Ages 10 and up.  The ten books of the Ellie s People series, beloved classics among young and old readers in Amish and Mennonite communities, are now available for today s reader. Author Mary Christner Borntrager grew up Amish and based her novels on events in her Amish childhood. Fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder s Little House on the Prairie series will love learning to know the spunky heroines and old-fashioned communities of the Ellie s People series.

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Ellie

A fascinating look at the world of the Amish, as seen through the eyes of a young Amish girl growing to adulthood. Through Ellie's experiences, including a runaway buggy and a death in the family, readers get a real-life picture of the Amish lifestyle. The first book in the "Ellie's People" series.

Contemporary

Rachel Miller's parents are Mennonite missionaries who left the Amish church before Rachel was born. Now Rachel wants to become Amish. She likes their quiet, unhurried way of life, and when she spends summers and goes to church with her Amish grandparents, Ellie and David Eash, she feels like she belongs. When she starts to attend Amish youth singings and begins to court a young Amish man, she realizes that she will have to choose. Should Rachel listen to her siblings and friends, who make fun of her and think she should drop her dream of becoming Amish once and for all? Or should she follow her desire to become Amish, which is starting to feel a lot like God's will? Book 3, Ellie's People Series

Rachel

Reuben

Book #6 in the Ellie' People series. Ellie's younger brother Andy has a hard time fitting into the tightly-knit Amish community and decides to try life on his own on the road during Depression-era America. But Andy finds life outside the community is not as attractive as it was described.

Andy

This book is now out of print from Herald Press.Polly finds a friend in Rose Ann, an English girl her age. Then she secretly sneaks out with Tom Dawson, a cowboy and rodeo performer. Tragedy stalks her. Will she find her way back to her Amish roots?.

Polly

Sarah Troyer faces changes in her Amish family because of her mother's illness and death. She is sure that Sadie Zook, the hired girl, mistreats her and scolds her unfairly. At school, Sarah finds Regina Byler to be an understanding friend.

Sarah

Mandy Schrock, with five older sisters, is pleased when she finally has a baby brother. Yet she and her close-knit Amish family are saddened to learn that Lloydie was born with a serious health problem.

Mandy

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