A fascinating look at the world of the Amish people through the eyes of a young Amish girl growing to adulthood. Through Ellie's experiences, including a runaway buggy ride, her baptism Sunday, a death in her family, and her own special wedding day, readers get a real-life picture of the Amish lifestyle.

Ellie (Ellie's People)

Children's Books

Christner Borntrager, Mary

Literature & Fiction

Herald Press

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.

Rebecca (Ellie's People)

Herald Press (VA)

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 (Ellie's People)

Amish teenager Reuben Weaver wants to do the right thing; it's just that when he and his friends are together, the temptation to follow their mischievous schemes and try to prove himself can be strong. Reuben, the great-great-grandson of Ellie Maust, whom readers came to love in book 1 of Ellie's People, treasures his Amish way of life and tries to use good sense, but he tests his parents patience with fights in the schoolyard and dares involving stilts and barbed wire. When Reuben gets his dream horse, Princess, he is the envy of all his friends. When Reuben agrees to a dare to prove how fast his horse can run, tragedy erupts. Pride may go before a fall, but can any good happen when you pick yourself up?

Reuben (Ellie's People)

Andy Maust likes to write poems, and he s not good at running or wrestling or any of the other activities that Amish boys enjoy. The other boys tease him mercilessly, and then Andy s dog disappears in a mysterious way. Drifters are roaming the country on trains, looking for work and a hot meal, and Andy begins to imagine running away from his troubles. He decides to catch a train to somewhere anywhere where he can be himself. Will Andy find contentment and peace in his new life, or will God call the prodigal home?
Ages 10 and up.
Book 6 in the Ellie's People series

Andy: Ellie's People, Book 6

Polly Miller doesn t want to move to Texas. No other Amish families live in Lone Prairie, and Polly loves her family and friends in Ohio. But her father s mind is made up. As Polly settles into her new life, she gains a non-Amish friend, Rose Ann, who shares her dresses and makeup with Polly. She also earns the attention of a young hired hand named Tom, who takes her to a rodeo and tells her how pretty she is. Will Polly commit herself to God by following her family s Amish ways, or will a budding Texas romance set her feet on a different path altogether? Ages 10 and up.
Book 5 in the Ellie's People series.

Polly

Sarah Troyer s Amish childhood would be peaceful and calm except her mother is ill and their hired girl, Sadie Zook, treats Sarah unfairly. When her parents go to Arizona to see whether the climate helps her mother get better, Sarah tries to be brave and strong. Things begin looking up when a new hired girl takes Sadie s place, but then two tragedies hit Sarah s family and threaten to overwhelm her trust in God. Will grief and resentment win the day, or will Sarah find her way to a new place of hope and love? Book 7 in the Ellie s People series.
Read the Amish novels that Amish people read. The nine 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. The books bring authentic Amish stories to life for readers interested in Amish fiction while also learning about Amish life.

Sarah: Ellie's People, Book 7

Mandy Schrock s little brother is different. As a child with special needs, he is loved and cared for by many in their Amish community. But Mandy gets tired of him following her around, and when a group of girls start to tease him, she gets even more furious and frustrated. When an awful tragedy strikes, Mandy wonders whether she is to blame. Will she carry guilt and grief for years to come, or can Mandy find her way home to God s redemption and grace? Book 8 in the Ellie s People series.
Read the Amish novels that Amish people read. The nine 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. The books bring authentic Amish stories to life for readers interested in Amish fiction while also learning about Amish life.

Mandy: Ellie's People, Book 8

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Annie (Ellie's People)

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