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81) Ruthie's gift
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Just before the beginning of World War I, eight-year-old Ruthie, who lives with her parents and six brothers on a farm in Indiana, wishes for a sister and tries to behave like the lady her mother wants her to be.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Buckton, Indiana, 1956. As post-war America brims with new opportunities, a young woman discovers the courage to follow her dreams-and her heart. Gwendolyn Foster's life seems like a dream come true. A bright future in front of her, the successful, traditional man her parents wanted at her side. What more could a girl ask for? But Gwen has a different dream altogether-to be a writer-and she won't rest until it comes true. Strong arms to support...
Author
Series
Amish Inn novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Naomi Byler cooks meals for the guests at The Peony Inn, where Amish sisters and owners of the inn Esther and Lizzie love her like a granddaughter. She's as happy there as a young woman can be, considering that her fiancé, Thomas, has left her to court someone else. She knows she'll get over the love of her life in due time, but she assumes marriage will never be a part of her future. Amos Lantz and his mother are guests at the inn, visiting town...
Author
Series
Baxter family series. Standalone novels volume Prequel
Language
English
Description
"A storm builds as Elizabeth Baxter prepares to celebrate her daughter Kari's wedding to Tim Jacobs, and there are dark currents of conflict coursing through the Baxter family. In the midst of them, Kari Baxter is starting to panic. Is marrying Tim a mistake? And what about her family? Her brother Luke is angry and resentful of their sister Ashley, who has recently returned from Paris. At the same time, Ashley and their sister Brooke have lost the...
Author
Series
Joan Spencer mysteries volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
89) Return
Author
Series
Baxter family series. Redemption volume 3
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When sparks fly between a good Amish girl and a hunky member of the Hollywood elite, even matchmaking innkeepers Esther and Lizzie know better than to fan the flames. Evelyn Schrock has dismissed the attempts of every young man in her small Amish community to court her. She's willing to wait for a suitor who shares her curiosities about life and faith. The only reason Jayce Clarkson is in Amish country hefting equipment for his famous father's movie...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Libby, the daughter of an Indiana cattle farmer, raises two calves in hopes of winning the annual steer competition at the county fair, but fails to follow her father's warning about developing a bond with animals that are destined to be sold at auction.
94) A witch in time
Author
Series
Bewitching mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Author
Series
Rory Moore & Lane Phillips volume 2
Rory Moore/Lane Phillips volume 2
Rory Moore and Lane Phillips volume 2
Rory Moore/Lane Phillips volume 2
Rory Moore and Lane Phillips volume 2
Language
English
Description
Inside the walls of Indiana's elite Westmont Preparatory High School, expectations run high and rules are strictly enforced. But in the woods beyond the manicured campus and playing fields sits an abandoned boarding house that is infamous among Westmont's students as a late-night hangout. Here, only one rule applies: don't let your candle go out--unless you want the Man in the Mirror to find you.... One year ago, two students were killed there in...
96) Salt
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds Anikwa, of the Miami village of Kekionga, and James, of the trading post outside Fort Wayne, find their friendship threatened by the rising fear and tension brought by the War of 1812.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thanks to an unexpected windfall, Sam Gardner's congregation (with the exception of a few malcontents) is eager to expand their meetinghouse. But before building can commence, the County Environmental Board and the Department of Natural Resources put the quietus on the plan. A colony of endangered Indiana bats have made the tree beside the meetinghouse, and the meetinghouse attic, their place of hanging, mating, and living, which poses a big problem...
99) Pixie pushes on
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Caring for a runt lamb helps Pixie gain empathy when, in the 1940s, her family moves to her grandparents' farm and her sister Charlotte contracts polio and is sent away.