Christina Moore
Author
Series
An Elm Creek quilts novel volume 21
Language
English
Description
When severe winter weather damages a church hosting the annual Christmas boutique, Sylvia offers space at Elm Creek Manor, where fundraising efforts are complicated by the personal struggles of her fellow quilters.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker and Mrs. Lincoln's Rival imagines the inner life of Julia Grant, beloved as a Civil War general's wife and the First Lady, yet who grappled with a profound and complex relationship with the slave who was her namesake-until she forged a proud identity of her own. In 1844, Missouri belle Julia Dent met dazzling horseman Lieutenant Ulysses S Grant. Four years passed before their parents...
4) Plain truth
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
The discovery of a dead baby under a pile of old blankets in Aaron Fisher's barn sets off a scandal in Amish country and an investigation that could implicate Fisher's eighteen-year-old daughter.
Author
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini celebrates Christmas, past and present, with a wondrous novel inspired by the classic poem "Christmas Bells," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I heard the bells on Christmas Day/ Their old familiar carols play/ And wild and sweet/ The words repeat/Of peace on earth, good-will to men! In 1860, the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow family celebrated Christmas at Craigie House, their home in Cambridge,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The best-selling author of Girl Waits with Gun returns with another adventure featuring the fascinating, feisty, and unforgettable Kopp sisters. After besting (and arresting) a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs in Girl Waits with Gun, Constance Kopp became one of the nation's first deputy sheriffs. She's proven that she can't be deterred, evaded, or outrun. But when the wiles of a German-speaking con man threaten her position and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1704, Mohawk Indians attack the frontier village of Deerfield, Massachusetts, kidnapping and marching over 100 residents, including seven-year-old Eunice Williams, to Canada where she is eventually adopted into a Mohawk family and remains there willingly for the rest of her life. Based on a true story.
Author
Series
Amish brides of Birch Creek volume 3
Language
English
Description
Selah Ropp has returned to Birch Creek a changed person and looking for a fresh start. She accepts a job at the new inn opened by Levi Stoll. Levi also has a troubled history and hopes his matchmaking grandmother doesn't try any schemes on the two of them.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Drunken Botanist comes an enthralling novel based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs. Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters from city to country fifteen years ago. When a powerful, ruthless factory...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Luna, whose magical abilities are emerging, was raised in the forest by a witch, a swamp monster, and a dragon, but when a young man from the Protectorate is determined to kill the witch, Luna must use her magic to protect her family.
13) The covenant
Author
Series
Abram's daughters volume 1
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Years of secrecy bind the tiny community of Gobbler's Knob together more than the present inhabitants know, and the Plain folk who farm the land rarely interact with the fancy locals. So when Sadie is beguiled by a dark-haired English boy, it is Sadie's younger sister, Leah, who suffers from her sister's shameful loss of innocence. And what of Leah's sweetheart, Jonas Mast, sent to Ohio under the Bishop's command? Drawn into an incomprehensible pact...
Author
Series
Elm Creek quilts volume 17
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
viii, 342 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Facing radical changes in their roles and outlooks when the men in their lives join the Union forces, the women of Elm Creek Valley's quilting bee begin an agonizing period of waiting that is shaped by their husbands' military duties and their respective circumstances.
Author
Series
Under northern skies volume Book 1
Under northern skies volume 1
Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction
Under northern skies volume 1
Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction
Language
English
Description
"In 1910, Signe, her husband, and their boys emigrate from Norway to Minnesota, dreaming of one day owning a farm of their own. But the relatives they've come to stay with are harsh and demanding. As Signe's family is worked to the bone to repay the cost of their voyage, can she learn to trust God through this trial and hold on to hope for a better future?"--
16) The wish
Author
Language
English
Description
"Leona Speicher got the "sister" she'd always dreamed of the day Gloria Gingerich and her family moved to Lancaster County Amish farmland. The Arkansas newcomers seem to be everything a devout Plain family should be, and Leona can't help comparing Gloria's engaging young parents to her own. Leona's cousin shows a romantic interest in Gloria around the same time as Gloria's older brother expresses his fondness for Leona--it seems likely the two young...
Author
Series
Under Northern skies volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1906 Minnesota, Nilda Carlson's life now resembles the images that filled her dreams in Norway. But when she spots the man from her terrifying past in town, her new life and hope for love could come crashing down around her. Did danger follow her across the Atlantic?"--
18) The betrayal
Author
Series
Abram's daughters volume 2
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Seperated from her beloved Jonas after he takes a six-month carpenter's apprenticeship in Ohio, Leah hopes that their relationship will endure but finds herself challenged by an unexpected test facing their families.
Author
Series
An Elm Creek quilts novel volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sylvia Bergstrom Compson and her fiance Andrew embark on a difficult journey to find her mother's missing heirloom quilts, all the while discovering secrets regarding her mother's life and untimely death.
Author
Series
Quilts volume 10
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Newlyweds Elizabeth and Henry set out on a cross-country journey to the site of their new home only to discover that they have been the victims of fraud and are now penniless, which forces Henry to take a job as a ranch hand while Elizabeth begins a new quilt.