A Stranger at Home

A Stranger at Home

A Stranger at Home is a true story about an Eskimo girl who had gone to "Outsider School".Her name is Olemaun and Margaret to the outsiders.It is NONFICTION - JUVENILE: Biography, Autobiography & History: Biography & Autobiography written by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak -Fenton.

Olemaun has came home from school where they had chopped off her hair and taught her English. Her Mom did not recognize her and she had forgotten how to speak their native language. Her sisters and brothers were afraid of her. Her Dad came and called her name and hugged her and takes her home. She is hungry but finds she is unable to eat the blubber and other native dishes.
She discovers they are going to remain in the village instead of returning to their old home. None of the people in the village will have anything to do with her and she is very lonely.Everyone seems to be scared of her. They try to talk to her but she cannot understand them.
Olemaun does not want to go back to outsiders school so she hides when the boat comes to take kids . Her friend from school also hides so she does not have to go.
She helps her Dad with the logs for their cabin, cutting ice blocks and hunting. He slowly teaches her their native tongue again. Her Mom wants her to teach her to read.
This is a good but sad book. Read it to find out what happens to Olemaun.

Beside Still Water

Beside Still Water is an Amish Romance Novel by Trisha Goyer. It is the first book about Marianna Sommer and Aaron Zook. It takes place in Montana.
Marianna Sommers and her family except Levi her brother who has let the Amish faith have moved from Indiana to Montana. Her family wants to get away from memories of the night Marianna was born. They were traveling home in their buggy when it was hit by a semi and her two older sisters were killed instantly . Her mom went into early labor and Marianna was born.
Marianna always felt like she had to try to make up for the two sisters that died. She worked hard to help her parents.She felt  like she could not replace the two lost.
When her parents decided to go to Montana Marianna did not want to go. Aaron Zook was just starting to pay her attention and was building  a cabin for her but her mom was expecting a baby and she knew they would need her to help with the other children. She agreed to go and stay 6 months out of honor to her parents. Aaron was not happy about this.
They travel to Montana by train and then  by van the rest of the way. Marianna finds it to be a beautiful place. Different from Indiana in the way the Amish live among the Englisher.
Marianna  spend lots of time with Ben Stone  a driver for the Amish. She works in the store for an Englisher. She is very confused as far as her feelings for Aaron and for Ben.Will Aaron wait for her?
I enjoyed this book even though I had read the 2nd book first.

The Wonder of Your Love

The Wonder of Your Love is an  Amish Romance story by Beth Wiseman.
Katie Ann lives in Colo. with her 2 month old son Jonas. Her husband Ivan had died in an auto accident after he had left Katie Ann for an Englisher woman, Lucy who lived in Lancaster Co. Pa. Katie Ann had no family  and lives next to Ivan's brother and family.
David and Emily another Amish couple are getting married. David is Ivan's nephew. Emily's uncle ,Eli Detweiler  has came for the wedding. He has been a widower for 17 years and raised 6 children by himself and now that his youngest daughter has married  he plans to travel. Everyone is trying to be match maker and get Eli and Katie Ann together.
 Lucy shows up at Katie Ann's and Katie discovers Lucy is pregnant with Ivan's baby.
Martha, a Englisher who lives near Katie Ann who is also a good friend helps her with the baby. Martha invites Eli to supper at Katie Ann's. He comes and enjoys the meal but is determined not to get involved though he enjoys holding Jonas. He come almost every day to visit and invites Katie Ann and Jonas to go sightseeing with him and they go two times. He is getting more and more hung up on Katie Ann.
Eli gets ready to leave and decides to ask for Katy Ann's address and phone number so he can write and call her once in awhile. He calls her almost every night and writes too. Katie finds that she has fallen in love with him but don't think he is interested.
Martha tells Katie Ann that she is going to have surgery and will probably die. Katie Ann calls Arnold, Martha's friend and tell him with out Martha knowing. The day of the surgery Arnold shows up at the hospital and finds that Martha is doing fine and will be released the next day. Danielle , Martha's room mate has been badly beaten but she refuses to tell who did it. The dr's are wanting to release her too.
Martha thinks she is loosing her mind as things start disappearing at her home but finds Danielle has been hiding upstairs.
The Wonder of Your Love is a very good Amish Romance. Read it to find out what happens.

Saving Hope

Saving Hope

Saving Hope  is a Men of the Texas Ranger Series , a Western Romance by Margaret Daley.
Wyatt Sheridan is a Texas Ranger who lives on the Lone Star Ranch with his 14 year old daughter Maddie and his mom Catherine.
Kate Sheridan runs the Beacon of Hope a place where young girls who have been forced into prostitution to come to receive help.There are several young girls there, some sent there by a judge and others voluntary.
Wyatt has been assigned to work on those cases connected to the young girls being forced to sell their bodies. A young girls body is found not far from Wyatt's ranch .Near her body was a white van from Beacon of Hope that had been missing since Rose ,another girl had disappeared.Rose had left to help a friend who had called her.Her name was Lillian and her body was the one they found but no sign of Rose.
At Beacon of Hope  another girl, Zarah  is seen getting into a white Chevy .She is found later shot in the head.

Kate's parents have been providing 75% of the funding for Beacon Of  Hope even though they have been wanting it to fail.  Her mom comes to Beacon of Hope to tell Kate that she was withdrawing the funds. Kate's family carries a lot of weight with other influential people and Kate is having a hard time finding someone to fund them. Kate know how much Beacon of Hope has helped the girls who want to get a new start on life and is desperate to find more funding. A congresswoman tells her that they will provide 65% of the funding she needs.
Catherine  has been married 3 times and involved in several relationships.  Maddie has asked about getting a temporary tattoo of a dolphin. Wyatt says no. Catherine goes against Wyatt and takes Maddie to get the tattoo without Wyatt knowing. While they were out at the mall Maddie bumps into a young guy who tells her his name is Tyler Collins and that he is 17 and a junior in high school. He asks Maddie to help him choose some things for school.
Wyatt discovers that Maddie has the tattoo and he grounds her. She arranges to meet Tyler at the back of their property. She sneaks out the bedroom window and takes her horse. When she gets back Wyatt is waiting on her and extends her grounding.
Catherine meets a man who says his name is Jack Reagan and that he is staying at a motel while there on business.
On the first day of school Tyler calls and asks Maddie to skip school and meet him at the mall. She waits till Wyatt leaves and pretends to catch the bus and hides until Catherine leaves. She then takes the keys to the old farm truck and heads to the mall. As she gets to the mall parking lot the truck dies and will not start. She is blocking cars that are parked there . She panics and calls Kate. Kate tells her she will be right there and call a tow truck if it won't start. When  Kate arrives she has brought the nurse with her and tells Kate to go with the nurse and change clothes and then the nurse will take her to school. Kate will wait for the tow truck.
On Maddie's way home Tyler calls and wants to know where she is. He is mad when he hears she is headed home. She explains that the truck broke down and she called Kate and Kate is waiting for a tow truck. Tyler was supposed to kidnap Maddie so he calls his boss and is told to take  Kate instead. He goes out and is buddy pulls his car up near the truck and he grabs Kate and puts a cloth with chloroform over her face.
Grab the book, Saving Hope and find out who is behind the prostitution ring and see what happens to Kate. I really enjoyed the book and was surprised at the ending.

Long Trail Home

Long Trail Home is a western Romance, A Morgan Family Series, written by Vickie Mc Donough. It is set in Waco, Texas 1858.
 Annie is a small girl who is being forced to be a pick pocket by her dad who is a  thief and gambler. Her dad had told her she had to steal a watch from a young man. His grandfather had lift it  to him when he died.  Annie  acts like she accidentally bumped into him and took the watch and ran and hid because the young man was chasing her. She hides in back of the blacksmith shop and falls asleep. When she awakes and starts looking for her dad he is gone. Annie is alone with no money. She walks out to edge of town and found a big house like she has dreamed about. It is a school for the blind so she pretends to be blind so she can stay.
Laura, the  lady who runs the school for the blind realizes she isn't blind but tells her she has to pretend she is to stay there as one of the rules by the owner of the school is that no one who is not blind can stay there other than Laura who teaches the kids. Laura had been in love with Sean but he had asked her to choose between the school or him.
The young man  was Raleigh Morgan. His parents had a small ranch out side town where they raised Morgan horses. His younger brother had gotten bit by a snake and died.Raleigh felt like he was to blame so he left home and joined the Army.
Seven years pass and Raleigh comes home to discover Indians had attacked his parents home and killed both of them. He found also that his fiancee had gotten married while he was gone. He winds up at the school and asks for something to eat and offers to do repairs to pay for meal. Laura tells him he can sleep in the barn and make repairs but she can only pay him by feeding him. He agrees.
One day a man shows up and says the owner of the school has died and the school belongs to him and Laura and the kids have 30 days to leave. Annie finds a little boy , Josh whose mom had died and he has no where to go but he was not blind.
What will they do? No Money! No where to go ! Read this good book to see what happens to Laura, Annie and the rest.

Treasuring Emma

Treasuring Emma, A Middlefield Family Novel is an Amish romance written by Kathleen Fuller.
   Emma Shetler has just lost her Mamm to cancer. She lives with her Grandmother. Leona. The day of the burial her Sister Clara's husband, Peter King asked Emma about her and Leona moving in with them. Emma tells him they don't have enough room and besides they want to remain in their home. Clara makes it known she don't want them any way. Emma is upset because Clara never helped when her mom was so ill. Emma  misses Adam , the guy who grew up next door but left the faith 2 years before.
  Adam left the area and was banned from the Amish faith. He gets  a letter from Leona telling him about Emma's mom and telling him he needs to come home because his mom is acting funny. He packs his bags and brings his truck back to Middlefield. His mom seems glad to see him but not his dad. Emma is glad to see him but figures he will just leave again.
  Clara is wanting to use the shed at Leona to open a fabric and yarn shop. Emma is not wanting to do this. They squabble over this until Leona says for them to do it.
 Peters cousin shows up and stays with Paul and Clara. He wants to try to get Emma to marry him so he can get the house and land. Adam don't like him and he don't like Adam.
  Leona gets pneumonia and is in ICU. Adam is there with Emma. They start working out their differences.
Read the story to find out what happens with the fabric store and to see if Adam decides to stay.

Along Wooded Paths

 Along Wooded Paths is an Amish romance by Tricia Goyer.

Marianna, her parents and all the siblings except Levi who had left the Amish faith had moved from Indiana to Montana. Marianna had left her boyfriend, Aaron Zook behind and when she was to return to Ind. she got off the tain at the first stop and returned home.
Aaron had built a cabin for him and Marianna and now her mom has contacted him to come to Montana to see her.He is getting on a train headed that way.No ne but her mom knows he is coming.
Marianna has made a few new friends since she started working at the store, some are Amish and some Englisher. One of them is Ben Stone an Englisher who drives Amish and makes deliveries. They are starting to fall in love with each other and people are talking about how they look at each other.
Aaron gets to the train station and finds a driver that Marianna's Mem had arranged to bring him to their house. On the way the driver looses control of the vehicle and Aaron gets a leg broken. Marianna hears about the accident at work and learns that it is an Amish guy from Ind. named Aaron Zook.
When she gets home her parents have brought Aaron there to recouperate. She finds herself with Aaron and starts to wonder who she loves. Ben decides to go away and work on his music career. Maryanna decides to go back to Ind with Aaron.