Mary Christner Borntrager
Ellie Maust, an Old Order Amish girl growing up in the early 1900s, wishes she could wear bright dresses like her English friend, Missy, and face cream and perfume like their fancy Amish hired girl, Susie Glick.,As Ellie helps to care for the new babies in her family, milks cows, and learns to can and garden, she strains against her fatherâ€™s strict ideas and wonders what her future will hold. Along the way, she has adventures, including a sleepover at her English friendâ€™s house and a runaway buggy ride.,When Ellieâ€™s family moves to a new farm, she must take on even more chores and responsibility for her younger siblings. But attending Sunday night singings with the young people in her community and beginning a courtship with kind, gentle David Eash fill Ellieâ€™s days with contentment.,When tragedy strikes her family, Ellie must find a way to go on. Finding comfort in her Amish faith and her community, Ellie blossoms into a young woman who dedicates her future plans to God.,Book 1 of the Ellieâ€™s People: An Amish Family Saga series. ,The nine books of the Ellieâ€™s People series, beloved classics among young and old readers in Amish and Mennonite communities, are now available for todayâ€™s reader. Author Mary Christner Borntrager grew up Amish and based her novels on events in her Amish childhood. Fans of Laura Ingalls Wilderâ€™s Little House on the Prairie series will love learning to know spunky Ellie and her friends and family.,Whatâ€™s new in the Ellieâ€™s People series:,Pennsylvania Dutch glossary at the end of each book,A sample chapter from the next book in the series,Language and examples updated for todayâ€™s readers
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