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Gene Luen Yang · 170 pages
Boxers : In China in 1898 bands of foreign missionaries and soldiers roam the countryside, bullying and robbing Chinese peasants. Little Bao has had enough: harnessing the powers of ancient Chinese gods, he recruits an army of Boxers--commoners trained in kung fu who fight to free China from "foreign devils." Saints : "China, 1898. An unwanted and unwelcome fourth daughter, Four-Girl isn't even g
A Clearing in the Wild
Jane Kirkpatrick · 370 pages
Young Emma Wagner chafes at the constraints of Bethel colony, an 1850s religious community in Missouri that is determined to remain untainted by the concerns of the world. A passionate and independent thinker, she resents the limitations placed on women, who are expected to serve in quiet submission. In a community where dissent of any form is discouraged, Emma finds it difficult to rein in her to
The Sacrifice
Beverly Lewis · 392 pages
The Abram's Daughters saga encompasses the lives of three generations of Ebersols, an Amish family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Opening with The Covenant at the end of WWII and continuing into the Fifties with The Betrayal, Leah and Sadie Ebersol have made very different choices with consequences that have left them many miles apart, both physically and emotionally. Having already suffered u
Somewhere to Belong
Judith McCoy Miller · 567 pages
Although she's always longed to see the outside world, Johanna Ilg believes her future is rooted in the Amana community inhabited by devout Christians. But when she learns a troubling secret, the world she thought she knew is shattered and she is forced to make difficult choices about a new life and the man she left behind. Berta Schumacher has lived a privileged life in Chicago, and when her pare
The Secret Keeper: A Novel of Kateryn Parr
Sandra Byrd · 352 pages
Her Daughter's Dream
Francine Rivers · 584 pages
This is a duplicate. Please update your lists. See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15520611W.
For Time & Eternity
Allison Pittman · 363 pages
Camilla Deardon meets young Mormon Nathan Fox and, despite her parents' warning, she can't refuse her heart. But even Nathan's promises cannot prepare her for what she will face in Utah.
The Believer
Ann H. Gabhart
Elizabeth Duncan has nowhere to turn. In charge of her younger brother and sister after their parents die, her options are limited. When she hears that the Shaker community in the next county takes in orphans, she presents herself and her siblings at Harmony Hill. Despite the hard work and strange new beliefs around her, Elizabeth is relieved to have a roof overhead and food to eat. But when she f
The Cross
Sigrid Undset · 394 pages
The third and final book about Kristin Lavransdatter, finds her increasingly estranged from her husband, and worried about the future of their sons; it chronicles the trials and losses Kristin must bear, and how she finds the strength to endure them.
A.D. 30
Ted Dekker · 432 pages
"A sweeping epic set in the harsh deserts of Arabia and ancient Palestine. A war that rages between kingdoms on the earth and in the heart. The harrowing journey of the woman at the center of it all. Step back in time to the year of our Lord...A.D. 30. The outcast daughter of one of the most powerful Bedouin sheikhs in Arabia, Maviah is called on to protect the very people who rejected her. When t
The Crimson Cord: Rahab's Story
Jill Eileen Smith · 422 pages
"The breathtaking story of the prostitute who risked everything to protect two Israelite spies before the battle of Jericho"--Publisher.
The Captive Heart
Dale Cramer · 348 pages
As a displaced Amish community struggles in a lawless Mexico, a forbidden love blossoms, and one man is pushed to the limits of his convictions.
Counted With the Stars
Connilyn Cossette · 352 pages
Sold into slavery by her father and forsaken by the man she was supposed to marry, young Egyptian Kiya must serve a mistress who takes pleasure in her humiliation. When terrifying plagues strike Egypt, Kiya is in the middle of it all. Choosing to flee with the Hebrews, Kiya finds herself reliant on a strange God and drawn to a man who despises her people. With everything she's ever known swept
Abinadi
H.B. Moore · 260 pages
When King Noah demands that Raquel, a daughter of one of his priests, join his harem, she flees the only life she has ever known and marries her secret love, Abinadi. They live happily together in their community of believers, enjoying their firstborn son, until the Lord calls Abinadi as His prophet with a mission that will test the couple's faith--even unto death.
The Gates of Zion
Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene · 382 pages
Historical Fiction based on fact. Time-frame is the end of WW II just before the establishment of Israel as a country.
Wings of the Morning
Lori Wick · 273 pages
The Waiting
Suzanne Woods Fisher
The Story Keeper
Lisa Wingate · 515 pages
When successful New York editor Jen Gibbs discovers a decaying slush-pile manuscript on her desk, she has no idea that the story of Sarra, a young mixed-race woman trapped in Appalachia at the turn of the twentieth century, will both take her on a journey and change her forever. Happy with her life in the city, and at the top of her career with a new job at Vida House Publishing, Jen has left her
The Hidden Flame
Davis Bunn, Janette Oke · 400 pages
In first-century Judea, the followers of the Way have burgeoned into a vibrant, growing community that cannot be ignored. Jerusalem is in turmoil as its religious leaders on one side, and their Roman rulers on the other, conspire to stamp out the fledgling Church. And Abigail, who thought she had finally found home and safety, is caught between the opposing forces.Two suitors desire the lovely Abi
The Handmaid and the Carpenter
Elizabeth Berg · 153 pages
In this wonderful novel about love and trust, hope and belief, Elizabeth Berg, the bestselling author of We Are All Welcome Here and The Year of Pleasures, transports us to Nazareth in biblical times to reimagine the events of the classic Christmas story.We see Mary--young, strong, and inquisitive--as she first meets Joseph, a serious-minded young carpenter who is steadfastly devoted to the religi
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
Anne Rice · 344 pages
In Israel, in the turbulent first century, a baby is born to a humble Jewish family - but to a great destiny. His is an uneasy childhood, as he begins to come to terms with his extraordinary powers, and the whispered mysteries surrounding his birth. The tyrannical rule of King Herod has driven the family from the Holy Land to the relative safety of cosmopolitan Alexandria. But on Herod's death,
The Well
Stephanie Landsem · 306 pages