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Little Amish Lizzie

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by Linda Byler
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Lizzie is a five-year-old Amish girl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She is spunky, sensitive, and not nearly as pious as her older sister Emma. Lizzie sometimes daydreams instead of praying when she bows her head before meals . . . but she figures God knows she's grateful for the good food Mam puts on the table every night. Her wild spirit often gets her in trouble, though, and she wonders why she can't be as sweet and kind as her goody-two-shoes big sister. Will she always be at odds with her own fiery spirit?
Although Lizzie loves adventure, when her father's business begins to struggle and she learns they're moving to a new house in a different town, all she wants is to stay in the beloved home she knows with the little picket fence, the bubbling creek, and her favorite climbing trees. Through Linda Byler's vivid descriptions of Amish life, you can walk with Lizzie as she adjusts to a new school, experience the terror of their awful buggy accident, laugh at her misadventures, and feel her struggle as she begins to question who she is as an individual in the midst of her tight knit Amish community.
This is the first book in the Buggy Spoke series, which follows Lizzie through her tumultuous teenage years as she struggles to mesh her hot temper and willful ways with her Amish faith. These books are the prequels to Linda Byler's bestselling Lizzie Searches for Love Trilogy, geared to a younger audience (ages 8-10). Reminiscent of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, these books are delightful accounts of another way of life; each chapter is filled with vivid descriptions of Amish food, farms, and traditions. The series explores themes of respecting parents, not fitting in, sibling rivalry, recognizing your own shortcomings and gifts, and reconciling a strong personality with an abiding faith.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Buggy Spoke

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 7, 2018

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781680993585
      • File size: 3400 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781680993585
      • File size: 3398 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      July 15, 2018
      Vignettes of the daily life of 5-year-old Lizzie and her family provide a mirror and window into Amish life from the perspective of a very young child. Lizzie's father, known as Dat, runs a harness shop, while Mam takes care of their home. Sister Emma, one year older, is always calm and good--which is a trial to impetuous, messy, and spunky Lizzie. Lizzie's also imaginative, fearful of things that never worry her older sister. It's clear that this episodic tale is not about the religion of the Amish but rather intends to convey the culture of the all-white community, and details of how the family functions without electricity or automobiles are woven throughout. While much of what's depicted is akin to the farm life of 100 years ago, there are intrusions of the modern world (such as the moving truck that relocates the family). With very young protagonists helming a nearly 300-page novel, it's hard to envision the audience except as a family read-aloud or for those wanting to look into or out of Amish windows. For those readers, this is just the first in the Buggy Spoke series (Vol. 2, Lizzie and Emma, publishes simultaneously). Scattered throughout are what appear to be pencil drawings that are very childlike.Diversity that could be nostalgically attractive yet is specific to now. (Fiction. 9-12)

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