Chestnut Ridge Acres (Whispering Brook Series #3)

301 Pages·1997·1.41 MB·English

by  Carrie Bender

Chestnut Ridge Acres Whispering Brook
title:
Series
author: Bender, Carrie.
publisher: Herald Press
isbn10 | asin: 0836190777
print isbn13: 9780836190779
ebook isbn13: 9780585262987
language: English
Amish--Fiction, Farm life--Fiction, Family
subject
life--Fiction.
publication date: 1997
lcc: PZ7.B43136Ch 1997eb
ddc: 813.54
Amish--Fiction, Farm life--Fiction, Family
subject:
life--Fiction.
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Chestnut Ridge Acres
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Books by Carrie Bender
WHISPERING BROOK SERIES
Whispering Brook Farm
Summerville Days
Chestnut Ridge Acres
Miriam's Journal Series
A Fruitful Vine
A Winding Path
A Joyous Heart
A Treasured Friendship
A Golden Sunbeam
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Chestnut Ridge Acres
Carrie Bender
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bender, Carrie, date.
Chestnut Ridge Acres / Carrie Bender.
p. cm.(Whispering Brook series ; 3)
Summary: Joe and Arie, a young Amish couple, try to get
through their first summer on their farm with the help of
Joe's younger sister Nancy and brother Steven.
ISBN 0-8361-9077-7 (alk. paper)
[1. AmishFiction. 2. Farm lifeFiction. 3. Familylife
Fiction.] I. Title. II. Series: Bender, Carrie, date.
Whispering Brook series; 3.
PZ7.B43136Ch 1997 97-22082
[Fic]dc21
The paper used in this publication is recycled and meets the
minimum requirements of American National Standard for
Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library
Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
CHESTNUT RIDGE ACRES
Copyright © 1997 by Herald Press, Scottdale, Pa. 15683
Published simultaneously in Canada by Herald Press,
Waterloo, Ont. N2L 6H7. All rights reserved
Library of Congress Catalog Number: 97-22082
International Standard Book Number: 0-8361-9077-7
Printed in the United States of America
Cover art and illustrations by Joy Dunn Keenan
Book design by Paula Johnson
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To my
family
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Note
This story is fiction,
but true to Amish life.
Any resemblance to persons
living or dead is coincidental.
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Contents
1. The Big Day 9
2. Trapped 14
3. A Close Call 21
4. Scammed 27
5. Surveying Chestnut Ridge 33
6. Droppings in the Buggy 41
7. Moving In 50
8. Sabbath Breakers 58
9. Angry Man, Angry Dog 68
10. The Explosion 77
11. Nancy at Chestnut Ridge Acres 86
12. Thumps in the Night 94
13. A Barrel of Wood 100
14. An Evening Prowler 110
15. Chicken Thieves 117
16. Sally and Andrew 122
17. Money to Burn 132