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School. Tests. Peril.
When Jacob's Amish schoolhouse is threatened by a State teacher who wants to sacrifice their education on the alter of standardized testing, will Jacob and his friends be able to save their school, or will Jacob's attempt to help cost him his new life and home in Lancaster County?
Common core testing has come to Philadelphia orphan turned Amish teen Jacob's one room Lancaster Amish schoolhouse, and Jacob wants nothing to do with it. Kindly Mrs. Yoder, their current teacher, knows nothing about the tests or what they involve, and when Jacob tries to warn her and the other students about the disaster that looms, they tease and ignore him. But when the test arrives in the hands of the wicked State schoolteacher Ms. Smith, it's even worse than Jacob predicted, and it's up to Jacob, Mark, Jeremiah and Eli hatch a plan to rid the community of the tests, Common Core and Ms. Smith in the bargain.
Will Jacob and his friends save their school from a cycle of never-ending testing, or will Jacob's attempt to help lead to the loss of his family and the life he's built in Lancaster County?
Find out in Book 4 of the Bestselling Home for Jacob series.
Titles in the series (4)
- A Lancaster Amish Home for Jacob: A Home for Jacob, #1
1
Orphaned. Facing jail. An Amish home is Jacob's last chance. Will orphaned teen Jacob Marshall overcome his troubled past and find love and acceptance in Lancaster County? When orphaned Philadelphia teen Jacob Marshall gets in trouble with the police, he has two options - go to juvenile detention or work on a farm outside of the city. But when he chooses the latter, Jacob gets more than he bargained for as he struggles to find his place in an Old Order Amish community in Lancaster County and with Thomas Mast, the straight laced Amish family man who is charged with keeping Jacob in line. Caught between the light and dark, will Jacob be able to face his demons and put his past behind him and become simply Amish, or will his pain prove stronger than the faith of the Amish community he's grown to love? Check out if Jacob can avoid being thrown to the wolves in this book 1 of the Home for Jacob Series.
- A Lancaster Amish Prayer for Jacob: A Home for Jacob, #2
2
Will orphaned teen Jacob Marshall overcome his troubled past and find love and acceptance in Lancaster County? Amish Fiction New Releases: Abandoned Philadelphia teen Jacob Marshall continues to struggle to find his place in the Old Order Amish community in Lancaster County, but with caring and love of Thomas and Dorothy Mast, he begins to relax into his new home and his simply Amish routine. Just as he begins to feel like family, his long, lost mother shows up and attempts to win him back. Will he chose to stay go with his biological mom back to the Englisch world that treated him so poorly or stay with his new Amish family? Find out in Book 2 of the A Lancaster Amish Home for Jacob series.
- A New Life for Jacob: A Home for Jacob, #3
3
A terrible mistake. A fight to survive. Will he come home? When orphaned teen Jacob Marshall makes a terrible mistake, will he survive nature's wrath and truly find his place with the Amish of Lancaster County? Just when orphaned Philadelphia teen Jacob Marshall thinks he's settled into a new life with his Amish family in Lancaster County, things go horribly wrong. Plagued by self doubt and rage, Jacob makes a terrible mistake, injuring himself and losing his family's precious horse, Turnip. Now, Jacob and his foster sister Sarah must face nature's wrath in a fight for their lives as they struggle to find their horse, their faith and their way home. Will Jacob and Sarah survive the night, and will Jacob find the strength to overcome his self-doubt and truly accept his new Amish home and family? Find out in Book 3 of the A Lancaster Amish Home for Jacob series.
- A Lancaster Amish School for Jacob: A Home for Jacob, #4
4
School. Tests. Peril. When Jacob's Amish schoolhouse is threatened by a State teacher who wants to sacrifice their education on the alter of standardized testing, will Jacob and his friends be able to save their school, or will Jacob's attempt to help cost him his new life and home in Lancaster County? Common core testing has come to Philadelphia orphan turned Amish teen Jacob's one room Lancaster Amish schoolhouse, and Jacob wants nothing to do with it. Kindly Mrs. Yoder, their current teacher, knows nothing about the tests or what they involve, and when Jacob tries to warn her and the other students about the disaster that looms, they tease and ignore him. But when the test arrives in the hands of the wicked State schoolteacher Ms. Smith, it's even worse than Jacob predicted, and it's up to Jacob, Mark, Jeremiah and Eli hatch a plan to rid the community of the tests, Common Core and Ms. Smith in the bargain. Will Jacob and his friends save their school from a cycle of never-ending testing, or will Jacob's attempt to help lead to the loss of his family and the life he's built in Lancaster County? Find out in Book 4 of the Bestselling Home for Jacob series.
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