An Amish settlement in Ohio has run afoul of a law requiring their children to attend public school. Caleb Bender and his neighbors are arrested for neglect, with the state ordering the children be placed in an institution. Among them are Caleb's teenage daughter, Rachel, and the boy she has her eye on, Jake Weaver. Romance blooms between the two when Rachel helps Jake escape the children's home. Searching for a place to relocate his family where no such laws apply, Caleb learns there's inexpensive land for sale in Mexico, ...
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An Amish settlement in Ohio has run afoul of a law requiring their children to attend public school. Caleb Bender and his neighbors are arrested for neglect, with the state ordering the children be placed in an institution. Among them are Caleb's teenage daughter, Rachel, and the boy she has her eye on, Jake Weaver. Romance blooms between the two when Rachel helps Jake escape the children's home. Searching for a place to relocate his family where no such laws apply, Caleb learns there's inexpensive land for sale in Mexico, a place called Paradise Valley. Despite rumors of instability in the wake of the Mexican revolution, the Amish community decides this is their answer. And since it was Caleb's idea, he and his family will be the pioneers. They will send for the others once he's established a foothold and assessed the situation. Caleb's daughters are thrown into turmoil. Rachel doesn't want to leave Jake. Her sister, Emma, who has been courting Levi Mullet, fears her dreams of marriage will be dashed. Miriam has never had a beau and is acutely aware there will be no prospects in Mexico. Once there, they meet Domingo, a young man and guide who takes a liking to Miriam, something her father would never approve. While Paradise Valley is everything they'd hoped it would be, it isn't long before the bandits start giving them trouble, threatening to upset the fledgling Amish settlement, even putting their lives in danger. Thankfully no one has been harmed so far, anyway.
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I received this book from the publisher in exchange for reviewing it, but that hasn't affected my opinion. At first, I assumed the book had been written by a woman and at one point, I wanted to see something about the author. That's when I looked at the back and found out Dale was a man! I appreciated the page at the front where he lists the family members of Caleb and Martha Bender. The story grabbed me right away when Caleb Bender and other Amish fathers were arrested for not sending their children to public school. As Caleb became aware of property available in Mexico and decided to move there, I wondered if this was a story based on historical fact, and was amazed to find out that it was. The trials and tribulations experienced by the family weave a story that is hard to put down. I have always been fascinated by the Amish people and enjoy reading about what their lives are like (past or present). It's a story about faith, love, family and work. There is hope for the future too as this is the first of a series about the daughters of Caleb Bender. I will definitely be watching for that book to come out and also want to read some of Dale Cramer's other books.