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Rumspringa Break (Amish Hearts Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Kristina Ludwig (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 130 ratings
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Amish Teen Fiction! Book 1 of the best selling Amish Hearts series.

Rebekah is stellar at caring for the animals on her family's farm, and even better at eluding Jakob, the neighborhood boy who has a massive crush on her. But she's never ventured out of her ultra-strict Amish community in Pennsylvania.

All that changes when she and her twin sister Mercy turn sixteen. Now, it's time to embark on Rumspringa, the rite of passage for Amish teens. Together, the girls discover the outside world, dressing in "English" clothes, cruising to the city, and partying with college students. Rebekah meets a stunning pre-veterinary student named Braeden, who encourages her to follow her dreams of becoming a veterinarian.

As her appreciation of the English lifestyle blossoms, Rebekah is faced with a massive dilemma. How can she pursue a college education and still remain accepted by her Amish community? Can she and Braeden overcome their cultural differences and build a relationship -- and will her family and friends still talk to her if they do?

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00FR1ER1U
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (October 10, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 10, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1306 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 54 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 130 ratings

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Kristina Ludwig earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and practiced pharmacy for six years before retiring to become a full-time YA fiction author, blogger, and writing coach. She has published over 20 eBooks on Amazon, including the best selling Amish Hearts, Amish in College, and Amish Couples Series. She is an avid reader of YA fiction, but will read basically anything in sight!

Kristina lives in California with the two loves of her life: her baby girl Xaviana and her husband Antonio, with whom she's launched a YouTube show, "Business, Publishing, and Life." When she's not dreaming up new stories, you can find Kristina hanging out at the beach, cooking exotic recipes, playing classical piano, journaling, swimming, doing yoga, drawing, shopping, and traveling.

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BrittdogPub
5.0 out of 5 stars A Different Twist On Amish Life
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2013
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I have read over 100 Amish books. I was pleased to discover this new series of well written Amish fiction. This book was as interesting as the second book (I read them out of order). I learned something new by reading this book. I never knew the Amish painted their picket fences blue when their daughter turns 16, to signify that she is old enough to start dating. Very interesting fact!

The day Rebekah and her twin sister Mercy turned 16, they went to a wild party with some college students. Rebekah met an English boy named Braeden and it was love at first sight. Mercy had to much too drink and the twins had to leave the party. That was only the beginning of their adventures into the fascinating world of the English.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Amish fiction. This series presents a different twist on the typical Amish fiction - a most enjoyable twist!
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bets29
4.0 out of 5 stars Good reading & well written
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2014
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I really enjoyed this story - & I'm not a young female.... lol - I didn't like it being a short story because I wanted to keep reading about the girls and their choices - but it picks up in #2.
And why it is good to have all the stories fore this series so you can just go from one to the other.

Nice, clean, simple yet shows you what they are going through and their thoughts about the English and about their Amish backgrounds.
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Brenda R
3.0 out of 5 stars WAY TO SHORT
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2014
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Rumspringa is a term that some Amish youth use in association with their right of passage. It usually begins when they are 14-16 and lasts until they decide whether to be baptized into the Amish church or leave the community completely.

This is the story of a young Old Order Amish girl named Rebekah and the English boy Braedon that she falls in love with during her Rumspringa. Because of their different beliefs and cultures this story will keep you interested to see if they can make their dreams come true and overcome their differences.

A very warm and gentle book. Very pleasing and worth reading even though it is rather short
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Mustang Beam
5.0 out of 5 stars Just a story or is it?
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2014
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A very interesting look into rumspringa. There is an Amish community near where I call home and I have often wondered how these Amish kids reconcile having lived the Rumspringa and still choose to be fully Amish once baptized and now I do understand why.

It is about personal choices. Only you know what you want out of life and if you allow yourself to be told how to be this person or how to live this kind of life you will never be anything other than a robot for that person or person(s) including religion. This story is about twin sisters who were raised Amish and allowed to go through the rumspringa. You can see the struggles between how they were raised to wanting to stay in the English without losing their families.

To each her own.
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Fun Grandma
1.0 out of 5 stars Time waster
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2014
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Amish twin girls go wild on college campus is not exactly my idea of a great read. it is definitely not worth my time to read the continuation of the story. Reads like a high school assignment. I am thinking the target audience is suppose to be young adolescent or was written by a young adolescent. Author does show some skill in writing.
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Haley
2.0 out of 5 stars Rumspringa Break
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2014
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I downloaded this book because it was free for the Kindle and it caught my interest. Sadly, it didn't really live hope to the hope I had for it. I think the biggest problem was the length. This book is short. Extremely short. There are nineteen chapters, but each chapter felt incredibly short as well. The biggest problem with the length was how awkwardly the book cut off. It didn't end. It just stopped. I know there's more to this series, but honestly, I'm guessing that could have just been added to this book to create one book that was a better length. There wasn't the slightest bit of resolution in this book.

Not only that, but I felt like I didn't have time to actually connect with the characters or the story. I wasn't pulled into the book at all, and I disliked all of the characters. They didn't feel real to me. It was as if they were all extremely two-dimensional and boring to me. Maybe that would have changed if I had read more about them, but the book was too short for me to ever find out. I also know I could go pick up the second book, but I didn't get into the first one enough to bother with the second. That may have been different if the first book had been longer and more developed. Then I might have gotten into the story enough to bother with the other books.

I wouldn't necessarily call this a bad book. It just didn't feel long enough to actually grab my interest. I also would have appreciated characters that felt more three-dimensional. I'm sure some people will enjoy this book and be able to appreciate it for what it is, but I didn't find it to be developed enough to be satisfying.
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E. Carter
4.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2014
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this book has a good story line, that is completely fictional but enjoyable to read. the characters are very believable and you can easily picture them at the college party, college campus, etc. a good story to read of you enjoy Amish Stories. this is a short story
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3.0 out of 5 stars Just okay for me
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2015
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I've read many Amish themed books. This one was okay to me, nothing great. I realized before reading it was a novella. Yet, I couldn't help but want there to be more. Even a novella can hold more storytelling than this one did.
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Cécile
2.0 out of 5 stars For teens
Reviewed in France on July 2, 2014
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I usually like reading books and stories about the Amish people, but this one is especially for teens. Being 38, I found it even childish.
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KCAngermayer
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful masterpiece
Reviewed in Germany on November 11, 2013
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It's been a long time since I read a masterpiece like this which unfolds so wonderfully slowly and naturally. Living outside the US and not being familiar with the Amish community reading this novella was a very special journey for me: It was a deep dive from the „worldly“ world as we know it into the Amish world where love and faith are the values that count – or at least should.

Rebekah, a 16 year old Amish teenager who is going through her „Rumspringa“, her wild days before comitting completely to the community, has her own dreams: She wants to study, and she wants to be together with Braeden. Both goals seem to be out of reach, and as far from realization as her small village is from Pittsburgh where Braeden lives.

The way Kristina Ludwig leads us gently into Rebekah's universe, her exploration of first love and the guilt and newborn courage that come along with it, is a real pleasure and goes deep. These characters, this story, this author are unforgettable. Can't wait to read the sequel!
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Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars book good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2013
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I like read amish book. It was very good story.

I still read more books by different authors.
I still look for more bookds.
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Laura
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2014
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Enjoyable and easy to read and an insight to someone life.
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