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Cyndi Lord introduces the loving Miller Family of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania in A Plain Wish (White Bird Publications). Kristi, age 16, lives in Batesville, Indiana
with her father and step mother. She is
your typical teenager. Cyndi has realistically captured that teenaged
self-centered world quite well in both language and actions. Kristi doesn’t get along with her father and
his wife, nor does she get along with her mother and her step-father. Kristi hates her life and everyone in it. She gets the idea to go live with her pen pal,
Betty Miller, at their family farm in Lancaster.
The Millers agree to the visit provided that Kristi’s
parents are in agreement and that Kristi follow their Amish lifestyle. Kristi, of course, doesn’t tell her
parents. Kristi has quite the adventure
driving from Batesville, Indiana to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Cyndi Lord’s writing is so genuine, readers
may need Dramamine and buckle their seatbelts while reading about Kristi’s
driving.
In contrast to Kristi’s crazy teenage life with her
parents, the Miller family is peaceful, loving, and helpful towards one
another. The Miller parents are strict
but loving towards their children.
Kristi craves the caring and loving that she does not feel she is
getting from her own parents and step-parents.
Kristi settles into the routine at the Miller’s home with her
rebelliousness getting in the way from time to time. The Miller parents deal with her mistakes
with kindness so that Kristi feels their discipline comes from a loving place
in their hearts.
Cyndi Lord draws clear differences between the Amish way
of life and Englisch ways. She distinctly
writes of how essential it is for all people to feel needed and loved. It is apparent that Kristi has not felt loved
and appreciated in a long time, and her demeanor and behavior show that. Kristi had not been raised to pray and her
initial attempts at prayer are sweetly childlike. The book gives a heartwarming look at the
Amish lifestyle with adventures, heartaches, and a touch of romance added in.
The series continues with A Plain Adventure, book two in
The Plain Series by Cyndi Lord. A Plain
Wish was published on April 29, 2014.
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