Other editions of book Grounded

Faith kept me Plain. Science made me complicated.Book 1 in the Grounded TrilogyIn Hemlock Hollow, life isn't easy, but it is simple. Things in my community haven’t changed much in over three hundred years, since the time my Amish ancestors came to what is now the Green Republic. I milk my cow by hand, make fresh bread every morning, and hope to be courted by Jeremiah, a boy I’ve known since childhood. When my father falls ill, the English doctor says a hospital outside the wall can heal him. Jeremiah convinces me to go on rumspringa, to experience the outside world as an Englisher in order to be closer to my father during his recovery. Others have gone before me. They claim it’s an adventure. But adventure turns to horror as an ordinary light switch thrusts me into a new world, and revelations about my personal history make me question everything I believe. All my life I’ve worked to be simple. I can’t pretend anymore. Nothing about me is simple.The Grounded TrilogyGrounded, Book 1Charged, Book 2Wired, Book 3Get your copy of the book readers call a "unique, suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat read!"

Faith kept her plain. Science made her complicated. Book 1 of the Grounded Trilogy Seventeen year old Lydia Troyer is far from concerned with science or politics. Growing up behind a concrete wall in the exiled community of Hemlock Hollow, life hasn't changed much since her Amish ancestors came to America. She milks her cow by hand, makes fresh bread every morning, and hopes to be courted by a boy she’s known since childhood. But when Lydia's father has a stroke and is rushed to the outside world for medical treatment, Lydia poses as an Englisher and leaves Hemlock Hollow. An ordinary light switch thrusts her into a new world where energy is a coveted commodity and revelations about her personal history have life threatening consequences.

Faith kept me Plain. Science made me complicated.Book 1 in the Grounded TrilogyIn Hemlock Hollow, life isn't easy, but it is simple. Things in my community haven't changed much in over three hundred years, since the time my Amish ancestors came to what is now the Green Republic. I milk my cow by hand, make fresh bread every morning, and hope to be courted by Jeremiah, a boy I've known since childhood.When my father falls ill, the English doctor says a hospital outside the wall can heal him. Jeremiah convinces me to go on rumspringa, to experience the outside world as an Englisher in order to be closer to my father during his recovery. Others have gone before me. They claim it's an adventure. But adventure turns to horror as an ordinary light switch thrusts me into a new world, and revelations about my personal history make me question everything I believe.All my life I've worked to be simple. I can't pretend anymore. Nothing about me is simple.The Grounded TrilogyGrounded, Book 1Charged, Book 2Wired, Book 3Get your copy of the book readers call a "unique, suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat read!"

Faith kept me plain. Science made me complicated. In Hemlock Hollow, life isn't easy, but it is simple. Things in my community haven't changed much in over 300 years, since the time my Amish ancestors came to what is now the Green Republic. I milk my cow by hand, make fresh bread every morning, and hope to be courted by Jeremiah, a boy I've known since childhood. When my father falls ill, the English doctor says a hospital outside the wall can heal him. Jeremiah convinces me to go on rumspringa, to experience the outside world as an Englisher in order to be closer to my father during his recovery. Others have gone before me. They claim it's an adventure. But adventure turns to horror as an ordinary light switch thrusts me into a new world, and revelations about my personal history make me question everything I believe. All my life I've worked to be simple. I can't pretend anymore. Nothing about me is simple.

Faith kept me Plain. Science made me complicated.Book 1 in the Grounded TrilogyIn Hemlock Hollow, life isn't easy, but it is simple. Things in my community haven't changed much in over three hundred years, since the time my Amish ancestors came to what is now the Green Republic. I milk my cow by hand, make fresh bread every morning, and hope to be courted by Jeremiah, a boy I've known since childhood.When my father falls ill, the English doctor says a hospital outside the wall can heal him. Jeremiah convinces me to go on rumspringa, to experience the outside world as an Englisher in order to be closer to my father during his recovery. Others have gone before me. They claim it's an adventure. But adventure turns to horror as an ordinary light switch thrusts me into a new world, and revelations about my personal history make me question everything I believe. All my life I've worked to be simple. I can't pretend anymore. Nothing about me is simple.The Grounded Trilogy Grounded, Book 1 Charged, Book 2 Wired, Book 3 Get your copy of the book readers call a "unique, suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat read!"