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    Running Around and Such (Lizzie Searches for Love) (Paperback) By (author) Linda Byler

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    Short Description for Running Around and SuchIt isnt that Lizzie doesnt want to stay Amish. Its just that there is so much to figure out. Like why cant she let her hair a little looser on top? And why cant she wear shoes with a little bit more of a heel? And will she ever really just know for a fact who she is going to marry like her next-older sister, Emma, does? And how does it happen that her just-younger sister, Mandy, is going on a date
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    Brenda Casto Lizzie Glick is the second oldest of five children in her family. Her family lives in Jefferson County and her dat owns a pallet shop, but her dat has decided to sell the business and become a farmer. None of the family really want to move to the country, because there aren't very many Amish families living there, Lizzie's biggest worry is how her and her sister Emma will find any Amish boys to date if there aren't any, but soon Lizzie has more to worry about than boys because her mam becomes sick and needs to be admitted to the hospital, so it falls on Lizzie and her sister Emma to take care of the house, something Lizzie hates.

    When Lizzie is forced to work outside the home, she hates it, but her mam is determined to prepare Lizzie for what she will need to know when she marries. When Lizzie turns sixteen and starts "running around" she soon realizes its not as easy as it seems.

    Lizzie comes off as a whiny, unhappy Amish girl and thinks that no one really likes her, but in truth she actually has self esteem issues. Her sisters are thin and pretty, while she is a bit overweight, and is also dealing with ****les! She is going thru a rebellious faze in this book, and actually I was pretty surprised at how disrespectful she was to her mam, not something I normally read in an Amish story. Just when you think she is growing up some she reverts to her whiny ways.

    The writing style of this book took a bit of getting used to, for me it took reading half of the story before I actually became interested. The way the author jumps from past to present had me re reading parts of the story just to get it! I also found a few areas where there was a few inconsistencies, for instance when Lizzie and her sister was painting at the King house, one page said the walls were old and cracked the next page said it was a new house, or when Lizzie was hanging clothes on the line, in one sentence and then in the next sentence it mentions Emma hanging them.

    While we didn't get to experience alot of Lizzie running around in this book, overall it was a nice getting a glimpse of Lizzie and her family, and since I read alot of Amish stories I normally don't run into any new Amish words but I did in this book, and having the Amish glossary in the back was very helpful. The author also includes several yumtastic Amish recipes for us to try out as well.

    Reading this story really reminded me of the series of books that Carrie Bender wrote a few years back.

    This book is the first in the Lizzie Searches for Love Series, and while this book is written for the teen to pre-teen audience I really enjoyed reading it. I look forward to reading more of Lizzie's antics in the next book
    When Strawberries Bloom, which was released in October 2010.
    Thanks to FSB Media for a review copy. by Brenda Casto

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