School: Tupi National High School Date: October 29, 2014
Book Report 5
Noah’s Sweetheart/Rebecca Kertz
Main Characters: Rachel Hostetler and Noah Lapp
Theme: Inspirational Romance
Point of View: First and third Person
Setting: Lancaster County, Happiness, Pennsylvania, Schoolhouse
Plot: After suffering a broken engagement, teacher Rachel Hostetler is looking for a fresh start. When handsome Noah Lapp rescues her from a runaway buggy her first day in town, things seem hopeful. Then Rachel hears talk that Noah is expected to court her cousin, Charlotte. Yet Noah spends all his free time with Rachel.
Climax: After they spend time together she knew that Noah didn’t want Charlotte as her partner but only as a friend, after that time Noah started to court her, she say yes and they was very happy in that time.
Falling Action: When they was courting Rachel had been in hospital because of her stomach ache, she was scared to say to Noah that she has this illness after the buggy accident.
Denouement: In the second day in hospital Noah had proposed to Rachel as to be her husband and Rachel said yes, after that they planned their wedding. In early November, long after the fall harvest, the church community gathered together on a Tuesday in the home of the King family to celebrate the marriage of Noah Lapp and Rachel Hostetler, the occasion was a joyful affair, which promised to last from early morning until early evening for the elders; the young people would later head into the barn to continue the party well into the night. Rachel’s family had come to Happiness from Millersburg, Ohio; Ezekiel and Henrietta had been pleased to meet Rachel’s intended and to witness firsthand their daughter’s joy. Noah and Rachel’s intent to marry had been “published,” or announced before the community.
Lesson Learned:
Vocabulary:
Buggy- refers to a