Suzanna belonged to a big Amish family of nine children. They lived on a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Suzanna got her nickname because one morning before breakfast she ate a whole shoo-fly pie that she had dropped on the floor. Although Suzanna does not dress like most children, although her family has few of the things that other families consider essential, she is a happy child and her life is a gay and lively one. Her steadfast love for her older brother, Jonas, helps to bring him through a difficult time of crisis. Through it all, she enjoys the sense of love and security that a closely knit family can give to each other.