Violet's hidden doubts

By Martha Finley, Mission City Press

Subjects: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Children: Grades 4-6, Juvenile Fiction, Violet Travilla (Fictitious character), Christian Interest, Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9), Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, General, Religious - Christian, Juvenile Fiction / Religious / Christian, Christian life, Fiction, Southern States, History, Family life

Description: Meet Violet Travilla, the daughter of Elsie Dinsmore. Violet is a fourteen-year-old Christian girl growing up in the late 1800's. Today's readers will find it easy to identify with Violet's growing faith and struggle toward maturity. Book one begins in 1877, when creative, independent fourteen-year-old Violet learns that growing up brings new problems, feelings, and questions. As the entire Travilla family faces a tragic loss, Violet discovers that true faith defeats even hidden doubts.