The Hope Chest

The Hope Chest
Author: Karen Schwabach
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2009-03-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307495949

A perfect Common Core tie-in, The Hope Chest includes nonfiction backmatter with period photographs, historical notes about the suffrage movement, and a Voting in America timeline. It's also a New York State Curriculum title for fourth grade. Eleven-year-old Violet has one goal in mind when she runs away from home: to find her sister, Chloe. Violet’s parents said Chloe had turned into the Wrong Sort of Person, but Violet knew better. The only problem is that Chloe’s not in New York anymore. She's moved on to Tennesee where she's fighting for the right of women to vote. As Violet's journey grows longer, her single-minded pursuit of reuniting with her sister changes. Before long she is standing side-by-side with her new friends—suffragists, socialists, and colored people—the type of people whom her parents would not approve. But if Violet’s becoming the Wrong Sort of Person, why does it feel just right? This stirring depiction of the very end of the women's suffrage battle in America is sure to please readers who like their historical fiction fast-paced and action-packed. American Girls fans will fall hard for Violet and her less-than-proper friends.

The Hope Chest

The Hope Chest
Author: Viola Shipman
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2017-03-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250105072

From the beloved author of Indie Next Pick The Charm Bracelet, a story about an heirloom hope chest and the connection it inspires among three people in need of hope.

The Hope Chest

The Hope Chest
Author: Carolyn Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2022
Genre:
ISBN: 9781638081630

An inheritance has reunited three estranged cousins. Their grandmother Lucy left Nessa, Flynn, and April her home nestled in the woods near Blossom, Texas, as well as a hope chest to be unlocked after they complete a special task. Together, they must hand-stitch a cherished quilt Lucy left unfinished. It meant everything to her. And now, to three people struggling with their own patchwork pasts . . .

Starting from Seneca Falls

Starting from Seneca Falls
Author: Karen Schwabach
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2020-06-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593125088

Celebrate the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment with another historical novel about women's suffrage from the author of The Hope Chest! Bridie's life has been a series of wrongs. The potato famine in Ireland. Being sent to the poorhouse when her mother's new job in America didn't turn out the way they'd hoped. Becoming an orphan. And then there's the latest wrong--having to work for a family so abusive that Bridie is afraid she won't survive. So she runs away to Seneca Falls, New York, which in 1848 is a bustling town full of possibility. There, she makes friends with Rose, a girl with her own list of wrongs, but with big dreams, too. Rose helps Bridie get a job with the strangest lady she's ever met, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Mrs. Stanton is planning a convention to talk about the rights of women. For Bridie and Rose, it's a new idea, that women and girls could have a voice. But they sure are sick of all the wrongs. Maybe it's time to fight for their rights!

The Hope Chest: A Legacy of Love

The Hope Chest: A Legacy of Love
Author: Rebekah Wilson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2001-09-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781466298729

A hope chest. What is it and what should be placed inside? Are they too old-fashioned for today's modern families? These questions and many more are answered in this wonderfully insightful book.From the author:""A Hope Chest is much more than a wooden box and the treasures hidden within its depths... The Hope Chest contains the love, hope and dreams parents have for their daughter. This is shown in a very special and physical way with each and every item the parent has searched for, considered, and either accepted or declined. It is not the money that goes into the acquisition of a Hope Chest that will make it special, but the love, time and effort of a parent for their child..." Rebekah Wilson

The Beloved Hope Chest

The Beloved Hope Chest
Author: Amy Clipston
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2017-05-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0310000955

The final book in Amy Clipston’s acclaimed Amish Heirloom series—and both a Publishers Weekly and ECPA bestseller! “Clipston has woven hints of Mattie and Leroy’s history throughout the first three books in this series, leaving her best novel yet to conclude this family’s story of loss, love and hope.” —RT Book Reviews, 4½ stars, TOP PICK! When Mattie packed her hope chest, she put away the heartache of her past. But as her daughters begin to unpack it, she discovers a healing more powerful than she ever hoped for. Mattie Fisher’s three daughters know that she’s been keeping a secret from them. With each item pulled from the beloved family hope chest, they’ve discovered a new clue about their mother’s past. But there’s a reason Mattie has been keeping her history hidden, and she’s not sure she’s ready to reopen old wounds. Will dredging up the past change the way her children view her? Or her marriage to their father? And can she handle the pain of revisiting the memories that preceded the last few happy decades? Mattie’s story is one of grief and learning to love again. But like the best things preserved in a hope chest, it's a story of love and redemption born out of heartache—and it's past time to share it. “Clipston has written another heartwarming romance, with lifelike characters and a delightfully detailed setting.” —Booklist “A story of loss and healing, the latest in award winning author Clipston’s Amish Heirloom series creatively balances love, restoration, and second chances with tackling tough issues.” —CBA Market “Clipston provides a deep, nuanced portrait of . . . grief and the challenges of trying to move forward in life while buried under pain, fear, anger, and confusion.” —Publishers Weekly

The Brides of Lancaster County

The Brides of Lancaster County
Author: Wanda E. Brunstetter
Publisher: Barbour Fiction
Total Pages: 1152
Release: 2021-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781643527932

Enjoy the bestselling Brides of Lancaster County series of four novels all under one cover. Follow four young women as they explore their places in the world--while finding love in the process.

The Hope Chest

The Hope Chest
Author: Wanda E. Brunstetter
Publisher: Brides of Lancaster County
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781636097008

Rachel has loved Silas forever--but he is her sister's boyfriend. Can Rachel ever find reason to hope that her love will be returned?

Mawzy's Hope Chest

Mawzy's Hope Chest
Author: Myra Alley Kingsbury
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-09-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781945690716

Grace Louise Walker, affectionately known as Mawzy, was born near the turn of the 20th century in the hills of West Virginia's coal-mining country.Her granddaughter, Myra, writes of how Mawzy grew to be the matriarch and inspiration for her siblings, her children, her grandchildren, hundreds of schoolchildren, and her church family. From the coal camp of Gentry Holler, through a divorce and being a single mother in an unaccepting era, to becoming the principal of Springdale Elementary, Mawzy faced tragedy many times. How she picked up and moved on each time reveals the strength of her moral fiber. When one door closed, she found another to openand stepped into it with grace and purpose. Driven to achieve, she was ahead of her time.Mawzy's Hope Chest sets the life of an incredible woman against the backdrop of a beautiful yet unforgiving land. Well-researched and documented, the book is a memoir of transformation and a helpful guide in researching the history of West Virginia.