The Hope Chest
Random House Children's Books · Paperback · December 28, 2010
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with this stirring historical novel about women's suffrage!
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- Who it’s for
- A determined search meets the lively, consequential struggle for women’s right to vote.
- Themes
- Women’s suffrage, Sisterhood and friendship, Fighting for justice
- Pacing
- Fast
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Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with this stirring historical novel about women's suffrage! She’s searching for her sister. Along the way, she finds a friend . . . and a cause. It’s been three years since Violet’s sister, Chloe, left home, and Violet is determined to find her! She runs away and follows her sister’s trail all the way to New York and then Tennessee. There, she discovers not only Chloe but the fierce fight for women’s right to vote.
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And what a fight it is! Violet and her new friend Myrtle join Chloe in the Suffragists’ cause, eager to sway legislators to their side. Violet knows that her parents would surely disapprove of her decisions, but if fighting for justice makes her the wrong kind of girl . . . then why does it feel so right? A perfect Common Core tie-in, The Hope Chest includes back matter with period photographs, historical notes about the suffrage movement, a "Voting in America" timeline, and other activities. It's also a New York State curriculum title for fourth grade. Don't miss Starting from Seneca Falls, another historical novel about women's suffrage from the author of The Hope Chest!
History in Motion
A determined search meets the lively, consequential struggle for women’s right to vote.
Come here for
- A young reader’s path into the suffrage movement
- Historical fiction with a clear sense of purpose
Expect
- Allies, conviction, and a fight to sway legislators
- A story grounded in the campaign for voting rights
Where it sits
| Girls & Young Women | 91% |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century U.S. | 75% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Girls & Young Women
- 20th-Century U.S.
- Prejudice & Racism
- Authors
- Karen Schwabach
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- December 28, 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Women’s suffrage · Sisterhood and friendship · Fighting for justice
- Reading lane
- Girls & Young Women