The Hope Chest

ISBN: 0375840966

Author: Schwabach, Karen

Condition: New

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with this stirring historical novel about women's suffrage!Shes searching for her sister. Along the way, she finds a friend . . . and a cause.Its been three years since Violets sister, Chloe, left home, and Violet is determined to find her! She runs away and follows her sisters trail all the way to New York and then Tennessee. There, she discovers not only Chloe but the fierce fight for womens right to vote.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!