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Violet Mayhew is a proper young lady—who's on the run from her parents!
Eleven-year-old Violet has one goal in mind when she runs away from home: to find her sister, Chloe. Violet’s parents say Chloe has turned into the "wrong sort of person," but Violet knows better. The only problem is that Chloe’s not in New York anymore. She's moved on to Tennessee, where she's fighting for women's right 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 her parents would not approve of. 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.
A perfect Common Core tie-in, The Hope Chest is a New York State curriculum title for fourth grade.
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Awards
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Winner of Amelia Bloomer List Recommended Title
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Nominated for Arkansas Charlie May Simon Award
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Nominated for Hawaii Nene Master List, 2011
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About Karen Schwabach
Karen Schwabach has been voting since 1984. She grew up in upstate New York and lived for many years in Alaska, where she taught English as a second language in the Yup’ik Inuit village of Chefornak. She is the author of several books, including A Pickpocket’s Tale, The Hope Chest, The Storm before Atlanta, and Starting from Seneca Falls.
About Carla Mercer-Meyer
Carla Mercer-Meyer, a Southern California native, has a strong musical theater background, as she has been performing her entire life. Her credits include a guest appearance on The Morris Taylor Show, and her performances include Into the Woods and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, as well as many other theatrical productions. An AudioFile Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator, Mercer-Meyer resides in Southern California with her husband and four children. She is an avid audiobook listener and a book fanatic.