Product Description

From the author and publisher of the popular ELSIE DINSMORE and MILLIE KEITH book series, come the stories of VIOLET TRAVILLA

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #311014 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

From the Back Cover
Originally published more than 125 years ago in the Elsie Dinsmore series, these newly-updated stories introduce another young girl whose strong faith is a powerful example for today’s girls—Violet Travilla, the daughter of Elsie Dinsmore. Violet is a fourteen-year-old Christian girl growing up in the late 1800s. 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

About the Author
Martha Finley (1828 - 1909) was a remarkable woman whose quiet Christian life has influenced many.A teacher by profession, her writing career began wih Sunday school stories for children.In 1868, her novel Elsie Dinsmore was published and became the publisher's best-selling book that year, spawning a series that sold millions of copies at home and abroad.The Millie books were a follow-up to that series.