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The Hope Chest

Author Karen Schwabach
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$8.99 US
RH Childrens Books | Yearling
5.25"W x 7.62"H x 0.74"D   | 7 oz | 48 per carton
On sale Dec 28, 2010 | 304 Pages | 9780375840968
Age 8-12 years | Grades 3-7
Reading Level: Lexile 800L | Fountas & Pinnell X
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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.

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!
  • WINNER
    Amelia Bloomer List Recommended Title
  • NOMINEE
    Arkansas Charlie May Simon Award
  • NOMINEE | 2011
    Hawaii Nene Master List
KAREN SCHWABACH grew up in upstate New York and lived for many years in Alaska, where she taught ESL in the Yup'ik village of Chefornak. She later taught in the education department at Salem College in North Carolina. She's the author of A Pickpocket's Tale, The Hope Chest, The Storm Before Atlanta, and Starting from Seneca Falls. View titles by Karen Schwabach

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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.

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!

Awards

  • WINNER
    Amelia Bloomer List Recommended Title
  • NOMINEE
    Arkansas Charlie May Simon Award
  • NOMINEE | 2011
    Hawaii Nene Master List

Author

KAREN SCHWABACH grew up in upstate New York and lived for many years in Alaska, where she taught ESL in the Yup'ik village of Chefornak. She later taught in the education department at Salem College in North Carolina. She's the author of A Pickpocket's Tale, The Hope Chest, The Storm Before Atlanta, and Starting from Seneca Falls. View titles by Karen Schwabach

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Educator Guide for The Hope Chest

Classroom-based guides appropriate for schools and colleges provide pre-reading and classroom activities, discussion questions connected to the curriculum, further reading, and resources.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

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