Letters between two friends, one a student in Richmond, Virginia, and the other a soldier in Washington, D.C., chronicle their experiences during the Civil War, including their work as Union spies and their reliance on God.
Letters between two young girls, one from Goose Creek, Virginia, and her friend living in Philadelphia, chronicle their involvement in helping an escaped slave travel via the Underground Railroad to join her father in Canada.
The beloved characters and setting of the Christy books by Catherine Marshall are the basis of this illustrated story of Christmas love for children ages 4-8Ruby Mae, one of the students in Cutter Gap, brags that she’s spending Christmas with her father. The truth is that her father left her at the mission shortly after her mother died. Ruby Mae goes to the deserted family cabin where she tries to exist until Christmas is over rather than admit her father does not care enough to be there for her. While searching for firewood, she trips and bangs her head and falls unconscious into the snow. A concerned Christy goes on horseback to check on Ruby Mae and finds her wounded and bleeding. Christy manages to get Ruby Mae onto the horse and takes her to the nearby Spencer cabin. Not knowing his daughter is there, Ruby’s father shows up to greet the Spencers, just as Ruby Mae is coming around. He gives her a special gift to remember both this Christmas and her mother and promises to be a better father to her.This lovely story of renewal of relationships assures young children of how much God cares for all his children, and shows them the true meaning of Christmas.
Letters between two young girls, one in Washington, D.C., and eager to become a newspaper reporter, the other in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, determined to take flying lessons, chronicle not only events in the year leading up to the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor,b
Letters between two young girls, one in London and the other in English settlements in Virginia, chronicle the events during the difficult early years at James Towne and Henricus and the role of Pocahontas in this period of history.
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The author provides answers to the various letters she receives from her fans, offering information about her writing career and the characters in her novels, and supplying advice on friends, family, boyfriends, adolescence, and religion.
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