Teen & Young Adult

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 doubts.

In Violet's Turning Point, Vi Travilla and her friends visit New York City. They expect a summer holiday filled with shopping, sightseeing, and social occasions in America's most exciting city, but things quickly become complicated.

Violet Travilla is about to take on a challenge unlike anything she has ever done before. Violet knows that her dream will not be easy to achieve, but still she is little prepared for the complications that await her. Who will come to her aid as she confronts the unknown forces that are determined to end her mission? What must she do to win the hearts of the people she wants to serve? ...