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Hannah's Girls: Elaine
Author: Merkel, Ruth
ISBN: 9780828019552
Copyright: 2008
Price: $9.99
Weight: .41
Category: Ages 9-12
Dimensions:
Length: 8
Width: 5.25
Height: .375 Pages: 176
Illustration count:
Elaine’s family has just moved back to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Living in a new house on a different street promises to be lots of
fun! Elaine and her sister, Marcia, hope that there will be nice
kids in their new neighborhood, and there are—except for Monica.
Even though they try to like her, they just can’t. But shy, quiet
Joanie from down the street does something that changes everything.
Camp meeting is the highlight of every summer, and this year is no
different. Meeting up with old friends, weathering a fierce
thunderstorm, and waging war on unsuspecting camp guards add to the
fun. The excitement doesn’t stop once the family returns home: a
tornado shakes the house, Elaine takes a trip to the hospital, and
someone must save Marcia from drowning.
Winter brings heaps of snow, and the girls build a snow fort down
the street. A snowball fight breaks out—girls against boys! At a
family reunion, Uncle Steve recalls a long-forgotten tale of a
mysterious stranger and tire tracks in the snow.
This is Elaine’s story—the fifth in a series of six true stories
about Adventist girls: Ann, Marilla, Grace, Ruthie, Elaine, and
Erin. Elaine was born in 1961. Her daughter, Erin, is a teenager
today. When Erin was born, Grandmother Ruth wanted her to know that
she was a sixth-generation Adventist, as well as a
thirteenth-generation American girl whose ancestors helped to
establish their country, the United States of America. But most of
all she wanted Erin to know that her greatest heritage is that she
is a child of the heavenly King—royalty indeed—and so are you!
Author Bio: Ruth Merkel, a member of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, grew up on family stories. Her historical research has
verified the details of these stories, which have now been woven
into this series, Hannah’s Girls.
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