"Anna's Fight for Hope" by JoAnn A. Grote

About this book:

  “Times are tough for Anna Harrington.

But times are even tougher for some of her friends, who’ve been devastated by the Great Depression. Dot’s family is hungry and may lose its home, while Chet, riding the rails as a hobo in search of work, is in trouble with the law.

Twelve-year-old Anna and her cousin, Fred, watch in sorrow as others suffer, wondering what they can do to show God’s love to their friends. Soon, they come up with some clever ideas to help—but with jobs scarce, food hard to come by, and the authorities making things difficult, will Anna’s efforts be enough?”


Series: Book #20 in the “Sisters in Time” series. Click on the numbers to be taken to that review: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, & #19.


Spiritual Content- Prayers; Talks about God; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Church going; Mentions of God & Jesus; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of churches, church going, sermons, & pastors; A mention of a blessing.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dumb’; A bit of eye rolling; Mentions of wars, fighting, injuries, illnesses, & deaths (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of a baby that was kidnapped & later killed; Mentions of jails/prisons, criminals, stealing, & threats; Mentions of alcohol, drinking, drunks, & saloons; Mentions of seeing a rabbit killed (barely-above-not-detailed); A few mentions of seeing someone die from being runover (barely-above-not-detailed); A couple mentions of killing baby pigs; A couple mentions of rumors.

Sexual Content- N/A.

-Anna Harrington, age 12

-Fred Patterson
                                P.O.V. switches between Anna & Fred (mainly Fred)

                                            Set in 1931-1932
                                                    141 pages

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My personal Rating-

This book mentioned a few things (like a baby being kidnapped and later found dead & seeing a rabbit killed) that I think younger readers might have sensitivity towards. Depends on the reader, of course, but would probably be best for an adult to read along with them.

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*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.