About this book:
“Set in the mid 1800's when Americans were heading west.
Nine-year-old Chelsea Marie isn't happy about the fact that her family is getting ready to move all the way across the country. Why does she have to start all over again, making new Friends? When Grand Doll shares the story of Katie Sue – a young relative who traveled by wagon train with her family from Tennessee to Texas in 1850 – Chelsea learns that she can truly trust the Lord with all of the changes in her life, even the really big ones.”
Series: Book #2 in “The Eleanor” series. Reviews of Book #1 Here! and Book #2 Here!
Spiritual Content- Proverbs 3:5-6 at the beginning & also quoted many times throughout the book; Other Scriptures are read, remembered, quoted, mentioned, discussed, & thought over; Many Prayers, Praising God, & Thanking God; Church going, singing hymns, & sermons; Many talks about God, God being trustworthy, trusting Him, & witnessing to others; Most ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Katie’s parents feel lead to go west to start churches and make disciples (her father will be a pastor); When a tragedy strikes a family, Katie Sue asks her mother what that family will do and her mother responds that “They will go on living, sweetheart. That’s what you do when tragedy strikes—you go on. And somehow in the midst of it, you remember that God is for you, not against you. You keep on trusting Him, even when things are really, really hard.” (Katie Sue asks if God could have healed the family, but her mother tells her that while yes, He could have, trusting God makes the most sense during times like this); Katie witnesses to a friend and leads her to accepting Christ; Many mentions of God, Jesus Christ, trusting Him, being called by Him, & having peace; Many mentions of prayers, praying, praising God, & thanking God; Many mentions of churches, church going, services, sermons, hymns, & preachers; Mentions of Bibles, Bible reading, & those and events from the Bible; Mentions of God healing someone’s heart (a physical heart problem); A few mentions of different Christian churches/denominations (Baptist, Methodist, & Catholic; This is brought up by Katie Sue’s father and she remarks that the people on the wagon train “were from different kinds of Christian churches, but they all seemed to love the Lord just the same!”); A few mentions of Heaven (and how going there as nothing to do with good deeds); A mention of being Blessed; At the end of the book, in bonus content, there is a devotional-like lesson about trust with many Scriptures and Biblical events shared.
Negative Content- Both Chelsea Marie and Katie Sue do not want to move, but neither of them share with their parents about their feelings (Chelsea Marie shares with her grandmother and says it’s not fair she has to move; Katie Sue is very sad and her heart hurts just thinking about it); Mentions of wars/battles & deaths; Mentions of illnesses (yellow fever), injuries, deaths (including a pregnant woman and her baby), & grief; A few mentions of a raid & kidnappings (Fort Parker in 1836); A couple mentions of a mule having to be shot after a broken leg (which Katie Sue overhears two men talking about it); A couple mentions of a grandfather who recently moved to a nursing home; A couple mentions of cigar smoke & tobacco; A couple mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of hunting & a deer; A mention of the possibility of a wagon catching on fire; A mention of a bank robber;
*Note: Katie Sue is frightened to hear stories about Indians and freezes when she meets a group of them (they are afraid of her as well, but the meeting goes well); Mentions of historical figures (Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, Francis Scott Key, & Corrie ten Boom).
Sexual Content- N/A;
*Note: A woman comments about Katie Sue’s dress making her wish she was “young and slender again” and pats her own hips.
-Chelsea Marie, age 9
-Katie Sue Herod, age 11
P.O.V. switches between them
Set in 1851
220 pages
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My personal Rating-
This was another sweet story with great lessons in it! A major part of this book is that Katie Sue has to learn to trust & fully rely on God during her family’s travels. She was a sweet girl with a good heart and attitude, which made me like this book more.
The events of this book (like the prior books in the series) do have a slight rose-tint to them. I would compare them to the “American Girl” books in that way, but I appreciate and enjoy them better than the “Sisters in Time” series. The emphasis on Christian morals, lessons, and good attitudes is definitely making the “Eleanor” series stand out in my mind.
See y’all on Wednesday with a new review!
*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.
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