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Violet's Garden

Launi K. Anderson

Salt Lake City, Utah: Aspen Books, 1996

  • Launi K. Anderson: Author
Fiction, Mormons, Juvenile Fiction
Mormons--Juvenile fiction
When the prophet, Brigham Young, asks Violet's family to move to southern Utah, Violet Brookstead is excited at the prospect of adventure. Armed with a good heart, a promise to her best friend to write, she and her family leave their comfortable home and embarks on an adventure. She soon learns, however, that the road to the dusty paradise is fraught with hardships. Her Mother breaks her leg, lumber is not to be found, and food is scarce. Through out it all, Violet maintains a good attitude in h...more When the prophet, Brigham Young, asks Violet's family to move to southern Utah, Violet Brookstead is excited at the prospect of adventure. Armed with a good heart, a promise to her best friend to write, she and her family leave their comfortable home and embarks on an adventure. She soon learns, however, that the road to the dusty paradise is fraught with hardships. Her Mother breaks her leg, lumber is not to be found, and food is scarce. Through out it all, Violet maintains a good attitude in her letters to Mattie.
BX 8687.2 .An23v 1996
9781562365066
69
Latter-Day Daughters

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