In 1920 the world was changing. Violet only saw her brother come home from World War I shell shocked and bed-ridden and her sister leave home for New York City and the chance to become a nurse. Violet stayed home with her sometimes harshly ignorant father and her mother, who was mourning her son's loss.
One day Violet discovered letters her sister had written and her parents had kept from her. Incensed, the eleven-year-old fled to New York to meet with her older sister. When she arrived Chloe had already left the city to help in the women's suffrage movement. Violet continues to look for Chloe, and accepts the aid of a young black girl, an orphan sent north for training as a maid. The pair go to Washington, DC then on to Tennessee where Chloe is fighting for votes to ratify the 19th Amendment.
Violet's parents say Chloe has become "The Wrong Sort of Person" but Violet finds herself becoming more and more like Chloe with each new experience. Violet stands on the brink of listening to her parents and living their ideals, and becoming her own person with thoughts and political opinions of her own. This story follows that transition, with historical photographs and material to show readers where in the scope of history Violet fits. Elementary readers will enjoy the fast-paced action and even learn something about the fight for Women's Suffrage.
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