Lost Classics - Hope & Have

Hope and Have

Oliver Optic wrote many delightful stories for children back in the 19th century. Hope and Have introduces us to a young orphan named Fanny Grant, who undergoes a miraculous transformation. When we first meet Fanny, we see a very naughty girl, who lacks direction, respect and self-discipline. The first part of our story relays how Fanny, through trials, triumphs and her faith in God, has a change of heart. The second part of the story follows Fanny's adventures during the terrible Indian massacre of 1862 in Minnesota. The gripping story of how Fanny and a young man named Ethan French escape the Indians makes this a captivating book and a wonderful lesson in how God's grace saves us-in more ways than one.

Fanny was safe for the moment, but the next instant might doom her to a violent death, to cruel torture, or to a captivity more to be dreaded than either death or torture. "Do you ever pray, Ethan?" asked Fanny, impressively. "Not much," replied he, evasively. "Let us pray to God. He can help us, and He will, if we ask Him in the right spirit." "I dunno how," added Ethan. "I will pray for both of us. The Indians can't hear us now, but God can." Ethan listened to the prayer, and seemed to join earnestly in the petitions it contained. With his more devout companion, he felt that God was able to save them, to blunt the edges of the weapons raised to destroy them, or to transform their savage and bitter foes into the warmest and truest of friends. "I feel better," said Fanny, after a moment of silence at the conclusion of the prayer. "So do I," replied Ethan, whose altered look and more resolute tones confirmed his words. "I feel like I could fight some o' them Injins." The light step of the moccasined feet of the Indians was now distinctly heard in the barn. Their guttural jargon grated harshly on the ears of the fugitives in their concealment, as they tremblingly waited the issue. -Excerpt from Hope and Have-

BONUS! This book includes a Build-Your-Vocabulary Glossary for quick lookup of words children may not know.

By Oliver Optic

SRP $14.95

Fiction/Youth/Historical Fiction

ISBN 0-9652735-6-3

Softcover

272 pages

Ages 8-12

Illustrated

Glossary

960L