Violet's Turning Point

A Life of Faith: Violet Travilla #3

by Martha Finley, Kersten Hamilton

In Violet's Turning Point, Vi Travilla and her friends visit New York City. They expect a summer holiday filled with shopping, sightseeing, and social occasions in America's most exciting city, but things quickly become complicated. A missing relative and a mysterious stranger from abroad plunge Vi into dramatic situations that test her confidence and challenge her understanding of what it means to be responsible for others. Will her faith sustain her as she struggles to protect her loved ones from harm? Violet's Turning Point is the third in the A Life of Violet Travilla series based on the nineteenth-century characters of Miss Martha Finley. Miss Finley dedicated herself to bringing hope and guidance to readers through her writings. Mission City Press is proud to carry on her legacy in this new series of stories about Vi, her family, and the timeless power of true faith.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction, Christian, Historical, Fiction, Middle Grade, Childrens

224 pages, Hardcover

First published July 18, 2004

About the author

Martha Finley was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years. Finley wrote many of her books under the pseudonym Martha Farquharson.

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_F... or, http://marthafinley.wordpress.com/

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Life of Faith books often tend to be a little unrealistically spiritual, but I enjoy them anyways. Not to say that people shouldn't live out there life totally for the Lord- they ABSOLUTELY should! But the way it is presented in the book makes it seem a little unrealistic to live that lifestyle, when what books like this should be doing is showing how it's possible.

That said - I've been enjoying this series. They are not Catholic, but they are Christian and I haven't run into any flagrant anti-Catholic issues. The first book is very depressing. It just is. It's fast paced, though, so you'll want to read to the end.

So far this has been my favorite of the series. I don't have the other ones yet, but I enjoyed this one a lot. Zoe added a much more interesting and realistic flair to the story - and it was a fun story too. It was interesting to see the two sides of New York back to back as well. One thing that annoyed me was that so much time had passed between the second book and this book. Violet was almost grown up. It happened so fast that there wasn't much time at all for character development! It was a fun book, though. :)

[Charlotte (Gwyn May) · Rating 3 out of 5]

The "A Life of Faith" series are completely wonderful, and I adored the entire Millie series, as well as Kathleen's. I will never get over the fact that they are no longer in print and I didn't buy the Millie Keith series back when they were readily available! All this to say, I'm pleased to at least have gotten my hands on a few of the Violet Travilla ones from a friend -bBut this one didn't delight me to usual Life of Faith standards. I enjoyed it, and it was a quick read, and pleasurable, but it could be a little bit dull, is all :)

[The Third Place A Teen Library]

F FIN lof: vt bk. 3

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book in two days! Violet is so awesome and she's taught me a lot. However, her stories don't have the adventure element that the Millie and Elsie books have.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this one! My favorite so far!

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Violet and Zoe take on NYC! There’s a search for a cousin, Zoe has secret missions, a friend gets the surprise of a lifetime, and Violet gets life-changing perspective.

[Kellyn Roth · Rating 5 out of 5]

The earlier Violet books are amongst my favorites. This one has Zoe in it, and of course we all love Zoe ... she's just too much fun. :)

[Grace Lynch · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun and quick read for me. I felt like there were a lot of small adventures and lessons learned in the story, and as a result, I never got bored with this read.