Isabelle was a French Protestant persecuted by the Catholic church. They wiped out her family and subjected her comrades in faith to torture. Isabelle eventually converted to Catholicism and married a soldier but remained a Protestant at heart. She bides her time while leading a...

Kerry Chaput's novel Chasing Eleanor focuses on Magnolia Parker and her struggle during the Great Depression. Magnolia's father abandoned the family, and her mother lapsed into depression, refusing to get out of bed. Magnolia did her best to provide for her two younger brothers, despite...