The Prescott Girls: A Letter From Philadelphia
Three sisters. One letter. A quiet act of courage.
In 1834, after the loss of their father and the sale of their home, Beckie, Louisa, and Sallie Prescott journey by wagon to the old Pownalborough Courthouse in Dresden, Maine, where their family must begin again. The former courtroom becomes their home, and life slowly takes shape in an unfamiliar place.
Then a letter arrives from their friend in Philadelphia, carrying more than news. It poses a difficult question: will they continue to use sugar produced by enslaved people, or choose another path?
As the sisters wrestle with this decision, they discover that courage does not require a loud voice. It begins with small, deliberate choices, guided by conscience, family, and the values they stitch into their daily lives.
Drawn from real nineteenth-century samplers, letters, and historical records connected to the Prescott family, The Prescott Girls: A Letter from Philadelphia is a work of historical fiction rooted in original artifacts, offering young readers a window into the past and the quiet ways ordinary people shape history.