Books with title Thee, Hannah!

Hannah Waverly made her purity pledge before Church, Family, and God with honorable intentions. But when Jeremy Wright brings revival to their little town, it does more than revive sleepy spirits; it awakens emotions better left alone. Emotions that neither she, nor Jeremy know how to control. Can her faith bring redemption and forgiveness to her shattered family? Or will Hannah's secret require more than tears and forgiveness?

"Sometimes I felt that it was more than my share. Yet I have found joy in my work."Hannah Kraft struggled with life in Oklahoma during the Great Depression. She fought her way through two years of high school before she had to reliquish her dream of a diploma. She married Bernard Yanke and had three children before Bernard died from heart disease. Hannah, unable to provide for her children, left them with her parents, finished school, and began teaching. For the rest of her life, her indomitable determination, faith in God, and zest and zeal for life inspired many as she taught school--elementary through college--despite tragedies which would rival Job's. Only eternity will reveal the hundreds who have been helped by Hannah's strength of character and noble example.

Nine-year-old Hannah would do almost anything to go to school with all the other children in town. But Hannah is blind and her parents keep her at home where she is " safe." Then Lydia Robbin comes to town. She's a strong-willed teacher who accomplishes a small miracle: she convinces Hannah's parents to send her to school. At first Hannah is overjoyed. But she soon learns that there are many obstacles--and people-- that stand in the way of her education. Hannah will need tremendous courage to prove to her classmates, her parents and herself that Miss Robbin was right to believe in her.

Life is incredibly hard for all the immigrant families who work in the mine, but harder still for Hannah's - her father recently killed in the mine, her mother nearly dead from giving birth to the latest child. Hanna defies all convention and passes herself off as a boy to get into the mine that is their only real hope of salvation. Common wisdom is that women are bad luck in a mine, so when her secret is discovered, the superstitious miners are furious. Will she survive this too? Author Diana Vazquez paints a gritty portrait of the bleak mining shanty town and the lives of the people who live there. But it is the indomitable spirit of her unsentimental, blunt, and fearless heroine that will remain memorable to all who encounter her.

Hannah Waverly made her purity pledge before Church, Family, and God with honorable intentions. But when Jeremy Wright brings revival to their little town, it does more than revive sleepy spirits; it awakens emotions better left alone. Emotions that neither she, nor Jeremy know how to control. Can her faith bring redemption and forgiveness to her shattered family? Or will Hannah's secret require more than tears and forgiveness?

Illus. in black-and-white. "Nine-year-old Hannah, living on a farm in 1887 Michigan, is referred to as 'poor Hannah' because she is blind. In this brief historical novel, Hannah tells of a turning point in her life when Miss Robbin, the new teacher, comes to board with them and eventually persuades the family to let Hannah attend school. A touching, believable story with strong characterizations and sense of place."--Horn Book.