In the 1840's, eight-year-old heiress Elsie Dinsmore has only her Christian faith and the hope of love from the father she has never met to sustain her while living on a southern plantation with relatives who care little for her and disapprove of her strong religious principles.

Having refused to violate her religious principles, even at her father's command, nine-year-old Elsie and her father both suffer terribly during his recuperation from a serious illness, especially since his stepmother encourages the rift between them.

While visiting an elderly, eccentric great-aunt in Ohio, eighteen-year-old Elsie is courted by a young man who has been sent by her uncle Arthur to win not only her hand, but her fortune as well.

Elsie's life as a new wife seems nearly perfect until the great upheaval of the American Civil War threatens lives and tests ideals. When the nation is torn apart, how will Elsie and her loved ones deal with its tragedies?

Provides forty-five application-oriented lessons that will show today's girls what it means to walk with God and apply Biblical principles in everyday life.