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Flora E. Berry

A British writer of children's fiction, she is remembered for stories that blend lively young heroines with a strong moral and Christian thread. Her work has a distinctly early-20th-century feel, with family tension, school life, and character growth at the center.

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Monica's Choice

Monica's Choice

by Flora E. Berry

About the author

Flora E. Berry, also listed as Flora Eliza Berry, was a British author of children's books. Sources available online place her birth in Deptford, England, in the early 1870s and her death in Swanage, Dorset, in 1949.

Her fiction appears to have been written mainly for younger readers, and several sources describe it as carrying an evangelical Christian tone. Known titles include Monica's Choice, Neta Lyall, In Small Corners, and Lettice Martyn's Crusade.

Today, Berry is a fairly obscure author, but some of her work remains accessible through public-domain archives such as Project Gutenberg. Monica's Choice, first published in 1904, is the title most easily found and gives a good sense of her interest in spirited girls, discipline, friendship, and moral development.