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Author
Series
Orphan Train adventures volume 6
Language
English
Description
In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who had come to her home in Missouri after fleeing the raid of William Quantrill and his raiders on Lawrence, Kansas.
Author
Series
Orphan Train adventures volume 7
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
167 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nineteen-year-old Frances Mary Kelly, herself an orphan train rider six years before, returns to New York and agrees to escort a group of orphans west to find new homes.
Author
Series
Orphan Train adventures volume 5
Language
English
Description
In 1861, while living with his foster parents at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his best friend Todd Blakely join the Union army as drummer boys but their dreams of glory end when they experience the full horrors of war at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri.
8) Lucy's wish
Author
Series
Orphan Train children volume 1
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Lucy, an orphan who wants a little sister more than anything, finds a very special one in the less than perfect family which she joins.
9) Aggie's home
Author
Series
Orphan Train children volume 3
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A clumsy and unattractive twelve-year-old, Aggie is sure no one will want to adopt her when she rides the orphan train out west, but when she meets the eccentric Bradon family she begins to have some hope. Includes historical information about orphan trains and the woman's suffrage movement.
10) Will's choice
Author
Series
Orphan Train children volume 2
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sent away on an orphan train by his self-centered father Jessie, Will keeps hoping Jessie will return to claim him, even though the people he lives with care for him far more.
11) David's search
Author
Series
Orphan Train children volume 4
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
After eleven-year-old orphan-train rider David Howard settles with a strict Texas farm family, his best friend, an ex-slave, is threatened by the growing presence of the Ku-Klux Klan.
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