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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
161 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twin sisters Nettie and Nellie Crook are taken away from their disfunctional parents in 1910 when they are only five years old, and placed in an orphanage--at six they are put on the orphan train by the Children's Aid Society and moved from New York City to Kansas, ending up in a household where they are treated more as servants than children.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Charlie, a young man living with his adopted parents in Marshfield, Wisconsin, is haunted by dreams of the orphan train stop where he was separated from his twin sister Lynnie. His search for answers brings surprising reunions and danger.
50) Rodzina
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
Author
Series
Orphans' journey volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
179 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Since their mama died and their pa left, Ethan, Alice, Simon, and Will Cooper have not known much of a home. But now that the orphan train has taken them to Mr. and Mrs. Rush in Nebraska, their dreams of home may become a reality. The kids discover that life on a farm is full of challenges. Ethan learns how to drive a plow, watch for snakes, and deal with bullies at the country school. Alice learns to slop the hogs and live with a big sister who...
55) Looking for home
Author
Series
Orphans' journey volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
175 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With his mother dead, his father gone, and his older brothers and sisters unable to help, eight-year-old Ethan Cooper knows it's his responsibility to keep him and his younger siblings together--even if that means going to an orphanage. Ethan, Alice, Simon, and Will settle into the Briarlane Christian Children's Home, where there's plenty to eat, plenty of work, and plenty of talk about a Father who never leaves. Even so, Ethan fears losing the only...
Author
Series
California Pioneer volume 5
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the moment her brother Langsdon turns up on her doorstep, Callie Murray's life is one tangle of deception. Her only desire is to reunite her sisters and brothers and begin a new life with their Talbot relatives in California, far away from their shameful past. But Callie doesn't like Langsdon's plan for getting them there, and she hadn't counted on falling in love with a handsome young minister along the way. Peace Like a River is the fifth book...
Author
Series
Orphans' journey volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
176 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Life on the Rush farm in South Dakota is not easy. Even so, over the past four years, Ethan Cooper and his siblings have grown to feel they belong with their adoptive family. Then Chad Rush makes an unexpected announcement. The family is moving again--this time to Mexico! Ethan is scared. What dangers will they face in another country? What will it be like to live on an oil homestead instead of a farm? And what about his dreams of getting an education?...
Author
Series
Orphans' journey volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
180 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Nine-year-old Ethan Cooper has managed to keep his family together for a year in a Pennsylvania orphanage. Now he and his siblings are boarding a train headed west. He can't help but worry: Mr. and Mrs. Rush in Nebraska have agreed to adopt all four Cooper children, but what if they change their minds? In the meantime, Ethan and his siblings encounter their first dust storm, explore train cars, and watch friend after friend leave with new parents....
Author
Series
Orphan trains trilogy volume 1st story
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
618 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Bringing back to the twenty-first century an epic novel of substance and style, Orphan in America is a compelling fiction that follows three generations across vast distances and the impact of a dark and unfamiliar episode of America's past; the Orphan Train. Set in the 1800s, Orphan in America extends far beyond the genre of historical fiction. This odyssey begins with Alex, an innocent young boy, living in the slums of New York. Like thousands of...
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