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41) 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.
Author
Series
Orphan train trilogy volume 2nd story
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
43) 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.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Groomed for high society, Rebecca Sterling now has a new mission--to help the orphans coming to Evans Grove. Yet just before she's due to return to New York, she faces two unexpected challenges. There's the tiny infant abandoned on her orphanage steps ... and the big, gruff cowboy who found him. Colton Hayes knows nothing about babies and even less about pampered socialites. But as he and Rebecca work together to watch over little Gabriel, he comes...
Author
Series
Orphan trains trilogy volume 1st story
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
48) 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
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...
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....
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