This title examines an important historic event - the orphan train movement. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the history of the Children's Aid Society and the development of the Brace School, lodging houses, and industrial schools, the conditions that led to child abandonment in the 1800s, problems with institutional care and child labor laws, the roles the Civil War, the Great Depression, and people like Charles Loring Brace played, and the...

When the heat goes out in Zach's family cabin, Zach and his dog are forced out into the freezing blizzard. They'll have to do everything possible to find help before they freeze to death. Will they survive the storm?

When she almost misses hearing about her friend Jacob's big news, Sophie learns that sometimes listening to other people's feelings and stories is more important than talking.