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Author
Series
Orphan Train adventures volume 7
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.
2) Lucy's wish
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
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.
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 takes refuge with the Kelly family in Missouri after fleeing the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders.
Author
Series
Orphan Train children volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Sent away on an orphan train by his self-centered father Jesse, Will keeps hoping Jesse will return to claim him, even though the people he lives with care for him far more.
5) Aggie's home
Author
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A clumsy twelve-year-old, Aggie is sure no one will want to adopt her, 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 children volume 4
Publisher
Delacorte Press
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.