A Faraway Home: An Orphan Train Story
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20138
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In this heartfelt, award winning story based on the journals of New York City orphans who traveled on the first orphan train in 1854, readers see how the children depended on each other as they traveled to new homes in Michigan and beyond. "The story is wonderfully written and the most accurately researched book on the subject written for children." (Orphan Train Heritage Society of America.) Ages 8-12
This documentary historical fiction book raises the standards of story-telling, using facts from the real children that traveled in the Placing-out System during the 1850s.
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In this heartfelt, award-winning story based on the journals of New York City orphans who traveled on the first orphan train in 1854, readers see how the children depended on each other as they traveled to their new homes in Michigan and beyond.
"The story is wonderfully written and the most accurately researched book on the subject written for children."
- Orphan Train Heritage Society of America.
This documentary historical fiction book raises the standards of story-telling, using facts from the real children that traveled in the Placing-out System during the 1850s
Ages 8-14
"The story is wonderfully written and the most accurately researched book on the subject written for children."
- Orphan Train Heritage Society of America.
This documentary historical fiction book raises the standards of story-telling, using facts from the real children that traveled in the Placing-out System during the 1850s
Ages 8-14