Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed
by Stephen O'Connor
from University Of Chicago Press
A powerful blend of history, biography, and adventure, Orphans Trains remains the definitive work on this little-known episode in American history.
Aggie's Home (Orphan Train Children)
by Joan Lowery Nixon
from Yearling
Aggie Mae Vaughn is 12 years old in 1866, and she lives in the Asylum for Homeless Waifs in New York City. Aggie hates being called a waif almost as much as she hates the orphanage, where she's always in trouble.
Now she's going west on the orphan train, and she doesn't know what to expect. What is it like to live in a real home? Will she be treated like a daughter, or like a worker? And most of all--will anyone want her?
Children of the Orphan Trains (Picture the American Past)
by Holly Littlefield
from Carolrhoda Books
The Mystery of the Orphan Train (Boxcar Children Mysteries)
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
from Albert Whitman & Company
The Texas Orphans: A Story of the Orphan Train Children
by Rita Kerr
from Eakin Press
Having ridden the Orphan Train from New York City to Texas in 1904, Eddie and Tommy start an exciting new life in a small country town.
Will's Choice (Orphan Train Children, No 2)
by Joan Lowery Nixon
from Yearling
It's 1866 and 12-year-old Will Scott is not happy to be riding the orphan train. That's because Will's not really an orphan. He has a father--Jesse, a circus performer. But Will is no good at circus tricks, and Jesse tells him he'd be better off with a new family out West: "I'm giving you a better life, Will."
Will is placed with the kindly Dr. and Mrs. Wallace. Assisting Dr. Wallace on his rounds of the local farms, Will finds to his surprise that he's really good at something--helping people who are sick and hurt. But he still misses his father terribly. And then one night, Jesse's circus comes to town....
From the Hardcover edition.
Orphan Train Children Lucy's Wish
ORPHAN TRAIN CHILDREN - WILL'S CHOICE
Orphan Train Children Teachers Guide
Aggie's Home; Lucy's Wish; Will's Choice (Orphan Train Children, 3 Volumes)
Three great Orphan Train Children books.
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