Orphan trains trilogy (Al and Joanna Lacy) | Porter County Public Library

1) The little sparrows

Author

Lacy, Al

Series

Orphan trains trilogy (Al and Joanna Lacy) volume 1

Language

English

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After establishing the Children's Aid Society, a seminarian rescues children from the streets of nineteenth-century New York City and takes them by train throughout the country in search of loving homes and families.

2) All my tomorrows

Author

Lacy, Al

Series

Orphan trains trilogy (Al and Joanna Lacy) volume 2

Language

English

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This novel is the second book in the orphan train trilogy, which cronicles the placing of thousands of orphans from the slums of New York to families in the Western states. This migration lasted from 1853 to the 1920's and was one of the most successful public welfare projects ever conducted in the U.S.

3) Whispers in the wind

Author

Lacy, Al

Series

Orphan trains trilogy (Al and Joanna Lacy) volume 3

Language

English

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After losing his family and finding himself in a colony of street orphans begging for food, a young boy fears his dream of becoming a doctor may be lost, a situation that worsens when he is falsely accused of murder and sentenced to life in prison.