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1) Orphan train
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
"Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck and chance. This is the story of one such child. As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
From blurb: "It's like looking into a mirror, and seeing yourself, except it's not you. It's someone else. -- They were both twelve, though they'd been given different birthdays by accident. The had the same color hair, the same color eyes; they were the same height, though Alice was skinner.".
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the author's research into her grandfather's past as an adopted child, and the surprising discovery of his family of origin and how he came to be adopted, Julia Park Tracey has created a mesmerizing work of historical fiction illuminating the darkest side of the Orphan Train. In 1859, women have few rights, even to their own children. When her husband dies and her children become wards of a predator, Martha--bereaved and scared--flees their...
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