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2014., Juvenile, Cherry Lake Publishing Call No: 362.734 CARAVANTES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Perspectives library.Summary Note: Examines the orphan trains as seen from the perspectives of three individuals: an orphan aboard the trains, a Midwestern farmer, and a placing agent. Considers the varying perspectives these individuals harbored toward this event and includes black-and-white photographs.
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c2011., Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: 362.734 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: You choose booksSummary Note: "Describes the people and events involved in the orphan trains. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspectives of a New York City newsboy, a child trying to keep his siblings together, and a child sent west on the baby trains"--Provided by publisher.
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c2011., Capstone Press Call No: FIC YOU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: You choose booksSummary Note: "Describes the people and events involved in the orphan trains. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspectives of a New York City newsboy, a child trying to keep his siblings together, and a child sent west on the baby trains"--Provided by publisher.
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c2011., Pre-adolescent, Capstone Press Call No: 362.734 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: You choose booksSummary Note: The reader chooses the course of the action in a story about homeless children who were sent on trains from New York City in the early 1900s to find adoptive families in the West.
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c2006., Juvenile, Compass Point Books Call No: 362.7 340973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: We the peopleSummary Note: Learn about the homeless city children who were taken out West to have new homes in the early 1900s.
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c1998., Delacorte Press Call No: FIC NIX Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Orphan train children Volume: bk. 4Summary Note: After eleven-year-old orphan-train rider David Howard settles with a strict Missouri farm family, his best friend, an ex-slave, is threatened by the growing presence of the Ku-Klux Klan.
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c2010., Adolescent, Flux Call No: Historical Fic Gibson Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Georgia high school junior J.T. relies on the discipline of the Reserve Officer Training Corps to cope with grief, life in foster care, and his physical limitations, as well as to prove himself to his mother, dead in a car crash, and his father, a soldier killed in Desert Storm.
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[2013]., William Morrow Call No: Historical FIC Kline Edition: First edition. Genre: Historical Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: As a child in early twentieth century America, Vivian Daly is sent to the Midwest toward an uncertain future. Decades later, Vivian has a life of her own on the East Coast, and when teenager Molly Ayer arrives to help her clean out her attic in order to fulfill her community service requirement, the two locate mementos and keepsakes from Vivian's past that reveal the two are not so different.
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c2013., William Morrow Call No: Historical FIC Kline Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to 'aging out' out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse. As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance. Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life, answers that will ultimately free them both. Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are." -- from publisher's description.
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c1996., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Call No: B Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.
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c1996., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.
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1996., Houghton Mifflin Call No: B NAI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.
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1996., Houghton Mifflin Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.
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c1996., Juvenile, Scholastic Inc. Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.
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c2003., Clarion Books Call No: HistoricalHistorical [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
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c2003., Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
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c2003., Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: Hist. Blue Fiction CUSHMAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
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c2003., Clarion Books Call No: FIC CUS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
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c2003, Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.