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c2011., Little, Brown and Co. Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome. Includes author's notes.
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2012., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: [Fic] Edition: First paperback edi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome.
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2013., Pre-adolescent, Findaway World Call No: [Fic] Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action during World War II, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn.
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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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2006., Juvenile, Random House Call No: HISTORICAL F SCH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description More... Summary Note: When Molly, a ten-year-old orphan, is arrested for picking pockets in London in 1731, she is banished to America and serves as an indentured servant for a New York City family that expects her to follow their Jewish traditions.