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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Dreams of a longing heart Dreams of a longing heart Jane Peart It is the spring of 1890.Three eight-year-old girls leave overcrowded, bleak Greystone orphanage near Boston and set out together on the "Orphan Train" heading West to adoptive homes. Along the way, … OL14854052W
Hellie Jondoe Hellie Jondoe Randall Beth Platt In 1918, as the Great War ends and the Spanish influenza pandemic begins, thirteen-year-old Hellie Jondoe survives on the streets of New York as a beggar and pickpocket until she boards the orphan tr… OL18659165W
The orphan train to destiny The orphan train to destiny Tom Riley Marvel at John Brady's survival of childhood hardships, join him as he ventures into the rugged Alaska Territory in the late 1800s, walk the streets of early Juneau, Alaska, then, hang on tight durin… OL22907610W
Riders on the orphan train Riders on the orphan train Alison Moore "Riders on the Orphan Train is a novel about a little-known piece of American history. Bewteen 1854 and 1929, over 250,000 orphans and 'surrendered' children were 'placed out' across the country. The… OL28963041W
Land of dreams Land of dreams Cheryl St. John JEWEL OF THE PRAIRIE Ex-Major Booker Hayes had seen how much love this sun-kissed farmer's daughter had to give. And he wanted her in his life. As a mother to his orphaned niece, and much more. For … OL5696727W
Poor as church mice Poor as church mice Roselyn Ogden Miller Twelve-year-old Nora and her younger sister and brothers struggle to stay together and to someday be reunited with their mother after they travel from New York City to Nebraska on the orphan train in… OL7796666W