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Clarion Books, 1998-28-09

Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story

Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story

Andrea Warren, Author

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9780395913628

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Between 1854 and 1930, more than 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children were sent west on orphan trains. Warren alternates chapters about the history of the orphan trains with the story of Lee Nailling, who in 1926 rode an orphan train to Texas. Photos.
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This personal narrative of displacement and resilience explores belonging, identity, and how hardship shapes the heart.

Keywords and Themes: Adoption • Art • Biography & Autobiography • Boys & Men • Change • Courage • Family • Girls & Women • Historical • History • Hope • Identity • Juvenile Nonfiction • Orphans & Foster Homes • Perseverance • Railroads & Trains • Resilience • Survival • Transportation • United States - 19th Century • United States - 20th Century • United States - 21st Century • Women

Readability • 6.3

Age Range • 10-12

Pages • 80

Subjects • Orphans • Orphan trains • Abandoned children • United States • Nailling • Lee

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical • Juvenile Nonfiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes • Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation | Railroads & Trains • Juvenile Nonfiction | Boys & Men • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 21st Century • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women • Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | History • Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women

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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