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.

The children were sent out on "Orphan Trains." This is the first volume in a series of stories written by orphan train riders and their descendants.

The true story behind Christina Baker Kline’s bestselling novel is revealed in this “engaging and thoughtful history” of the Children’s Aid Society (Los Angeles Times).

Imagine being taken from your home. Imagine your mother is the one who lets it happen. This is the fate that befalls the Kelly children.

This well-written volume sheds new light on the multifaceted experience of children's immigration, changing concepts of welfare, and Western expansion. It is good, scholarly social history."—Library Journal

From 1854 to 1929 about 150,000 orphans from New York City and the surrounding area were placed in homes in the Midwest and West. The children were sent out on "Orphan Trains."

Learn about the homeless city children who were taken out West to have new homes in the early 1900s.

Discusses the use of orphan trains to place orphaned or abandoned children in homes in nineteenth-century Missouri.

This young readers’ edition of Christina Baker Kline’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel Orphan Train follows a twelve-year-old foster girl who forms an unlikely bond with a ninety-one-year-old woman.

The children were sent out on "Orphan Trains." This is the second volume in a series of stories written by orphan train riders and their descendants