A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered ...
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Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, and unexpected ...
The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes ...
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Apr 2, 2013 · Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, of unexpected friendship, and ...
The orphan train movement was started by Charles Loring Brace and his organization, the Children's Aid Society. Brace recognized the inadequacy of New York's ...
Mr. Jackson wrote in detail about the 150,000 orphans who were shipped by rail from cities here in the east to foster homes in the mid-west. The article stated ...
Fending for themselves on the streets of New York, homeless children were given a chance for a new life in America's heartland by riding the orphan train.
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In 1854, Brace sent 45 children from New York to the tiny town Dowagiac, Michigan. The journey required multiple trains and boats make the journey. Upon their ...