A Family Apart
(Orphan Train Adventures)
By: Joan Lowery Nixon
New York City 1840 a widow mother, Ms. Kelly, with
six children can’t provide the loving warm, happy, enjoyable life that her kids
deserve. So she makes one of the hardest decisions that a mother can make,
send her children to a better place. And one of
her kids, Francis, will never forgive her for this.
The Kelly children, Francis, Petey, Peg, Megan, Mike and Danny are
sent off on a train all the way to the Great Planes. But Petey, the youngest,
needs to be with someone to help him grow up, and people on the plains like to
adopt two boys. So Francis, the oldest girl, has promised to take care of him so she made the decision to dress up like
a boy to be with him.
The plan works, between Francis and Petey, but at
the adoption place most of the kids get split up.
Francis and Petey get to be together but at their new “home.” They
run into new things and new beliefs. Francis wants
to hear how her other family members are doing, but they aren’t doing as well
as she may think.
I would recommend this book to people who like books with suspense
and a little bit of mystery, and someone who has a heart for a family apart.
that is horrible i hop that never happens to me you just kinda brought the story to life with your description.
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