| Description |
116 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Orphan train children |
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Nixon, Joan Lowery.
Orphan train children.
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| Note |
"A Yearling book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 115). |
| Indexed In: |
Wilson's Children, June 1999 |
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School Library Journal, December 1998 |
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Booklist, January 1999 |
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L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 2000 |
| Summary |
A clumsy and unattractive twelve-year-old, Aggie is sure no one will want to adopt her when she rides the orphan train out west, but when she meets the eccentric Bradon family she begins to have some hope. Includes historical information about orphan trains and the woman suffrage movement. |
| Audience |
4.2 |
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3-6 Follett Library Resources |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG RL 4.2 2.0 LARK |
| Subject |
Orphans -- Fiction.
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Individuality -- Fiction.
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Orphan trains -- Fiction.
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Women -- Suffrage -- Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| ISBN |
0440413125 |
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