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117 pp.
| Delacorte |
August, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-385-32295-X$$9.95
(4)
4-6Orphan Train Children series.
Each novel tells about a child who rides an orphan train to Missouri in 1866. Independent Aggie finds a home with a like-minded family and discovers the women's suffrage movement. David encounters the Ku Klux Klan because of an ex-slave friend, but he too finds his niche. The protagonists and their stories are appealing, though predictable, and will likely attract younger readers of historical fiction. Background information is appended.