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204 pp.
| Knopf |
May, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-375-80159-6$$16.95
|
LibraryISBN 0-375-90159-0$$18.99
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4-6
The orphan train takes Deirdre O'Rourke to a childless minister and his humorless wife, who feed the girl but offer her little else. A talented singer, Deirdre joins a vaudeville troupe and eventually finds her way to Texas and to her brother. His placement--a happy farm situation--would welcome her as well, but Tamar has more satisfying, if somewhat theatrical, plans for the stage-struck girl.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2000