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Gregory, Kristiana

Orphan Runaways

151 pp. | Scholastic | January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-590-60366-3
(4) 4-6 In 1878, two young brothers escape from a San Francisco orphanage and end up in a gold-mining town, looking for their uncle. What could have been a colorful portrait of the Wild West, peopled with interesting characters, suffers from sketchy development and preachiness, especially regarding the older brother's prejudice against his uncle's Chinese-American wife.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

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