A Family Apart
"This is a close to perfect book as you'll buy this year."
-Voice of Youth Advocates
The Orphan Train saga follows the story of the six Kelly children,whose widowed mother has sent them west from New York City in 1856 because she realizes she cannot give them the life they deserve children, especially thirteen year old Frances Mary, feel an overwhelming sense of betrayal and abandonment. They cannot understand that Mrs.Kelly has made the ultimate sacrifice for him.
Their arrival in St.Joseph,Missouri,separates the children not only from their mother,but from each other as well.Frances has promised Ma that she will look after her youngest brother, and to do so she must masquerade as a boy."Frankie's"adventures eventually involve her in the activities of the Underground railroad. Was splitting up the family really her mother's greatest act of love?
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