[bookshare-discuss] Book submitted: A Family Apart
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 17:48:35 -0400
And here is the first book in the Orphan Train Adventures
A Family Apart
By Joan Lowery Nixon
Needs a spell check, and delete one of the pages 15.
Frances felt herself drawn to look at the people in the room, fearfully
searching one face, then another, for hopeful signs. Round or long, wrinkled
or plumply redcheeked, bushy-eyebrowed or scruffily bearded, no matter;
every pair of eyes in every face stared intently at the children. Frances
couldn't tell what they were thinking. She tried to look away, but couldn't.
For a moment she felt dizzy, and her stomach churned. Desperately, she held
Petey even more tightly. Who were all these strangers? Would any of them
choose the Kelly children to be their own? What if no one wanted them? What
would happen to them then?
In New York City,where Mrs. Kelly, a young widow, realizes that she cannot
give her six children the life they deserve. Mrs. Kelly makes the ultimate
sacrifice of love and sends them west on the orphan train to find better
lives with new families. The children, especially thirteen-year-old Frances
Mary, feel an overwhelming sense of betrayal and abandonment.
Their arrival in St. Joseph, Missouri, separates the children not only from
their mother, but from each other as well. One by one they are adopted by
western families-some looking for children to love, others only seeking
cheap labor. Frances has promised Ma that she will look after Petey, her
youngest brother, no matter what. When she masquerades as a boy, "Frankie's"
adventures eventually involve her in the activities of the Underground
Railroad. Will honoring Ma's request help Frances understand that splitting
up the family was really her mother's act of love?
"The rapid succession of high-spirited adventures makes for lively
read."-Publishers Weekly
"Filled with just plausible historical figures and incidents."-The New York
Times Book Review
WINNER OF THE GOLDEN SPUR AWARD
Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
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-- Vance Havner
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