They were "throwaway" kids, living on the streets or in orphanages and foster homes. Then Charles Loring Brace, a young minister in New York City, started the C

Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and

4 starred reviews! "Heartbreaking, hilarious, and life-affirming" (Ami Polonsky, author of Gracefully Grayson and Threads) Rydr is on a train heading east, leav

Over 1500 black & white illustrations.

"Describes the people and events involved in the orphan trains. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspectives of a New York City news