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A Family Apart
Contributor(s): Nixon, Joan Lowery (Author)
ISBN: 0440226767     ISBN-13: 9780440226765
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
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Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats
Published: December 1995
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Annotation: The Orphan Train saga begins in 1856 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 fred 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?

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century
- Young Adult Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 820
Series: Orphan Train Adventures (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 4.28" W x 6.96" (0.20 lbs) 176 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Topical - Family
- Catalog Heading - Language Arts
- Curriculum Strand - Language Arts
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 610
Reading Level: 5.4   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 7.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
The middle-grade answer to Christina Baker Kline's New York Times bestselling Orphan Train, this is a shockingly timely historical adventure.

Imagine being taken from your home. Imagine your mother is the one who lets it happen.

This is the fate that befalls the Kelly children. It's 1856, and their widowed mother has sent them west from New York City because she's convinced that she can't give them the life they deserve.

The Kellys board an "orphan train" and are taken to St. Joseph, Missouri, where their problems only grow worse. It was bad enough that they had to say goodbye to their mother, but now they're forced to part ways with their fellow siblings as well. Thirteen-year-old Frances won't stand for it. She's going to protect her brothers and sisters, even if it means dressing up like a boy and putting herself in danger.

Will Frances be able to save her siblings? And what about her mom--was splitting up their family really her greatest act of love? Ride the rails with Frances and her siblings to find out

"This is as close to a perfect book as you'll buy this year." -VOYA