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|  | | Beyond The Orphan Train
Oliver and Edward Nordmark are young boys in 1906 when they are plucked from their New York orphanage and placed on one of America's Orphan Trains to Kansas. After being sent to different farms, the brothers lose track of one another. In 1913, 15-year-old Oliver decides to hop a freight train and strike out on his own in hopes of finding his lost brother. Follow Oliver's true story of adventure and discovery as he learns to live by his wits and survive on his own - a child alone in a man's world. Where will he go? How will he earn a living? What kind of people will he meet along the way? Will he be able to find Edward? All your lingering questions will be answered in this, the companion story to the author's first book, Fly Little Bird, Fly!
| |  | | Fly Little Bird, Fly!
Holding tight to one another, vowing never to be separated, Oliver & Edward board the Orphan Train headed west to find a new home. The year is 1906 and the boys have been told that their mother has died and they are now alone. Follow the adventures of the Nordmark brothers as they travel from the streets of NYC to the vast farmlands of the Midwest. Will they be able to keep their promise? The future that awaits them will be full of twists & turns, surprises & anguish, all of which will shape their lives forever!
| |  | | Peanut Butter For Cupcakes - A True Story From the Great Depression
As the stock market crashes on October 29, 1929, Oliver fears for his job at the silk mill. When the mill shuts down and his nightmare comes true, Oliver is hesitant to allow his wife, Estella, to take a job at the local coffee shop. When he finally gives in, with tragic results, Oliver and his six young children struggle to get by as the Great Depression takes its hold on the country.
PEANUT BUTTER FOR CUPCAKES is the true story of the Nordmark children. Their father Oliver is the subject of the author’s first books, FLY LITTLE BIRD, FLY! and BEYOND THE ORPHAN TRAIN. Find out what lies ahead for May, Bud, Oliver Jr., Margaret, Jim and Benny as they learn their life lessons from a father who never had a parent of his own. Life with Oliver is full of fun and adventure one minute, but marked with poverty and abandonment the next. A story that will leave you with a deeper understanding of what life was like during the 1930’s and how “boys will be boys” even in the hardest of t |
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