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This haunting segment of United States history is about homeless children who traveled from New York City to find homes in the West and Southwest at the end of the 19th century. Some children found loving homes; others experienced horrendous physical and mental abuse.
Filled with vivid historical detail and heartfelt emotion, Noonan delivers a compelling look at a little-known event in United States history.
1899-1900 This second novel in the Orphan Train Trilogy follows four teen-aged children who are filled with hope, concern and uncertainty as they ride an orphan train to an unknown future. Once the train stops, however, it's a roll of the dice where they'll each end up.
Bridie McDonald, a wealthy spinster, finds in Catherine the daughter she has always wanted. Catherine learns to love Bridie and her new elegant home, but is concerned about Bridie's relationship with Jack, her mentally challenged handyman.
Though most of the citizens of Newberry, Illinois,&nbs | |  | | Secrets
Third story in the Orphan Train Trilogy.
In Secrets, we see the development of family love and friendship that blossoms within families that take children into their home. For most, their new life has improved, yet, many of the characters have secrets from their past that could have devastating consequences, if discovered. Some secrets are revealed; others better left untold. Overcoming their haunting memories won't be easy.
1900-1901 This third and final story from Robert Noonan's Orphan Train Trilogy, Secrets explores the fate of orphan children who begin a new life in the Midwest. Who adopts them is the key to their happiness ... or sorrow.
Upon arriving at this new territory, the children had to adjust to new parents, new home and community. Most found a loving home, but one was forced to run away. The story in not only about the children, but also, about how the lives of the adults were changed by taking these children in, not knowing anything about them and how they will react to decis | |  | | Wildflowers
First Story in my Orphan Train Trilogy.
A little-known corner of U.S. History.
A riveting tale that deftly portrays everyday life in a small American mill town where innocent children are forced to operate dangerous machinery and even darker abuses are committed against them.
1898-1899 Eleven-year-old Hillary Cook and her widowed mother, Laura, must both work to survive. Hillary works twelve hours a day, six days a week at the Alton Textile Mill. On Sunday afternoons, she and her two friends pick flowers, dream and play pretend in the nearby countryside. The girls pledge to be friends for eternity and call themselves Wildflowers.
Mill owner, Frank Dragus, has young girls sent to his office for whatever he pleases-and he is interested in Hillary. When tragedy befalls Hillary and her mother, Hillary is forced into a situation that may have disasterou |
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