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The midnight train home

Erika Tamar · 2000

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When their mother can no longer care for them, eleven-year-old Deirdre and her brothers board the Orphans' Train for placement with families out West, but Deirdre, a talented singer, finds a different type of family when she joins a traveling vaudeville troupe. Includes a note on the Children's Aid Society which operated the orphan trains from 1854 to 1930.

Book details

Year
2000
Language
English
Publisher
Turtleback
Editions
1
ISBN
9780613573184

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