The orphan trains
Title:
The orphan trains
Author:
Flanagan, Alice K.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, [2006]
©2006
Physical Description:
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.
Summary:
Learn about the homeless city children who were taken out West to have new homes in the early 1900s.
Language:
English
Contents:
An orphan's story -- Poor working-class families -- New York's homeless children -- How the orphan trains began -- Who rode the orphan trains? -- Finding homes for orphans -- The baby trains -- The end of the orphan trains -- Glossary -- Did you know? -- Important dates -- Important people -- Want to know more? -- Index.
Reading Level:
1010 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.2 1.0 103994.
ISBN:
9780756516352
Format :
Book
