Rodzina by Karen Cushman
This is a story of a twelve-year-old Polish girl from Chicago, named Rodzina who is orphaned and then is put on an Orphan Train going West. She tries to overcome her sadness at losing her parents. Instead she begins worrying about her future and wondering who will adopt her. The reader learns of the other children on the train as well as the guardians accompanying them. The author manages to capture the time period and the reality of the orphan trains.
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