Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by pure luck. Would they be adopted by a kind and loving family, or would they face a childhood and
Mystery of the Orphan Train
โ Scribed by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Publisher
- Albert Whitman & Company
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- en-us
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1299968929
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โฆ Synopsis
The Aldens visit an old Kansas inn that's full of secrets! Nobody knows why a famous photographer visited the inn just to take a single picture. And what about the other legendary guest--a heroic young stranger who'd come west on an "orphan train?" The children discover a long-lost riddle that just might solve all these mysteries--if only they can solve it!
โฆ Subjects
Mystery
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