Historical Fiction
This book by Eve Bunting follows 14 orphans traveling to the West by train in 1878. During this time, thousands of orphans were sent from New York to small towns and farms in the Midwest. Train to Somewhere brings the reader many different emotions while reading this incredibly sad, yet hopeful account of what being an orphan on one of these trains may have been like.
Title: Train to Somewhere
Author/Illustrator: Eve Bunting/Ronald Himler
Publisher/Date: Clarion Books/1996
ISBN: 0-395-71325-0
Rating: 5 out of 5
I just bought this one. I have to admit I really had never heard of this event in history before learning about this book. I cannot imagine how scary this would have been.
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