Remember Me
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Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story
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TYPE
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Children's - 5th-7th Grade, Age 10-12 
READABILITY
6.3 
PAGES
80 p. ; 
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$8.96
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Quality Paper
ISBN 9780395913628
Publisher Summary
Between 1854 and 1930, more than 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children were sent west on orphan trains. Warren alternates chapters about the history of the orphan trains with the story of Lee Nailling, who in 1926 rode an orphan train to Texas. Photos.
 
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