Orphan Trains: Taking the Rails to a New Life
- ISBN-10
- 1623706300
- ISBN-13
- 9781623706302
- Series
- Orphan Trains
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 129
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Capstone Classroom
- Author
- Rebecca Langston-George
Description
Discover the true story of seven orphans who were settled with families in the Midwest by the Children's Aid Society.
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