Bella Jones and Kathleen Collins are as close as sisters and that’s how they want things to stay.But fate intervenes. Kathleen’s brothers have disappeared, they traveled from New York on the Orphan Train and nobody has heard from them since. She can’t shed her gut feeling something awful has happened to them. She goes looking for them but is she prepared for what she will find? Twins, Megan …
Twins, Megan and Eileen Doyle have lost so much already. Bella can’t let them travel on the Orphan Train alone. She must confront her fears and deal with her past. Can she keep the girls safe or will they too fall victim to abuse?
Both Bella and Kathleen are tested in ways they never dreamed possible. Will Justice prevail and allow both girls to get their happy ever after? Or is the cost simply too high?
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I stopped reading this book after four or five chapters. The writing was disjointed with lots f character names but not real sure stance to who they were and what they did. Not at all engaging.
A sweet story of a sentitive historical topic. The sweetness of the story made me doubt the accruacy of the story. A nice read but the characters were not always believable.
Enjoyed this book very much. A very different story line.
Opened up history I knew little about
I liked it.
This was interesting story of a time gone by. I had heard about the orphan trains, and this story showed a glimpse of what that was like. Some real life complications and how people dealt with them.
Grim, didn’t like it,
oh, the things the children have to endure both before and after they are able to leave substandard living conditions to go to an orphanage and after they are placed by the orphan train. Some ended in better conditions, but many ended in much worse conditions.
I give One Star for the effort in bringing the orphan train history to the attention of newer readers. That said, once I’m at Page 100 and still find the language unnecessarily stilted AND note that every single character sounds exactly like every other character, I am bored and disappointed.
It’s been a while since I read it, but I would like to read it again! It was interesting, both heartbreaking and realistic.
Easy to read. Grammatically correct. Well personified characters.
Couldn’t get into it – quit reading.
Loved the characters, kept me wanting more, didn’t want to put it down and was sorry when it ended.
Very easy read, I could not put it down. Gives insight to the plight of society and orphans at that time. I love the characters, they have depth and easy to connect with and they exemplify Christian values put into practice. Faith, hope and charity all come through in a real way. I just happen to be reading a book about Mother Teresa as well, and they live her way of life. Very inspirational.
Good for learning about these historical events
My grandfather and his brother were put on an orphan train from New York and
They were adopted by two different families one banking and my grandfather by a farmer 7 miles apart but kept in touch all their lives. This book revealed both the good and the bad of the trains in an entertaining way.
Couldn’t put it down,
I love all of the Orphan Train books.
This book is a real gem. Author, Rachel Wesson, did a great job of telling of the trials of children moved from the East to the West on the orphan trains. Some ended well while many others did not. This author delivered believable characters, allowing us readers to see right into their hearts, especially that of Bella. A fabulous read!
Reasonable historical novel about a little know era in American immigrant lives.