Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780399236136
ISBN number: 0399236139
Label: Putnam Juvenile
Manufacturer: Putnam Juvenile
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: 2003-05
Publishing house: Putnam Juvenile
Age index: Ages 4-8
Sale Popularity Level: 821184
Studio: Putnam Juvenile
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Lucy, Harold, and David have recently become orphans and have no family left, no one to take care of them. They are living on the streets, stealing what they need to survive, like thousands of other unfortunate kids in the early 1900s.
Then they get lucky. Lucy and her little brothers are welcomed into an orphanage where they get clean clothes and warm meals. But this orphanage sends groups of children to the Midwest on orphan trains. They are paraded in front of farmers who pick and choose kids they want to take home-and David is taken at one of the very first stops, without Lucy or Harold.
Verla Kay's celebrated verse has been called 'lyrical' and 'rollicking' and Ken Stark's warm, poignant paintings have been described as 'as sun-dappled as a happy memory.' Together, they make the plight of these orphans both heartbreaking and hopeful.
Illustrated by Ken Stark
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I read the very first two pages to my three year old son, which include the lines "Parents coughing/Shaking chill/Stomachs aching/Deathly ill" and promptly closed the book. I later read it to myself and almost cried. Depressing, not AT ALL suitable for children.
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Verla Kay has an amazing ability to tell a complex story in few words. I think kids will be intrigued by this story of children sent West to be adopted by whoever shows up at the station. It caught my attention. What a lottery of fate! It's not grim or depressing, but it's not overly "sweetened", either. It's thought provoking and ends with a believable note of hope and happiness for the main characters. The illustrations really enhance the story, too.
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