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Orphan Trains: An Interactive History Adventure

by Elizabeth Raum

A child’s choices on the orphan trains

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A child’s choices on the orphan trains

Set in the early 1900s, this interactive history adventure places the reader amid the westward journeys of homeless children sent from city streets in hopes of finding families. Its choice-based scenarios focus on the uncertainty those children faced: whether to travel alone or with younger siblings, and how to care for a baby sister without a home. The premise connects a chapter of child welfare history with practical questions of family, survival, and dependence, inviting readers to consider the limited options presented to children in that situation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in U.S. history and the orphan train era
  • Children who enjoy interactive, choice-based nonfiction
  • Readers exploring family separation, adoption, and foster care

Themes

Orphan trainsFamily separation and adoptionChild welfareSurvival and responsibility

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Book overview

In the early 1900s, adults hoped to find parents for homeless city children by sending them west on trains. Most of these children had no idea whether they would find kind adoptive families or be forced to work like slaves. Will you: - Head west after living on the streets of New York City? - Search for a home for you and your three younger siblings? - Try to care for yourself and your baby sister on your own?
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