A Family Apart by Joan Lowery Nixon

A Family Apart by Joan Lowery Nixon

The middle-grade answer to Christina Baker Kline's New York Times bestselling Orphan Train, this is a shockingly timely historical adventure.

Imagine being taken from your home. Imagine your mother is the one who lets it happen.

This is the fate that befalls the Kelly children. It's 1856, and their widowed mother has sent them west from New York City because she's convinced that she can't give them the life they deserve.

The Kellys board an "orphan train" and are taken to St. Joseph, Missouri, where their problems only grow worse. It was bad enough that they had to say goodbye to their mother, but now they're forced to part ways with their fellow siblings as well. Thirteen-year-old Frances won't stand for it. She's going to protect her brothers and sisters, even if it means dressing up like a boy and putting herself in danger.

Will Frances be able to save her siblings? And what about her mom-was splitting up their family really her greatest act of love? Ride the rails with Frances and her siblings to find out!

"This is as close to a perfect book as you'll buy this year." -VOYA

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ISBN 13	9780440226765
ISBN 10	0440226767
Title	A Family Apart
Author	Joan Lowery Nixon
Series	Orphan Train Adventures
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	1995-12-18
Number of pages	176
Prizes	Winner of Kansas William White Master List 1989, Winner of Virginia Young Readers Program Award 1991, Nominated for Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 1990
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.