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02391aam a2200325 i 4500 001 94EC78EECC9F11E5A75282D2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160206010056 007 n 008 150113s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1495433404 020 $a 9781495433405 040 $d IaMedi $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Avery, Nanette L. 245 10 $a Orphan in America / $c Nanette L. Avery. 264 1 $a North Charleston, South Carolina : $b CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, $c 2014. 300 $a 618 p. ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a Bringing back to the twenty-first century an epic novel of substance and style, Orphan in America is a compelling fiction that follows three generations across vast distances and the impact of a dark and unfamiliar episode of America's past; the Orphan Train. Set in the 1800s, Orphan in America extends far beyond the genre of historical fiction. This odyssey begins with Alex, an innocent young boy, living in the slums of New York. Like thousands of other children who were transported from overcrowded cities on the Eastern Seaboard during the mid-1800s, Alex is removed from a life of poverty, put on the Orphan Train, and sent to start a new life in America's heartland. But despite the best intentions of a project meant to improve children's lives, Alex's world is forever changed as he is snatched away from his loving yet impoverished parents. Alex is quick to see the advantages of adapting to the ways of the rugged pioneers of Missouri--at least on the outside. As the reader soon learns, his life is intertwined with the tale of Will and Libby Piccard's flight from rural England and their relationship with the powerful Cambridge family of Baltimore. Murder, intrigue, and misfortune collide, unraveling the relentless efforts by Alex's father to reunite his family and the young boy caught up in a scheme of deception. 541 $d 20150721. 650 4 $a Foster children $v Fiction. 650 4 $a Historical fiction. 650 4 $a Orphans $x Fiction. 650 4 $a Frontier and pioneer life $z United States $v Fiction. 650 4 $a Orphan trains $x Fiction. 941 $a 4 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20200829014418.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20181005011033.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20161117010536.0 952 $l KTPC296 $d 20160206011635.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=94EC78EECC9F11E5A75282D2DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search