Train to Somewhere
by Eve Bunting (Author) Ronald Himler (Illustrator)
Marianne, heading west with fourteen other children on an Orphan Train, is sure her mother will show up at one of the stations along the way. When her mother left Marianne at the orphanage, hadn't she promised she'd come for her after making a new life int he West? Stop after stop goes by, and there's no sign of her mother in the crowds that come to look over the children. No one shows any interest in adopting shy, plain Marianne, either. But that's all right: She has to be free for her mother to claim her. Then the train pulls into its final stop, a town called Somewhere . . .
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Starred Review
A reminder that the good old days were not so idyllic; this book will have a place in the history curriculum, but it's also an involving read-aloud.
School Library Journal
The book is timely yet universal in showing the desire of every child for a loving family. Himler's full-page, bordered paintings portray the people and towns in warm colors and softly blended brush strokes. Beyond this gentle story lie the social issues of our own day.
ALA/Booklist
Himler's beautiful, understated paintings show the train steaming across the prairie and the children trying to smile and look their best, hoping that someone will adopt them.
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A moving piece of Americana from a veteran team, introducing the orphan trains of the 19th and early 20th century to a picture-book audience. . . . A reminder that the good old days were not so idyllic; this book will have a place in the history curriculum, but it's also an involving read-aloud. - Kirkus Reviews with Pointers A heartbreaking picture book tells the story of the nineteenth-century Orphan Train in the voice of the plain girl nobody wants. Himler's beautiful, understated paintings show the train steaming across the prairie and the children trying to smile and look their best, hoping that someone will adopt them. - Booklist, Editor's Choice
Eve Bunting
EVE BUNTING is the author of many acclaimed books for young readers, including the Caldecott Medal--winning Smoky Night. She lives in Southern California. PETER SYLVADA's first picture book, A Symphony of Whales, won the Christopher Medal and was named a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year and a Smithsonian Magazine Notable Book for Children. He lives in Cardiff, California.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780618040315
Lexile Measure
610
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
April 20, 2000
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV013050 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
JUV016140 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
JUV016140 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
Library of Congress categories
Orphans
Foster home care
Orphan trains
Foster home care
Orphan trains
