"A fascinating book about a social movement that predated foster homes, adoption agencies, and homeless shelters A wealth of information.., rich in human interest."--School Library Journal, starred review

Winner of the 1996 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Outstanding Nonfiction An American Library Association Notable Book.

INTRODUCTION: The Orphan Trains

CHAPTER 1: Lee Loses His Mother

CHAPTER 2: Too Many Orphans

CHAPTER 3: Life in the Orphanage

CHAPTER 4: The First Orphan Trains

CHAPTER 5: The Pink Envelope

CHAPTER 6: Finding Homes for Orphans

CHAPTER 7: Lee Arrives in Texas

CHAPTER 8: When the Orphan Trains come to Town

CHAPTER 9: Lee Finds a Home

CHAPTER 10: The Last Orphan Trains

CHAPTER 11: Lee Loses One Brother and Finds Two More

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