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A Place to Belong
Joan Lowery Nixon
Library Binding (Perfection Learning, May 1, 1996)The Orphan Train Quartet follows the story of the six Kelly children, whose widowed mother has sent them west from New York City in 1856 because she realizes she cannot give them the life they deserve.Danny and his younger sister Peg feel lucky to be adopted by kind Alfrid and Olga Swenson in St. Joseph, Missouri. But when Olga dies suddenly, the children fear they will lose their wonderful new family.Danny comes up with an ingenious plan so they won't be separated, and which might even bring his real family back together. Then Danny runs into a phony doctor he knew from New York City, who recognizes him. Can Danny protect himself and those he loves from the evil doctor and still make his plan work?
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Caught in the Act
Joan Lowery Nixon
Library Binding (Perfection Learning, March 1, 1996)Eleven-year-old Michael Patrick Kelly from New York City is sent to a foster home, a Missouri farm with a sadistic owner, a bullying son, and a number of secrets, one of which may be murder.
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Pop Fantastic
David Fox, Amy Fox, Merve Terzi
Paperback (Pop Fantastic Limited, Oct. 19, 2017)Follow Pop, a 7 year old boy with autism, who finds himself transported into a magical world, where his autistic traits become superpowers.
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In the Face of Danger
Joan Lowery Nixon
Hardcover (Perfection Form Company, July 1, 1996)None
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A Dangerous Promise
Joan Lowery Nixon
School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Dec. 1, 1995)FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In 1861, 16-year-old Mike Kelly and his friend Todd become Union Army drummer boys, leading to a desperate adventure for Mike, who is wounded and trapped behind enemy lines.
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A Family Apart
Joan Lowery Nixon
Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 2000)In 1860, when their widowed mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent on the orphan train by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri.
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The Adventures of Beatrice and Timmy: Beatrice and Timmy meet Sleepy the Spider
Reagan Hoelscher
Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Feb. 14, 2015)This beautifully illustrated children's book deters young people from listening to rumors. Beatrice Bee and Timmy Turtle learn for themselves that others were wrong about Sleepy the Spider.
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Keeping Secrets
Joan Lowery Nixon
Library Binding (Econo-Clad Books, March 16, 1996)None
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Circle of Love
Joan Lowery Nixon
Paperback (Demco Media, Aug. 1, 1998)Nineteen-year-old Frances Mary Kelly, herself an orphan train rider six years before, returns to New York and agrees to escort a group of orphans west to find new homes
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A Family Apart
Joan Lowery Nixon
School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Dec. 18, 1995)FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860.
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Caught In The Act
Joan Lowery Nixon
School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, March 3, 1996)FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Eleven-year-old Michael Patrick Kelly from New York City is sent to a foster home, a Missouri farm with a sadistic owner, a bullying son, and a number of secrets, one of which may be murder.
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Circle of Love
Joan Lowery Nixon
Library Binding (Econo-Clad Books, Aug. 15, 1998)None
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