Believing her life is over when the last member of her family dies and she is sent to an orphanage, eleven-year-old Emily finds hope in the town librarian, who shows her that courage and honesty matter as much as blood ties. Reprint.
Hardcover
(Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Feb. 1, 1995)
Depicting an orphan's life at the beginning of the twentieth century, the story of eleven-year-old Emily Hasbrouck tells of life at the Austen Home for Orphaned Girls where tragedy leads to the triumph of courage and honesty.