“This is as close to a perfect book as you’ll buy this year. Will Frances be able to save her siblings? And what about her mom-was splitting up their family really her greatest act of love? Ride the rails with Frances and her siblings to find out! She’s going to protect her brothers and sisters, even if it means dressing up like a boy and putting herself in danger. Thirteen-year-old Frances won’t stand for it. Joan Lowery Nixon is a four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Best Juvenile Mystery Award. Their sacrifices will finally help her understand her mothers difficult decision. It was bad enough that they had to say goodbye to their mother, but now they’re forced to part ways with their fellow siblings as well. At her new home in Missouri, however, Mary Frances is surprised to discover that the kind family provides a refuge on the Underground Railroad. Joseph, Missouri, where their problems only grow worse. The Kellys board an “orphan train” and are taken to St. It’s 1856, and their widowed mother has sent them west from New York City because she’s convinced that she can’t give them the life they deserve. Foster home care - Fiction, Brothers and sisters - Fiction, Missouri - Fiction. This is the fate that befalls the Kelly children. Imagine your mother is the one who lets it happen. FOR LOVERS OF HISTORICAL ADVENTURE, A FAMILY APART IS THE MIDDLE-GRADE ANSWER TO CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE'S NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING ORPHAN TRAIN.
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