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A Place to Belong (Orphan Train Adventures) Mass Market Paperback – May 21, 1996

by Joan Lowery Nixon (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 91 ratings
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Danny and his younger sister, Peg, are placed in St. Joseph, Missouri, with kind Alfrid and Olga Swenson. Danny is thrilled to have a "real" father again, but when Olga suddenly dies, he is devastated—until he thinks of an ingenious plan to find Alfrid a new wife.
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  1. Book 4 of 7
    Orphan Train Adventures
  2. Print length
    160 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Laurel Leaf
  5. Publication date
    May 21, 1996
  6. Grade level
    7 - 9
  7. Dimensions
    4.25 x 0.36 x 6.81 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    0440226961
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0440226963
  10. Lexile measure
    770L
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Joan Lowery Nixon was the author of more than 130 books for young readers and was the only four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Best Young Adult Mystery Award. She received the award for The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore, The Séance, The Name of the Game Was Murder, and The Other Side of the Dark, which also won the California Young Reader Medal. Her historical fiction included the award-winning series The Orphan Train Adventures, Orphan Train Children, and Colonial Williamsburg: Young Americans.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Laurel Leaf; Reissue edition (May 21, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0440226961
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0440226963
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 770L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 0.36 x 6.81 inches
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    Francine Pascal is the creator of the Sweet Valley High series and one of the world's most popular fiction writers for teenagers and the author of several bestselling novels, My Mother Was Never A Kid (Hanging out with Cici), My First Love and Other Disasters, as well as the series Fearless. Her adult novels include, Save Johanna! and If Wishes Were Horses (La Villa) and the non-fiction, The Strange Case of Patty Hearst. Pascal is on the Advisory Board of The American Theatre Wing. Her favorite sport is a monthly poker game. She lives in New York City and France

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T. C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Series!
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My daughter read the first book in this series (A Family Apart: The Orphan Train Adventures) and was hooked! As an adult, I also enjoyed the book. We read the first book in a school "chat n chew" forum and the 5th grader boys and girls liked the book. The series has 6 books that follows the kids in one family as they leave inner city New York for the "wild west" in Missouri and Kansas. Wonderful series!

Though this is a fictional book (and series), the Orphan Train(s) was real. We live in the Midwest and know people whose grandparents came to the area on the orphan train!

Definitely recommend reading these books in order! This book is about Danny and Peg.
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nice book my kids are 2 and 5 and 6 grade read it
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This is a great series! I read them to my children and now I have given them to my granddaughter for her birthday.
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Rose
4.0 out of 5 stars Orphan Train books are great
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I appreciate so much the hardships that the children in the Orphan Train adventures go through. These books make a person thankful for home and family and honesty and good values.
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Great book for kids to read!
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My niece loved this book and series!
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Brenda and Wayne Daniel
3.0 out of 5 stars Orphan train story
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These books are not regular sized. Much smaller than regular paperback
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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excellent series.
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