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Nixon, Joan Lowery
CIRCLE OF LOVE : THE ORPHAN TRAIN ADVENTURES
New York : Bantam, 1996
IL YA RL 7.4
ISBN 0385322801
Six years ago, Frances Mary Kelly rode the orphan train that brought her from her home in New York City to her new life in Kansas. Now, as the country attempts to heal the wounds created by the Civil War, Frances finds herself riding the orphan train once more. This time, she is accompanying 30 children who are seeking new homes. Frances remembers her own fears as a child and promises the children that she will find good homes for all of them. How can Frances ever keep her promise to all these needy children? 
SUBJECTS:     Orphan trains -- Fiction
                        Orphans -- Fiction
 

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