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A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cushman, Karen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Clarion Books, [2003]
Subjects:
Polish Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Polish Americans > Fiction.
Orphans > Fiction.
Orphan trains > Fiction.
Survival > Fiction.
West (U.S.) > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Description
Summary:A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
Physical Description:215 pages ; 24 cm.
Awards:Booklist Editors' Choice Books for Youth, 2003.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-215).
ISBN:0618133518 (alk. paper)