Aggie's Home (Orphan Train Children)
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ISBN: 0440413125 / Publisher: Yearling, March 2000
Having lived the majority of her life in the Asylum for Homeless Waifs in New York City, twelveyearold Aggie Mae is both fearful and excited about what her future may hold as she gets aboard the orphan train and heads to her a new destination. Teacher's Guide available. Reprint.
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A clumsy and unattractive twelve-year-old, Aggie is sure no one will want to adopt her when she rides the orphan train out west, but when she meets the eccentric Bradon family she begins to have some hope; includes historical information about orphan trains and the woman's suffrage movement.A clumsy and unattractive twelve-year-old, Aggie is sure no one will want to adopt her when she rides the orphan train out west, but when she meets the eccentric Bradon family she begins to have some hope
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