LINDA D. (readinggrannie) reviewed on 9/6/2006 + 9 more book reviews

A story of true mother's love. In 1856 in New York City a widow realizes that she cannont give her 6 children the life they deserve. She makes the ultimate sacrifice of love and sends them west on the orphan train to find better lives with new families. The children are not only seperated from their mother but end up being seperated from each other--all but Frances, the oldest, and Petey, the youngest. Frances promised her mother she would look out for Petey. Follow "Frankie's" adventures as Frances masquerades as a boy to keep that promise and finally understands how splitting up the family was really her mother's act of love.

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