Cover of The Little Sparrows

The Little Sparrows

The Orphan Trains Trilogy seriesbook 1 of 3Next:All My Tomorrows(2003) →

Kearney, Cheyenne, Rawlins. Reno, Sacramento, San Francisco. At each train station, a few lucky orphans from the crowded streets of New York City receive the fulfillment of their dreams: a home and family. This "orphan train" is the vision of Charles Loring Brace, founder of the Children's Aid Society, who cannot bear to see innocent children abandoned in the overpopulated cities of the mid-nineteenth-century. Yet it is not just the orphans whose lives need mending — follow the train along and watch God's hand restore love and laughter to the right family at the right time!

Audience
childrensadult
Length
medium · 368 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked The Little Sparrows? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Little Sparrows. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Winds of Change Shares Christian fiction, historical fiction, Christian
  2. The Song of Princes Shares Christian fiction, historical fiction, Christian
  3. Love's Pursuit Shares Christian fiction, historical fiction, Christian
  4. Driven With the Wind Shares Christian fiction, historical fiction, Christian

“People who read The Little Sparrows tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Daughter of Grace
  2. No Eye Can See
  3. A Veiled Reflection
  4. Homeward the Seeking Heart

“If you want more of the same (historical fiction about christian), start with these.”

  1. The Heavenly Fugitive
  2. The Shadow Portrait
  3. Prelude
  4. A City Not Forsaken

“If it was the Christian fiction that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The Ramparts of Heaven
  2. My Heart Remembers
  3. Passage Into Light
  4. The Fields of Glory

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed
  2. Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story
  3. Whistle-Stop West
  4. An Unexpected Family