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Looking for Home

by Arleta Richardson · 1993

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In 1907, while starting a new life in a Christian orphanage, eight-year-old Ethan and his three younger siblings hear about the prospect of being sent west on an Orphan Train and pray to stay together.

Genre
Christian fictionhistorical fiction
Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
short · 141 pages

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