Orphan Train
- ISBN-10
- 0399236139
- ISBN-13
- 9780399236136
- Series
- Orphan Train
- Category
- Brothers and sisters
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Putnam Publishing Group
- Author
- Verla Kay
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text tell the story of a sister and two brothers who become orphans, are taken in, and make a journey aboard an orphan train to separate new homes.
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