When Luck Runs Out
- ISBN-10
- 0996286330
- ISBN-13
- 9780996286336
- Category
- Orphan trains
- Pages
- 143
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Author
- Terri Karsten
Description
Meg Kelly doesn't expect any handouts, but she wouldn't mind a bit of luck. It's been one bad break after another since Da died in the Civil War. Now homeless and orphaned, Meg has nothing left to lose--except her little brother, Mole. With no one to turn to and no place else to go, Meg makes a desperate choice. Together, she and Mole head west on an orphan train. Will Meg and Mole ever find a place to call home, or has their luck run out for good?
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