by Susan E. Goodman (Author), Doris Ettlinger (Illustrator)

Hazelle has been living in the Grace Home, an orphanage in New York City, for almost a year. Now she and several other children have been put on a train headed for Texas, where they will be placed with families that want children. But Hazelle isn't an orphan, and her new home isn't what she expected. Will Hazelle find a place where she belongs? Hazelle Boxberg was a real eleven-year-old girl who traveled to Texas on an orphan train in 1918. Her story is as exciting as any novel.

Author Biography

Susan E. Goodman is the author of the nonfiction Ready-to-Read book Animal Rescue as well as the Ultimate Field Trip books. She is currently working on the next book in the Brave Kids series. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

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