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Gr 5 Up—Twelve-year-old Rory Fitzpatrick, a feisty red-haired orphan, helps care for the youngest children at the Foundling Hospital in New York where she lives with her younger sister, Violet. When Rory finds out that about 50 of the youngest orphans, including Violet, will be sent by train to "good Catholic homes" in the West, she secretly vows to accompany them, making a promise to Violet that they will always stay together. Despite the firm and loving guidance of head nun Sister Anna, Rory stows away on the train leaving behind the safety and comforts of the orphanage, (running water, hot ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More