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Gr 4–7—On October 8, 1871, two great fires roared through Peshtigo, WI, and Chicago, destroying families, homes, and lives. Ailis, 12, and Quinn, 11, lost their parents and their baby sister in Peshtigo. When Mr. Olsen, the powerful former president of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, offers to bring them to his boardinghouse in Chicago, they accept. At the boardinghouse, they meet Nettie, a precocious, hen-loving six-year-old orphan who shares a small closet with Ailis. While Nettie goes to school, Ailis and Q...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

A month after the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, orphans Ailis and Quinn struggle with the deaths of their parents and little sister in a fire that destroyed their Wisconsin farm and to survive their harsh treatment in the miserable Chicago boardinghouse where they work basically as indentured servants. The bright spot in their lives is six-year-old fellow displaced orphan Nettie, who inspires the siblings to find a way out o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Ailis and Quinn, orphaned and displaced by fire, endure harsh treatment in a Chicago boardinghouse. Six-year-old fellow orphan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More