And as Americans began thinking about their nation in a new way-as one more nation among nations, no more providential than any other-the pundits declared that from now on successful politicians would be the ones who honored this chastened new national mood. The collapse of the South Vietnamese government rendered moot the sacrifice of some 58,000 American lives. The next president declared upon Nixon's resignation "our long national nightmare is over"-but then congressional investigators exposed the CIA for assassinating foreign leaders. In January of 1973 Richard Nixon announced the end of the Vietnam War and prepared for a triumphant second term-until televised Watergate hearings revealed his White House as little better than a mafia den.
“This is as close to a perfect book as you’ll buy this year. Will Frances be able to save her siblings? And what about her mom-was splitting up their family really her greatest act of love? Ride the rails with Frances and her siblings to find out! She’s going to protect her brothers and sisters, even if it means dressing up like a boy and putting herself in danger. Thirteen-year-old Frances won’t stand for it. It was bad enough that they had to say goodbye to their mother, but now they’re forced to part ways with their fellow siblings as well. Joseph, Missouri, where their problems only grow worse.
The Kellys board an “orphan train” and are taken to St. It’s 1856, and their widowed mother has sent them west from New York City because she’s convinced that she can’t give them the life they deserve.
This is the fate that befalls the Kelly children. Imagine your mother is the one who lets it happen. The middle-grade answer to Christina Baker Kline's New York Times bestselling Orphan Train, this is a shockingly timely historical adventure.
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