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Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story (1996)

by Andrea Warren(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0395698227 (ISBN13: 9780395698228)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

review 1: The authors purpose of this story "Orphan Train Rider" was to give a better explanation and understanding to people of what happened with the orphans on the train from Germany. The theme of the book was to tell a boy, named Lee Nailling's story about being an orphan in Germany and then coming on the orphan train to an adoptive family. The style of this book was non-fiction.The writer, Andrea Warrens's opinion of this book was how Lee was quite fortunate to be able to transfer to such a loving adoptive family, because many other children were not as fortunate. Overall, I thought this book would be really beneficial for people who are looking to learn more about the orphan train from a victims point of view. In my opinion, non-fiction books are more difficult for me to r... moreead than fictional books so I struggled a bit to get through it, but it was not bad! Actually I would most definitely recommend this book to anyone who is wanting a good and not too long non-fiction book to read! In conclusion, this book taught me more about the struggles orphans had to go through and the concerns that they had with not only their futures, but with wondering if they could be put into a good adoptive family. "Orphan Train Rider" helped me to remember how fortunate I am to have such a loving family and group of friends, and the things that we take for granted everyday someone else may not have, not just material things, but love and comfort.
review 2: I bought this book a couple of years ago on a trip to South Dakota, in the gift shop of the old steam train ride. This book tells a piece of history that I imagine most people don't know about anymore, when children would be turned out on the streets by parents too overwhelmed to care for them, or would be out right surrendered to an orphanage by parents. Orphan trains would ship these children "out West", now the American Midwest, to find families. This book tells the heartbreaking story in clear, plain terms, suitable for elementary school children to read and understand, both by outlining the general history and by following the real story of an actual orphan train rider (long since grown up.) It only takes a couple of hours to read. A worthy read. less

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