Train To Somewhere (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Heading west aboard the Orphan Train, shy, plain Marianne soothes her fears over not being adopted by hoping that her mother will claim her along the way, but no one seems to want her until she reaches the end of the

In the late 1800s, Marianne travels westward on the Orphan Train in hopes of being placed with a caring family.

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Inspired by a little-known chapter of American history, this characteristically incisive collaboration from Bunting and Himler (Someday a Tree, see p. 90; Fly Away Home) imagines a journey on one of the many "Orphan Trains" that, between the mid-1850s and the late 1920s, brought children from New York City orphanages to adoptive families in the West. The narrator of this finely crafted, heart-wrenching story is Marianne, a plain girl secretly dreaming of being reunited with her own mother, who promised to return for Marianne after making a new life for them in the West. Bunting ably weaves the girl's hopes and anxieties into her perceptive account of how each of Marianne's 13 companions is chosen for adoption at the various train stations while she futilely searches the crowd for her mother. Finally only Marianne remains. In the tale's optimistic ending, Marianne finds a new family in Somewhere, Iowa, the train's last stop. Here an elderly couple, who clearly had planned on adopting a boy, take Marianne in, with ultimately comforting, resonant words: "Sometimes what you get turns out to be better than what you wanted in the first place." Himler's watercolor and gouache paintings offer polished portraits of the period as they convey the plot's considerable emotion. Like Bunting's text, his art is at once sobering and uplifting-and assuredly memorable. Ages 5-8. (Mar.)
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Eve Bunting has always been an author who sheds light on emotional issues. Recently she has turned her writing talents to historical subjects. Train to Somewhere illuminates the times of the Orphan Trains, which ran from the mid-1850's to 1920, bringing an estimated 100,000 homeless children by train from New York City to small towns and farms in the Midwest. Bunting's tale tells the story of Marianne, a young female orphan, traveling with thirteen others on an orphan train. Bunting's genius shows when she takes the general subject into the specific by showing us Marianne's hopes, dreams, and disappointment. Marianne's mother, leaving her at the orphanage, has promised she'd make a new life for them in the West, and return before Christmas, but Marianna has "waited through so many Christmases." Still she hopes to be greeted by her mother at every stop the train makes. Her journey, marred by rude comments and rejection, turns Marianne's dreams to disappointment. She is, finally, the last orphan, headed to the last stop, the town of Somewhere. The train is greeted by an elderly couple who'd hoped for a boy, but welcome her lovingly. The woman speaks of her happy late-in-life marriage, saying "sometimes what you get turns out to be better than what you wanted in the first place." Marianne's dreams of finding her mother begin to fade in her new hopes for a secure home with people who care about her.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780613286794
  • Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval
  • Publication date: 4/28/2000
  • Format: Library Binding
  • Edition description: THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHO
  • Pages: 32
  • Sales rank: 682,956
  • Age range: 8 - 11 Years
  • Lexile: 0440L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 10.20 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Ronald Himler is the illustrator of several successful picure books for Clarion, including TRAIN TO SOMEWHERE, FLY AWAY HOME, and THE WALL. Mr. Himler studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and New York University. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 8, 2010

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    Great Historical Fiction for kids!!!

    I decided to order this book after reading other children's books by Eve Bunting. I am so glad that I did. This book is excellent. It tells about a girl going on the Orphan Train. Most of the children get chosen early until it is just the girl and the woman that works for the orphanage. It is a very touching story. It would be a great conversation starter to use in the classroom while learning about the time period. I am a studying to be a Elementary school teacher and I think that this is an excellent addition to my personal library.

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