Wanderville

New
Paperback
2014
$12.97

Jack, Frances, and Frances' younger brother Harold have been ripped from the world they knew in New York and sent to Kansas on an orphan train. As the train heads to its destination, awful rumours of what life is actually like where they're going begin to pile up. And so they decide to change their fate the only way they can - they jump off the train. They wander into the woods and meet a boy who will change their lives forever. His name is Alexander, and he tells them they've come to a place nobody knows about - especially not adults-and where all children in need of freedom are accepted. It's a place called Wanderville, Alexander says, and Jack, Frances, and Harold are its very first citizens.

Synopsis

Jack, Frances, and Frances' younger brother Harold have been ripped from the world they knew in New York and sent to Kansas on an orphan train. As the train heads to its destination, awful rumours of what life is actually like where they're going begin to pile up. And so they decide to change their fate the only way they can - they jump off the train. They wander into the woods and meet a boy who will change their lives forever. His name is Alexander, and he tells them they've come to a place nobody knows about - especially not adults-and where all children in need of freedom are accepted. It's a place called Wanderville, Alexander says, and Jack, Frances, and Harold are its very first citizens.

$12.97

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Razorbill
Published: 03 Oct 2014
ISBN 10: 1595147012
ISBN 13: 9781595147011

Media Reviews

.. . A page-turner that will have readers eagerly waiting for the next installment. For those who want more background, the book includes a brief explanation of the Orphan Train Movement. Readers may wonder how children can survive on their own. Here, the strong characters make it plausible. --Booklist McClure celebrates bravery, ingenuity, and the bonds of family and friendship in this old-fashioned story of children fending for themselves, building a community, and eluding the adults who seek them... Readers should enjoy vicariously participating in the children's independence and will appreciate their hard-earned triumphs. --Publishers Weekly Readers will be swept away by the bravery of the young heroes... Readers of series fiction who enjoy learning about the past will gravitate toward this accessible novel and will be impatient for the sequel. --School Library Journal A thoroughly enjoyable, fast-paced adventure. --Caroline Starr Rose, author of May B

Author Bio

Wendy McClure (WendyMcClure.net) is the author of The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie and several other books for adults and children. She is a senior editor at Albert Whitman and Company, where her recent projects include books in the Boxcar Children series. She received an MFA from the Iowa Writer's Workshop and has been a contributor to the New York Times Magazine and This American Life. She lives in Chicago with her husband.