Young Sophie comes home from school to find that her brother and sister are gone without a trace. She begs her aunt Anna to tell her where they have gone but she refuses. Their mother had died just a few months earlier, their sickly baby sister had been sent away, their father had mysteriously disappeared and now this. Thus begins the story of a courageous little boy and two strong-willed sisters, determined to find one another. A Victorian novel? No. This is the true story of an Orphan Train Rider torn from those who loved him, and of the sisters he left behind. Travel with Christian as the train carries him to Nebraska and a new life. Join Sophie as she searches for her sisters, brother and father, praying that she will find them and that they will be a family again. Theirs is a story that may anger you, cause you to cry, but ultimately warm your heart.
Young Sophie comes home from school to find that her brother and sister are gone without a trace. She begs her aunt Anna to tell her where they have gone but she refuses. Their mother had died just a few months earlier, their sickly baby sister had been sent away, their father had mysteriously disappeared and now this. Thus begins the story of a courageous little boy and two strong-willed sisters, determined to find one another. A Victorian novel? No. This is the true story of an Orphan Train Rider torn from those who loved him, and of the sisters he left behind. Travel with Christian as the train carries him to Nebraska and a new life. Join Sophie as she searches for her sisters, brother and father, praying that she will find them and that they will be a family again. Theirs is a story that may anger you, cause you to cry, but ultimately warm your heart.