![]() ![]() Rodzina Brodski, a Polish-born Chicago girl, had a happy, reasonably comfortable life with her parents and little brothers, until a series of accidents and illnesses left her orphaned and alone. ![]() Recommended for girls 9-12 - and I enjoyed it, too! This is my favorite kind of book - spunky characters, fun to read, and along the way I learn something! The story of Rodzina, as she grows from grouchy and sad to a more hopeful and independent girl is one that evolves, as she faces two women who want her for her labor, and later, a man who wants her to replace his dying wife. In the early 1880s, westerners were mostly hard-scrabble ranchers, farmers and miners, who needed a hard worker with a strong back, not another mouth to feed. Not every family wants a child to love and cuddle, however. Rodzina Brodski, a 12-year-old Polish orphan girl from Chicago, and two dozen other children were put on an orphan train headed west in the hope that they could be adopted by good families. ![]() How did I not know the history of the children's orphan trains in the United States? I found myself fascinated all the way through, not just with the events of this journey, but also with the delightful characters. ![]()
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