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Wanderville


Wanderville Series

School year: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8

No. of pages 240

Published: 2014

Great for age 6-13 years

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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.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Wanderville .

This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Razorbill .

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.

 

This book is in the following series:

Wanderville Series

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Parents' Choice Award - Fiction
This book was recognised in the Fiction category by the Parents' Choice Award.

"... 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

 

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