Hazelle Boxberg (Ready-for-Chapters) (Paperback)

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Gr. 2-4. This slice of American history is based on the true story of 11-year-old Hazelle Boxberg and 13 other children from a New York City orphanage who traveled to Texas on an orphan train in 1918. After they arrive the children are displayed on a stage at the Masonic Hall for prospective families to see and, hopefully, adopt. An elderly doctor and his wife who are looking for someone to take care of them in their old age choose Hazelle. Once she finds this out, she makes a daring nighttime escape from the doctor's home, and, eventually, finds happiness with a kind, very different family. Happy ending notwithstanding, some children may find this story disturbing, but Goodman's afterword helps offset some of the harshness by relating the history of orphan trains in America and talking about the many well-intentioned social workers who wanted the children to have the opportunity for a better life. Ettlinger's black-and-white drawings are nicely done and depict settings and dress from the time period. Lauren Peterson
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Texas Bound

Hazelle has been living in the Grace Home, an orphanage in New York City, for almost a year. Now she and several other children have been put on a train headed for Texas, where they will be placed with families that want children. But Hazelle isn't an orphan, and her new home isn't what she expected.

Will Hazelle find a place where she belongs?

Hazelle Boxberg was a real eleven-year-old girl who traveled to Texas on an orphan train in 1918. Her story is as exciting as any novel.

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