Wanderville

To escape rumored terrors in Kansas, New Yorkers Jack and Frances, eleven, and Frances's brother Harold, seven, jump off an orphan train in 1899 and help new friend Alexander to build Wanderville, a safe place for homeless children.

Main Author: McClure, Wendy.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, New York : Razorbill, 2014.
Series: Wanderville ; #01
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Summary: To escape rumored terrors in Kansas, New Yorkers Jack and Frances, eleven, and Frances's brother Harold, seven, jump off an orphan train in 1899 and help new friend Alexander to build Wanderville, a safe place for homeless children.
Physical Description: 211 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 9781595147004 (hardback)
1595147004 (hardback)
Author Notes: 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.