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In the face of danger

Deeply unhappy about her family's separation because of poverty, Megan gradually finds contentment and purpose in her new home on the Kansas prairie with a kind and loving adopted family.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nixon, Joan Lowery
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1988.
Series:	The Orphan train quartet
Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life > Kansas > Juvenile fiction. Foster home care > Juvenile fiction. Kansas > Juvenile fiction. Great Plains > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Deeply unhappy about her family's separation because of poverty, Megan gradually finds contentment and purpose in her new home on the Kansas prairie with a kind and loving adopted family.
Physical Description:	151 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	9780440227052 0440227054 0553054902
Author Notes:	Joan Lowery Nixon was born in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of Southern California where she received a B.A. in journalism and later an education certificate from California State. She has written over 100 mystery books for young adults. She is known for her Orphan Train Adventure Series and other titles including A Family Apart, The Seance and Other Side of the Dark. Her works have earned her the honor of being the only writer to win four Edgar Allen Poe awards and in addition, two Spurs from Western Writers of America. She was a past President of the Mystery Writers of America. She died from complications of pancreatic cancer on June 28, 2003, in Houston, Texas. She was 76. (Bowker Author Biography)