The Orphan Train
by Brent Ford
382 pages· 2013· ISBN 9781908616012
About
'Wilder Than The West'
Bobby and Ella Kincade are orphaned after the vicious murder of their parents at
the hands of the brutal McKenzie Gang, recently sprung from jail.
As a resolute Bobby, teamed up with with old timer, Diggory, set off after the killers,
Ella is placed at the mercy of an unscrupulous priest and soon finds herself aboard
one of America's infamous, Orphan Trains.
Bobby and Diggory, now accompanied by his reluctant, young schoolteacher,
Miss Halfpenny, are faced with the critical dilemma of searching for his sister,
or the continued quest of his parents' killer.
And so, a desperate pursuit ensues across America's still untamed and perilous Wild West.
Bobby and Ella Kincade are orphaned after the vicious murder of their parents at
the hands of the brutal McKenzie Gang, recently sprung from jail.
As a resolute Bobby, teamed up with with old timer, Diggory, set off after the killers,
Ella is placed at the mercy of an unscrupulous priest and soon finds herself aboard
one of America's infamous, Orphan Trains.
Bobby and Diggory, now accompanied by his reluctant, young schoolteacher,
Miss Halfpenny, are faced with the critical dilemma of searching for his sister,
or the continued quest of his parents' killer.
And so, a desperate pursuit ensues across America's still untamed and perilous Wild West.
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