Homeward the Seeking Heart

by Jane Peart

Book Overview

It is spring, 1890. Three eight-year-old girls leave overcrowded, bleak Greystone Orphanage near Boston and set our together on the 'Orphan Train', heading West to adoptive homes. Along the way, the little girls--shy, delicate Laurel, vivacious, mischievous Toddy, and kind, scholarly Kit--make a vow to be 'forever friends.' At journey's end, they go to live with separate families in the town of Meadowridge. As the years go by, each of the girls encounters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800753747
• ISBN13: 9780800753740
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

Customer Reviews

One of my favorite books!

I really liked this book. The book is about an Orphan named Toddy who goes west on an "Orphan Train". Alonge the way see meets two friends, which begin an unforgetable tale of childhood innocence.