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Rory's promise

MacColl, Michaela (author.). Nichols, Rosemary, (author.).

Summary: Twelve-year-old Rory Fitzpatrick loves her younger sister, Violet, more than anyone in the world. She has been Violet's only family ever since their parents died and they went to live at the Sisters of Charity Foundling Hospital in New York. Rory promised she would always protect her sister, would never leave her. So when Rory learns that the nuns are sending Violet to an adoptive family out West, Rory is determined to follow and keep her family together at all costs. What happens on the journey west proves just how brave and strong Rory Fitzpatrick is.

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  • ISBN: 9781620916230
  • ISBN: 1620916231
  • Physical Description: 288 pages ; 22 cm
    print
  • Publisher: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2014]
Subject: New York Foundling Hospital Juvenile fiction
Sisters Juvenile fiction
Orphans United States Juvenile fiction
Orphan trains Juvenile fiction
Orphanages New York (State) New York Juvenile fiction
New York Foundling Hospital Fiction
Sisters Fiction
Orphans Fiction
Orphan trains Fiction
Orphanages New York (State) New York Fiction
New York (N.Y.) Fiction

Michaela MacColl has published several historical fiction novels. Prisoners in the Palace received a starred review from School Library Journal and was selected as an Indie Next Choice. Promise the Night received starred reviews and was selected for the ALA Amelia Bloomer List, IRA's Notable Books for a Global Society, and Bank Street College's Best Books of 2012. She has degrees in multi-disciplinary history from Vassar College and Yale University. Rory's Promise is the first in the Hidden Histories series published by Calkins Creek books. She and her family live in Connecticut. michaelamaccoll.com.

Rosemary Nichols has loved history all her life, especially the history of ordinary people. She has two history degrees from the University of Washington and a law degree from the University of Chicago. This is her first book for children. She lives in upstate New York. rosemarygailnichols.com.


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