You Belong Here Now, (Paperback)

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2.5 stars. I had a hard time with this book - I really wanted to like it more. But I really couldn't connect with the story or characters. It had a good message and was touching but nothing about it really stands out for me. I received an ARC of this book from LibraryThing.

from delphimo

Dianna Rostad details the life in Montana in 1925. The orphan train that left New York and headed west to give orphans in New York a chance at a different life. Dianna Rostad briefly addresses the plight of these orphans as western farmers looked for strong and healthy farm laborers. Many books h...

from pdebolt

Three children, Charles, Patrick and Opal, board the orphan train bound west from New York City. There are many stops, but none of three is chosen. As they enter Montana, Charles decides with Patrick that their best bet is to jump from the train to survive on their own before the last stop and ce...

from pegmcdaniel

This is the debut novel for Dianna Rostad. Since I had read The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline, I was familiar with orphan trains that took homeless children from the NYC area across the country to find new homes. These children were subjected to tight, and sometime humiliating, scrutiny b...

from nancynova

An ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Have the tissues handy for the latter part of the book. Charles, Patrick and Opal are the last kids on the Orphan Train from NYC heading west. Unrelated, they band together and jump the train before the last stop, because if they are not...