Rory's Promise
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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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PUBLISHED
Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: 288 pages ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1620916231
9781620916230
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
MacColl, Michaela.
Nichols, Rosemary.
SUBJECTS
New York Foundling Hospital -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Orphan trains -- Fiction.
Orphanages -- New York -- Fiction.