In 1918, 11-year-old Hazelle Boxberg is taken from a New York City orphanage and put on a train to Texas to be placed with a family looking for a child. But Hazelle is not an orphan, and her new home is not what she expects. Illustrations.
Hazelle has been living in the Grace Home, an orphanage in New York City, for almost a year. Now she and several other children have been put on a train headed for Texas, where they will be placed with families that want children. But Hazelle isn't an orphan, and her new home isn't what she expected. Will Hazelle find a place where she belongs? Hazelle Boxberg was a real eleven-year-old girl who traveled to Texas on an orphan train in 1918. Her story is as exciting as any novel.