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The Orphan Band of Springdale

by Anne Nesbet

Ages: 9+

Published: 2018

Publisher: Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-0-7636-8804-2

Keywords: Prejudice, World War II, Immigration and Emigration, Foster homes

In 1941, 11-year-old Gusta Neubronner's spirit is tested when her parents send her from New York to her grandmother's boarding house in Maine.