Orphan Train Trials: The Orphan Train Series (Hearts On The Rails Book 2)

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They survived New York by becoming sisters in all but blood. Now two orphan-train journeys will test everything they believe about family, courage and justice. New York, 1894. Kathleen Collins cannot forget the two brothers she left behind. Shane and Michael travelled west aboard an orphan train, but no letters ever came and nobody can tell her where they were placed. Certain that something is wrong, Kathleen sets out for Iowa to find them. What she discovers is worse than anything she imagined. Her brothers are in chains, accused of a serious crime, and their lives may depend upon Kathleen proving that the truth matters more than their poverty. Back in New York, Bella Jones has grown to love six-year-old twins Megan and Eileen Doyle. When the orphaned girls are sent west, Bella refuses to let them make the frightening journey alone. She promises to find them a safe and loving home, but an uneasy feeling warns her that she may have made a terrible mistake. To protect the twins, Bella must return to the place she left them and confront memories she has spent years trying to bury. Separated by hundreds of miles, Kathleen and Bella face the greatest trials of their young lives. One must fight to save her brothers. The other must find the courage to speak for children who have no voice of their own. But in a world where the poor are easily judged and forgotten, will the truth be enough to save the people they love? Orphan Train Trials is the second book in the complete seven-book Hearts on the Rails series, an emotional historical saga about an Irish family, enduring friendship and the children sent west in search of home.