About This Book
Reach for this book when your child is struggling to feel at home in a new environment or is processing the heavy weight of grief and the fear of being unwanted. It is an ideal resource for families navigating adoption, fostering, or the complex emotions that come with joining a family that has experienced its own recent trauma. Set in the 1920s, the story follows Hattie, a young girl sent from New York to Nebraska on the Orphan Train. She enters a household where the mother is paralyzed by the loss of her own biological children. The book explores the slow, often painful process of building trust and finding beauty in a life that feels broken. It is a gentle but honest look at resilience and the quiet ways strangers become family. Parents will appreciate the realistic portrayal of depression and the eventual hopeful message that love can be built even from the ashes of loss.
