Orphan at My Door

In 2001, Jean Little wrote a diary based on the life events in 1897 of 10-year-old Mary Anna Wilson.

Saturday, May 28, 1897, Bedtime

We went and got our home girl. She is very small and shy. Her name is Mary Anna Wilson and she is twelve years old. She looks as though she is ten.

There were just four children at the station platform. Only one of them was a girl. All four wore labels with their names written on them, and each of them had a trunk - a big, wooden one with brass corners. 

I could tell Father was displeased about something. "We need someone strong to help my wife," he told the women sitting with the children. "That girl is nothing but a child. A sickly youngster wouldn't be worth her keep."

The girl had her head ducked down so far we could just see the top of her hat. She could not help but to hear every word he spoke. 

217 Pages.

Used- Good.

Hardcover.

Kids Literature, History.

Kids, Young Adults.