![]() ![]() ![]() Still, readers should enjoy vicariously participating in the children's independence and will appreciate their hard-earned triumphs. A Garden to Save the Birds by Wendy McClure - 9780807527535 We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Close calls maintain suspense, but most of the characters%E2%80%94including the four children%E2%80%94lack full development certain adults, such as the cruel ranch owners, are little more than stereotypes. A Garden to Save the Birds by Wendy McClure, 9780807527535, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Author/editor McClure (The Wilder Life) celebrates bravery, ingenuity, and the bonds of family and friendship in this old-fashioned story of children fending for themselves, building a community, and eluding the adults who seek them. Lost in the Kansas wilderness, they meet another young New Yorker, Alexander, himself escaped from the cruel conditions of a working ranch, and they become the first citizens of Wanderville, a "town" in the woods that he is creating for runaways. Eleven-year-old Frances and her seven-year-old brother, Harold, meet up with 11-year-old Jack on a train bound from New York City to Kansas fearing the worst for what lies ahead, they decide to jump off the train. First in a historical-fiction series, McClure's book is inspired by the orphan trains of the 19th and early 20th centuries. ![]()
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