The orphan collector
(Book)
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Published:
New York, NY : Kensington Books, ©2020.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
392 pages ; 21 cm
Status:
19 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
"In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia's overcrowded slums and the anti-immigrant sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the U.S. Army. But as her city celebrates the end of war, an even more urgent threat arrives: the Spanish flu. Funeral crepe and quarantine signs appear on doors as victims drop dead in the streets and desperate survivors wear white masks to ward off illness. When food runs out in the cramped tenement she calls home, Pia must venture alone into the quarantined city in search of supplies, leaving her baby brothers behind. Bernice Groves has become lost in grief and bitterness since her baby died from the Spanish flu. Watching Pia leave her brothers alone, Bernice makes a shocking, life-altering decision. It becomes her sinister mission to tear families apart when they're at their most vulnerable, planning to transform the city's orphans and immigrant children into what she feels are "true Americans." Waking in a makeshift hospital days after collapsing in the street, Pia is frantic to return home. Instead, she is taken to St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum - the first step in a long and arduous journey. As Bernice plots to keep the truth hidden at any cost in the months and years that follow, Pia must confront her own shame and fear, risking everything to see justice - and love - triumph at last. Powerful, harrowing, and ultimately exultant, The Orphan Collector is a story of love, resilience, and the lengths we will go to protect those who need us most.--
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Branford/Blackstone Adult Fiction
FICTION
Due Jul 15, 2025
Durham Adult Fiction
FIC WISEMAN
Due Jul 22, 2025
East Haddam/Rathbun A Fiction
FIC WIS
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East Lyme Public Adult Fiction (PBK)
Wiseman, Ellen (Orphan)
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Guilford Adult Fiction
FIC WISEMAN
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Hamden/Miller Adult Fiction
FIC/WISEMAN
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Hamden/Whitneyville Adult Fiction
FIC/WISEMAN
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Ivoryton Adult Fiction
F WISEMAN
Due Jul 31, 2025
Meriden Adult Fiction
FIC WISEMAN
Billed
Middlefield/Coe Adult Collection
FIC HIS Wiseman
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North Branford/Atwater Adult Fiction
Fiction Wiseman
On Shelf
North Branford/Smith Adult Fiction
Fiction Wiseman
Due Aug 1, 2025
North Haven Adult Fiction
Fiction Wiseman,Marie Ellen
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North Stonington/Wheeler Adult Fiction
FIC WISEMAN [SEP 20]
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Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Fiction
F WISEMAN
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Orange/Case Adult Fiction Book
Fiction Wiseman
Due Aug 4, 2025
Wallingford Adult Fiction
WISEMAN
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West Haven Main Adult Fiction
FIC WISEMAN
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Woodbridge Adult Fiction
FIC WISEMAN
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More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781496715869, 1496715861
Notes
General Note
Includes a reading group guide.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 381).
Description
"In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia's overcrowded slums and the anti-immigrant sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the U.S. Army. But as her city celebrates the end of war, an even more urgent threat arrives: the Spanish flu. Funeral crepe and quarantine signs appear on doors as victims drop dead in the streets and desperate survivors wear white masks to ward off illness. When food runs out in the cramped tenement she calls home, Pia must venture alone into the quarantined city in search of supplies, leaving her baby brothers behind. Bernice Groves has become lost in grief and bitterness since her baby died from the Spanish flu. Watching Pia leave her brothers alone, Bernice makes a shocking, life-altering decision. It becomes her sinister mission to tear families apart when they're at their most vulnerable, planning to transform the city's orphans and immigrant children into what she feels are "true Americans." Waking in a makeshift hospital days after collapsing in the street, Pia is frantic to return home. Instead, she is taken to St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum - the first step in a long and arduous journey. As Bernice plots to keep the truth hidden at any cost in the months and years that follow, Pia must confront her own shame and fear, risking everything to see justice - and love - triumph at last. Powerful, harrowing, and ultimately exultant, The Orphan Collector is a story of love, resilience, and the lengths we will go to protect those who need us most.--,Publisher's description.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Wiseman, E. M. (2020). The orphan collector. Kensington Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Wiseman, Ellen Marie. 2020. The Orphan Collector. Kensington Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Wiseman, Ellen Marie, The Orphan Collector. Kensington Books, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Wiseman, Ellen Marie. The Orphan Collector. Kensington Books, 2020.
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