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The Resource The orphan collector : a heroic novel of survival during the 1918 influenza pandemic, Ellen Marie Wiseman

The orphan collector : a heroic novel of survival during the 1918 influenza pandemic, Ellen Marie Wiseman

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"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."--
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
392 pages
Note
"Includes a Reading Group Guide" pages (385-392)
Isbn
9781496715869
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The orphan collector : a heroic novel of survival during the 1918 influenza pandemic
Title
The orphan collector
Title remainder
a heroic novel of survival during the 1918 influenza pandemic
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Ellen Marie Wiseman
Title variation
Orphan collector
Title variation remainder
a novel
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"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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Wiseman, Ellen Marie
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[Fic]
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3623.I833
LC item number
O77 2020
Literary form
fiction
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  • Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
  • Immigrants
  • Orphans
  • Orphanages
  • Justice
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The orphan collector : a heroic novel of survival during the 1918 influenza pandemic, Ellen Marie Wiseman
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Publication
Copyright
Note
"Includes a Reading Group Guide" pages (385-392)
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 381)
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volume
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
392 pages
Isbn
9781496715869
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unmediated
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rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
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(OCoLC)on1177861954
Label
The orphan collector : a heroic novel of survival during the 1918 influenza pandemic, Ellen Marie Wiseman
Publication
Copyright
Note
"Includes a Reading Group Guide" pages (385-392)
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 381)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
392 pages
Isbn
9781496715869
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)on1177861954

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