num_pages: 224
description: Through the diary of 10-year-old Victoria Cope, we learn about the arrival of ragged Mary Anna, one of the thousands of impoverished British children who were sent to Canada at the beginning of the century. Mary Anna joins the Cope family as a servant and is treated well, but she has to cope with the initial apprehension of the family members and the loss of her brother, Jasper, who was placed with another family. Victoria vows to help Mary Anna find her brother, so they can be a family once again.
language: English
title: Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope
titlecomplete: Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope (Dear Canada)
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Abuse, Diary, Canada, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 1630
places: Guelph, Ontario
series: Dear Canada
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award
publisher: Scholastic Canada