num_pages: 162
description: When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860
language: English
title: A Family Apart
titlecomplete: A Family Apart (Orphan Train Quartet, #1)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Family, Adventure, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 2043
places: St. Joseph, Missouri
series: Orphan Train Adventures
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Juvenile
publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers