The Orphan Collector / Ellen Marie Wiseman.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781496715869
- ISBN: 1496715861
- ISBN: 9781496734679
- ISBN: 149673467X
- Physical Description: 390 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Kensington Books, ©2020.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A novel"--Cover. Includes a reading group guide. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 381). |
Search for related items by subject
Genre: | Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. |
Available copies
- 39 of 41 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 1 of 1 copy available at De Soto. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 41 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
De Soto Public Library | F WISEMAN Ellen Marie (Text) | 33858000026679 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Adair County Public Library | A F Wiseman (Text) | 34029002714359 | Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Aurora Library | FIC WIS (Text) | 37884102866088 | Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Monett Library | FIC WIS (Text) | 37884102866070 | Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Mt. Vernon Library | FIC WIS (Text) | 37884102866096 | Fiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Climax Springs | FIC WISEMAN (Text) | 31320003753220 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Stoutland | FIC WISEMAN (Text) | 31320003762825 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cape Girardeau Public Library | WIS (Text) | 33042004699099 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Carrollton Public Library | FIC WIS (Text)
Digital Bookplate:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF SUE WISE DONATED OCTOBER 2023 BY FAMILY & FRIENDS
|
30183000061906 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Archie | F WIS 2020 (Text) | 0002205658913 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Drexel | F WIS 2020 (Text) | 0002205660620 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Garden City | F WIS 2020 (Text) | 0002205660646 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Harrisonville | F WIS 2020 (Text) | 0002205660604 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | F WIS 2020 (Text) | 0002205660638 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill | F WIS 2020 (Text) | 0002205660612 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cedar County - El Dorado Springs | FIC WIS (Text) | 3482700082136 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Lebanon-Laclede County Library | F Wiseman (Text) | 3803713269 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | F WISEMAN (Text) | 2004474610 | Adult Fiction Shelves | Available | - |
Livingston County Library - Main Library | WISEMAN (Text) | 2601928689 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Marion County Library | F WIS (Text) | PPL74233 | Fiction | Available | - |
Mississippi County - Clara Drinkwater Newnam Library | F WIS (Text) | 38530100716507 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Montgomery City Public Library | F WIS (Text) | 31927000025488 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Neosho Newton - Neosho | WISEMAN, ELLEN (Text) | 34162002064515 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Oregon County - Thayer Public Library | Fic Wis (Text) | 3THAY000460569 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Polk County Library-Bolivar | FIC WIS (Text) | 34531000309333 | Fiction | Available | - |
Pulaski County Library-Richland | FIC WIS (Text) | 33642000680900 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Ralls County Library | FIC WISE (Text) | 33200000026978 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Ray County Library | F WIS (Text) | 2901809182 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Riverside Regional-Scott City | F WIS (Text) | 30000005389121 | Adult Fiction | In transit | - |
Scenic Regional-New Haven | FIC WIS (Text) | 3007426898 | Fiction | Available | - |
Scenic Regional-Owensville | FIC WIS (Text) | 3007129672 | Fiction | Available | - |
Scenic Regional-Union | FIC WIS (Text) | 3007129648 | Fiction | Checked out | 05/08/2024 |
Scenic Regional-Warrenton | FIC WIS (Text) | 3007129664 | Fiction | Available | - |
Ste. Genevieve County Library | Fic Wiseman, Ellen Marie (Text) | 33358000302193 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Stone County-Blue Eye | F WIS (Text) | 31358001305734 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Stone County-Crane | F WIS (Text) | 31358001283261 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Stone County-Galena | F WIS (Text) | 31358001282156 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Trails Regional-Holden | FIC WIS (Text) | 220497711+ | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Trails Regional-Lexington | FIC WIS (Text) | 2204977128 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Webster County-Main Library-Marshfield | HISTORICAL FICTION Wiseman (Text) | 3991244538 | * Adult Historical Fiction | Available | - |
West Plains Public Library | FIC WIS (Text) | 38268201192662 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |