Christian Fiction
The Little Sparrows
2003·355 pages
Christian historical fiction about orphans riding trains westward in the 1850s to find homes and families, highlighting faith and divine restoration.
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Christian historical fiction about orphans riding trains westward in the 1850s to find homes and families, highlighting faith and divine restoration.
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Kearney, Cheyenne, Rawlins. Reno, Sacramento, San Francisco. At each train station, a few lucky orphans from the crowded streets of New York City receive the fulfillment of their dreams: a home and family. This "orphan train" is the vision of Charles Loring Brace, founder of the Children's Aid Society, who cannot bear to see innocent children abandoned in the overpopulated cities of the mid-nineteenth-century. Yet it is not just the orphans whose lives need mending -- follow the train along and ...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mild clean romantic undertones as couples and families find love
Violence & gore
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Parental deaths and hardship; despair without graphic gore
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation
Religious content
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Christian faith, trust in God, and salvation themes central throughout
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft elements
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content
Political content
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Background social issues of 19th-century urban poverty and orphan care
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Child abandonment, street poverty, and orphan hardship depicted
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