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BOOK REVIEW: Roundup of the Street Rovers
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by: Dell Smith Klein Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: Roundup of the Street Rovers--Charles Loring Brace Author: Dave and Neta Jackson Publisher: Bethany House Publishers ISBN: 0-764-22269-4 Genre: Inspirational/Historical/Juvenile/Fiction
Kip O'Reilly and his gang of street rovers lived by selling newspapers, thieving and begging. When Rev. Brace invited Kip to attend Boys' Meetings at the Children's Aid Society, Kip figured it was really Sunday school, but he finally agreed to attend.
Sometime later when Kip is arrested, Rev. Bruce gets him out of jail on the condition that he and the other street rovers get real jobs and that they sleep at the Boys' Lodging House.
Other children ended up at the Children's Aid Society, too, like Peggy and Carlotta Conner, whose mother died and whose step-father disappeared and Lauren and Lena Rogers. Laura and Lena's rich parents took a trip to Europe. When the governess' pay stopped coming, she turned the girls over to the state and they ended up in the Children's Aid Society.
The children were placed on The Orphan Train to new homes with farm families in Michigan. All the children were adopted except Kip. Some of the children adjusted well to their new homes, others had tremendous difficulties. Kip helps the veterinarian with his rounds and uses his creative, inventive abilities to help when the doctor injuries his knees. Throughout the book, the children learn and grow and mature. Even in their difficult situations, the children learn to trust a loving God.
Dave and Neta Jackson live in Evanston, Illinois. They have written books on marriage and family, the church, and relationships as well as numerous books for children including books in the Trailblazer Series.
The cover illustration by Anne Gavitt, depicts Kip, Lauren and Lena beside the Orphan Train. Scattered throughout the book, Gavitt has provided pen and ink drawings of various scenes.
Roundup of the Street Rovers, one of the Trailblazer Series of books, mixes fiction and fact about the orphan trains of 1854. The authors did a credible job weaving the story of Rev. Charles Loring Brace and the Children's Aid Society.
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