Treachery (The Orphan Train Saga)($12.75Value)

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The Orphan Train Saga continues with Treachery, Book Three, Anastasia’s story. After an arduous childhood, fraught with poverty and a contentious relationship with her parents, Anastasia finds herself thrust out of her home and living on the streets of New York City. Not wishing to be listed among the city’s ever-growing homeless children population, Anastasia lies her way into being sent out on an orphan train, a trip that will set her on a turbulent path few would be able to recover from. Will Anastasia find the happiness she so desperately seeks? Or will she be forced to accept the dark cloud that has shrouded her childhood? In the mid-1850s, there were over 30k children living on the streets of New York City. Children as young as four and five who had to lie, cheat, and steal just to survive. Some of the children were true orphans, others were not. Either way, their situation was dire and something had to be done. So, between 1854 and 1929, over 250k children from New York and Boston were sent west on what was later referred to as 'the orphan trains' to find new homes. Children most people haven't heard about. My goal with this eighteen book saga is to keep those children's memories alive. While the children in my books are fictional, I use history to tell their tales. I introduce seventeen of the eighteen children in Discovery, book one of The Orphan Train Saga. Discovery tells Mileta's story and each book after that will tell one of the children's tale. The reader will follow each child from their earliest memory and find out what caused them to be without a home. The reader will journey with the children on the train and follow as they grow. When I began writing this historical fiction saga I thought I was writing towards adults. While each book starts with the person's first memory, the children grow up, and there are real-life situations. With that said, the books are void of swearwords and there is no overly graphic content. Since Discovery's release in December of 2018, I've received e-mails from children as young as nine, letting me know how much they are enjoying this saga, and the history that surrounds it. So, now when I'm asked I just say it's for ages 9 to 99+. Lastly, while Discovery can be read and enjoyed on its own, if you decide to keep reading -which I hope you do- you'll want to read the books in order. Some of the children's lives are so intertwined that a subsequent book will give you a greater understanding of something from a previous book when told from a different perspective. Born in Kentucky, sherry and her husband of forty years now call Michigan home. Sherry got her start in writing by pledging to write a happy ending for a friend. Sherry started writing and the voices took over. A good thing, as Sherry's been writing ever since. Sherry spends her time writing from her home office, and traveling to books signings and giving lectures on the Orphan Trains. Sherry is currently working on the next book in her planned eighteen book Orphan Train Saga.