Jake's Orphan
by Peggy Brooke
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When taken from an orphanage to work on a farm in North Dakota in 1926, twelve-year-old Tree searches for a home not only for himself but also for his irrepressible younger brother.Tags
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Tree is chosen by the Gundersons to go to farm in North Dakota to work on the farm for one year. If things go well, he might be adopted, something he has wanted for a long time.
Tree is forced to leave his brother behind, but promises to send for him.
Mr. Gunderson is a hard man to please and things don't always go right for Tree.
He has many adventures, but finds love and acceptance in the end and a sense of family.
Tree is forced to leave his brother behind, but promises to send for him.
Mr. Gunderson is a hard man to please and things don't always go right for Tree.
He has many adventures, but finds love and acceptance in the end and a sense of family.
When taken from an orphanage to work on a farm in North Dakota in 1926, twelve-year-old Tree searches for a home not only for himself but also for his irrepressible younger brother.
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- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Delton Gunderson; Etta Gunderson; Jake Gunderson; Acorn [Jake's Orphan]; Tree [Jake's Orphan]; Mr. Wolverton (show all 7); Leroy Johnson
- Important places
- USA; Minnesota, USA; North Dakota, USA
- First words
- Sometimes the flames reached the top of the sky.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)A name, I always thought, should link a person to his beginnings.
- Original language
- English
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
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