It is 1871 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose, still grieving from the death of her parents, takes her brother Gideon, who has Down syndrome, escapes from her uncle and aunt, taking a train to Chicago--but disaster seems to follow her there.
year: 2013
call number/section: 1000, 920
subjects: great fire, chicago, ill., 1871, juvenile fiction, orphans, down syndrome, children with mental disabilities, diaries, chicago (ill.), history, 19th century, juvenile fiction, scranton (pa.), fiction