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Rodzina |  | Author: Karen Cushman
Creator: Becky Ann Baker
Publisher: Listening Library
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 2968835
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0807215767
EAN: 9780807215760
Publication Date: April 22, 2003
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Product Description
In 1881, 12-year-old Rodzina Clara Jadwiga Anastazya Brodski wishes she didn’t have to board the orphan train in Chicago. But she has no home, no family, and no choice. Rodzina doesn’t believe the orphans are on their way out West to be adopted by good families. She’s sure they will become slaves to strangers. Anyway, who would ever adopt a large, tough, stubborn girl of Polish origin? As the train heads west, all Rodzina has is a small suitcase and her family memories from the past. Will Rodzina ever step off the train to find the family that deep in her heart she’s searching for?
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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 YOU LAUGH WITH THIS BOOK,AND YOU CRY WITH IT. May 23, 2010
Yvette M. Castro
Rodzina is a great book about an orphan from chicago,with heads west on a train to be givin to familys.Its a great book that has made me alot more grateful for the things i have such as a warm place to sleep,good warm food,a loving and caring family.This is a great book for old and young!!!!
Polish Courage August 20, 2009
J. Grambo (Indiana, USA)
How did I not know the history of the children's orphan trains in the United States? I found myself fascinated all the way through, not just with the events of this journey, but also with the delightful characters.
Rodzina Brodski, a 12-year-old Polish orphan girl from Chicago, and two dozen other children were put on an orphan train headed west in the hope that they could be adopted by good families. Not every family wants a child to love and cuddle, however. In the early 1880s, westerners were mostly hard-scrabble ranchers, farmers and miners, who needed a hard worker with a strong back, not another mouth to feed.
The story of Rodzina, as she grows from grouchy and sad to a more hopeful and independent girl is one that evolves, as she faces two women who want her for her labor, and later, a man who wants her to replace his dying wife.
This is my favorite kind of book -- spunky characters, fun to read, and along the way I learn something!
Recommended for girls 9-12 -- and I enjoyed it, too!
 All right September 7, 2008
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0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book. It wasn't anything special like some of the author's other books. But I still enjoyed it on audiobook.
Rodzina the Orphan April 12, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This historical nonfiction book is about a real orphan girl named Rodzina Clara Jadwiga Anastazya Brodski. She and her family were Polish immigrants. Rodzina had a mom, dad, and twin 5-year-old brothers. When she was about ten her dad died, then her mom died shortly after that. She then became an orphan at the age of twelve and had to board the first of many trains going West with a lot of other orphans. Before becoming an orphan she didn't even know what a train was!
Because she was the oldest, she had to help take care of the other kids. She was lonely and sad, but then she became friends with some of the others whose names were Lacey, Joe, and his brother Sammy. She also met a lot of other people who were traveling west on the trains. Rodzina was talking to a lady with "rosy red cheeks and red cherries on her hat. She seemed very nice." The two adults that were watching the orphans and making sure they didn't get hurt were Mr. Szprots, who wasn't very nice and Ms. Doctor, who Rodzina grew to like.
Did the tall, brave Rodzina get picked to be a daughter or didn't she? How many of the original fourteen orphans would find good homes on the train ride West? I recommend this book to people who would like to learn more about the world of a young orphan in the 1880's. I loved this book and know if you read it you will too!
 Rodzina Book Review March 16, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As the orphans board the train they are told they are going to be adopted by loving and caring families out west. Rodzina Brodski, in the novel Rodzina by Karen Cushman, isn't sure about this and doesn't want a new family. She is perfectly fine with her orphanage back in Chicago but is forced to move west. Along the way she meets several orphans and interesting people. Another orphan on the train named Lacey becomes very good friends with Rodzina after they end up sitting together. Another person who Rodzina meets is the lady who is in charge of the orphans named Mrs. Doctor. Later at the end of the novel Mrs. Doctor who has grown fond of Rodzina decides to have Rodzina come live with her. This book is very fascinating and with its fast paced action it will make the reader anxious to know what will happen next. This is a good novel and I would recommend it to others.
Another reason why I would recommend this book is because the characters seem very realistic. I could imagine them in the scenes of the book as I read the story. Rodzina seems like an average girl who is scared and not wanting to be part of a new family, as most orphans would be. Another example, Mrs. Doctor at first seems cruel but later find out she is kind and caring. The plot seems also very realistic because several of these events actually did happen to real orphans.
Another reason why I recommend this book is because of the creativity in the plot. This book will grab the reader's attention from the very beginning when the orphan's situations are described. The reader will have fun trying to imagine how Rodzina feels and what she is going though. It will make the reader really relieve the hardships in there lives.
As a historical fiction novel, Rodzina told about how life was in America during the late 1800's. The author used great detail to describe the country side that the train traveled though and the cities they spent time in. After reading the novel I had a much better understanding of how life was different form today. An example of this difference is how long it took them to travel from Chicago to California.
Rodzina is an excellent well written novel that I would highly recommend. Readers looking for a funny adventurous story will love this book. The reader will route for Rodzina to find a family and live happily. They will want to keep reading until they find out the great ending of who adopts Rodzina.
~C. Cirillo
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