eBook Rodzina ePub

Karen Cushman (Author), Becky Ann Baker (Reader). Cushman talks about the history in a lengthy final note, and she includes a bibliography of other orphan books.

Karen Cushman (Author), Becky Ann Baker (Reader). Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth.

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.

Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Rodzina doesn't believe the orphans are on their way out West to be adopted by good families. Anyway, who would ever adopt a large, tough, stubborn girl of Polish origin?

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Karen Cushman (Author), Becky Ann Baker (Narrator), Listening Library (Publisher). Get this audiobook plus a second, free. Get 2 free Audible books + 2 Originals. 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. I received the book quickly and it was well packed.

Rodzina, by Karen Cushman. Many years later, when I thought about writing a book about a Polish girl from Chicago, I decided to call her Rodzina after my great-grandmother

Rodzina, by Karen Cushman. p. cm. Summary: A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery. Many years later, when I thought about writing a book about a Polish girl from Chicago, I decided to call her Rodzina after my great-grandmother. I checked with my father to make sure I had the spelling correct, and I discovered that Rodzina was not her first name, but was the Polish word for "family.

By Karen Cushman Read by Becky Ann Baker. Karen Cushman’s first book, Catherine, Called Birdy, was a Newbery Honor winner and her second, The Midwife’s Apprentice, was awarded the Newbery Medal

By Karen Cushman Read by Becky Ann Baker. By Karen Cushman Read by Becky Ann Baker. Category: Audiobooks. Karen Cushman’s first book, Catherine, Called Birdy, was a Newbery Honor winner and her second, The Midwife’s Apprentice, was awarded the Newbery Medal. She was an adjunct professor in Museum Studies at John F. Kennedy University for 11 years, before retiring t. ore about Karen Cushman.

Karen Cushman, the author is a consummate writer of young adult books.

The book on disk is narrated very well by Becky Ann Baker (Mrs. Weir from Freaks and Geeks ), she does an exceptionally good job at handling all the Polish pronunciations. Jan 17, 2013 Mary rated it liked it. Overall this was a good kids chapter book. Karen Cushman, the author is a consummate writer of young adult books. She has a Newberry Award and a Newberry Honor Award winner.

This Author: Karen Cushman. This Narrator: Becky Ann Baker. This Publisher: Listening Library. Anyway, who would ever adopt a large, tough, stubborn girl of Polish origin?

Narrated by Becky Ann Baker.

Narrated by Becky Ann Baker. In 1881, 12-year-old Rodzina Clara Jadwiga Anastazya Brodski wishes she didn’t have to board the orphan train in Chicago.

Becky Ann Baker (née Gelke; born February 17, 1953) is an American actress who is known for her portrayal of Jean Weir on NBC's Emmy Award-winning Freaks and Geeks and for her role as Loreen Horvath on HBO's Emmy Award-winning Girls, for w. .

Becky Ann Baker (née Gelke; born February 17, 1953) is an American actress who is known for her portrayal of Jean Weir on NBC's Emmy Award-winning Freaks and Geeks and for her role as Loreen Horvath on HBO's Emmy Award-winning Girls, for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination. Baker was born Becky Gelke in Fort Knox, Kentucky.