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When Frankie's mother died and her father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, it was supposed to be only temporary - just long enough for him to get back on his feet and be able to provide for them once again. That's why she is not prepared for the day that he arrives for his weekend visit with a new woman on his arm and out-of-state train tickets in his pocket. Now Frankie and her sister, Toni, are abandoned alongside so many other...
2) Thornhill
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Features parallel stories, one from 1982, which is told in text, and 2017, which is told through illustrations, of two girls unraveling the mysteries of the Thornhill Institute for Children.