Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All My Tomorrows | 2018 | Jody Hedlund | N/A |
| 2 | Lily and the Major | 1990 | Jody Hedlund | N/A |
| 3 | An Awakened Heart | 2017 | Jody Hedlund | Buy |
| 4 | Emma and the Outlaw | 1991 | Jody Hedlund | N/A |
| 5 | With You Always | 2017 | Jody Hedlund | Buy |
| 6 | Caroline and the Raider | 1992 | Jody Hedlund | N/A |
| 7 | Together Forever | 2018 | Jody Hedlund | Buy |
| 8 | Searching for You | 2018 | Jody Hedlund | Buy |
The Orphan Train series draws on one of the more unusual chapters of American social history. Between the 1850s and 1920s, trains carried orphaned children from crowded Eastern cities to families in the Midwest and West. Hedlund uses this historical backdrop for eight books that follow different characters affected by the program.
The series includes both historical romance and stories focused on the children themselves. Books like With You Always (2017) and Together Forever (2018) pair the orphan train setting with love stories, while the earlier titles focus more on the experiences of the displaced children.