Hank's Story

By Jane Buchanan

Book Overview

This sequel to Gratefully Yours begins as orphaned brothers Hank and Peter ride the Orphan Train to Nebraska, where they are taken in by the Olsons--a bitter, childless couple anxious for help on their farm. Overworked and abused, Peter soon runs away. Hank stays and endures, but he discovers that orphans have rights, too, although they have to fight for them.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374328366
• ISBN13: 9780374328368
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Simply story with a wonderful Protagnist

Hank is a great character. Readers will cheer for him. The story is straight forward but the author does a great job conveying Hanks emotions. Readers will feel his physical and emotional pain from hard work, the cold, and sorrow. A short, great, young adult read. I'm 23 y/o and loved this book. The target readers would be 5-8 graders. Teachers, recommend this book to your students.

Hank discovers new hope when he befriends a recluse

Jane Buchanan's Hank's Story explores the life of a boy who rides the orphan train to a life of hardship. Hank discovers new hope when he befriends a recluse and earns the friendship of a fellow orphan in this moving story of the past.