Who This Author Is

Andrea Warren has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 7 catalog-linked books across 1998 to 2009, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with We Rode the Orphan Trains and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1998 to 2009; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Houghton Mifflin and Farrar Straus & Giroux.

Best Place To Start

We Rode the Orphan Trains

Houghton Mifflin • 2001 • quick commitment

It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from Houghton Mifflin and Farrar Straus & Giroux

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1998 to 2009; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Houghton Mifflin and Farrar Straus & Giroux.

Top Books To Start With

  1. We Rode the Orphan Trains

    Houghton Mifflin • 2001 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2001 • 132 pages.

  2. Surviving Hitler

    Hodder Children's Books • 2007 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2007 • 128 pages.

  3. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2002 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2002 • 146 pages.

  4. The Orphan Train Rider : One Boy's True Story

    Houghton Mifflin • 1998 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1998 • 80 pages.

  5. Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy

    Farrar Straus & Giroux • 2004 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2004 • 110 pages.

  6. Pioneer girl

    University of Nebraska Press • 2009 • commitment varies by edition

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

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