Brooke, Peggy <br/><br/>
Jake's Orphan. 

 - New York :  Aladdin Publishers,  2000. 
<br/><br/> Winner of the IRA Children's Book Award                           nominee for the Massachusetts Children's Book Award 
<br/><br/> Tree longs to escape the orphanage and find a real home for himself and his younger brother, Acorn.  But when his chance finally comes, the farmer only wants one boy.  Tree promises Acorn that he'll work very hard so they will adopt him and and his brother.  But no matter what he does, Tree can't seem to please the harsh farmer.  Will Tree find a family for himself and his brother? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-7434-2703-3 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Orphans--fiction<br/>United States--history--Depression--fiction<br/>Historical fiction