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The Orphan Band of Springdale Gratitude On the banks of theNesbet deftly weaves disparate elements music, orphans, labor unions, carrier pigeons, and a magic wish into a richly developed story. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Its 1941, and tensions are rising in the United States as the Second World War rages in Europe. Eleven year old Gustas life, like the world around her, is about to change. Her father, a foreign born labor organizer, has fled the country, and Gusta has been sent to live in an orphanage