An emotional roller coaster told from a child's viewpoint.

This book had me from the beginning when I realized it was going to be told from the child's point of view. One excerpt which I found very revealing toward the beginning of the book is when the child says " People always talk up a storm, and then they forget everything. Except Mamma who hardly ever talks but remembers everything". Children taken by train to a new home in the north because their parents cannot provide for them like they need to and are willing to give them up in order for them to have a better chance in life. I would love to have this book so that I can travel this journey with the child and see where it takes him. I am sure it will be an emotional roller coaster of a ride.