Will's Choice (Orphan Train Children, No 2)

Will's Choice (Orphan Train Children, No 2) by Nixon, Joan Lowery. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780385322942.

Its 1866 and 12-year-old Will Scott is not happy to be riding the orphan train. Thats because Wills not really an orphan. He has a father--Jesse, a circus performer. But Will is no good at circus tricks, and Jesse tells him hed be better off with a new family out West: "Im giving you a better life, Will." Will is placed with the kindly Dr. and Mrs. Wallace. Assisting Dr. Wallace on his rounds of the local farms, Will finds to his surprise that hes really good at something--helping people who are sick and hurt. But he still misses his father terribly. And then one night, Jesses circus comes to town....