Orphan Train Girl

(Paperback)

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This young readers edition of Christina Baker Klines #1 New York Times bestselling novel Orphan Train follows a twelve-year-old foster girl who forms an unlikely bond with a ninety-one-year old woman.

This paperback includes:

• authors note
• archival photographs from the orphan train era
• mother-daughter book club questions

Molly Ayer has been in foster care since she was eight years old. Most of the time, Molly knows its her attitude thats the problem, but after being shipped from one family to another, shes had her fair share of adults treating her like an inconvenience. So when Mollys forced to help a wealthy elderly woman clean out her attic for community service, Molly is wary.

But from the moment they meet, Molly realizes that Vivian isnt like any of the adults shes encountered before. Vivian asks Molly questions about her life and actually listens to the answers.

Soon Molly sees they have more in common than she thought. Vivian was an orphan, tooan Irish immigrant to New York City who was put on a so-called orphan train to the Midwest with hundreds of other childrenand she can understand, better than anyone else, the emotional binds that have been making Mollys life so hard.

Together, they not only clear boxes of past mementos from Vivians attic, but forge a path of friendship, forgiveness, and new beginnings.

Reviews

Quietly moving. ALA Booklist Klines prose is fluid and draws readers into the characters, and each chapters cliffhanger ending keeps the pages turning. Part coming-of-age novel, part historical fiction, this book will appeal to a wide range of readers. BookPage.com Kline expertly weaves the dual narratives of both[characters] as the two form a healing friendship.With a mix of historical and contemporary settings, this successful adaptation of an adult novel is likely to appeal to both young and old. School Library Journal

Author Bio

Christina Baker Kline is the author of five novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train. Her other novels include Bird in Hand, The Way Life Should Be, Desire Lines, and Sweet Water.