Orphan Train Girl: An Adaptation for Young Readers of the #1 New York Times Bestseller about the Bond Between Two Generations of Orphans

Kline, Christina Baker

ISBN 10: 0062445952 / ISBN 13: 9780062445957

Published by HarperCollins, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Orphan Train Girl: An Adaptation for Young Readers of the #1 New York Times Bestseller about the Bond Between Two Generations of Orphans
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062445952
• ISBN 13: 9780062445957
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

This young readers’ edition of Christina Baker Kline’s #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:

• author’s 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 it’s her attitude that’s the problem, but after being shipped from one family to another, she’s had her fair share of adults treating her like an inconvenience. So when Molly’s 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 isn’t like any of the adults she’s 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, too—an Irish immigrant to New York City who was put on a so-called “orphan train” to the Midwest with hundreds of other children—and she can understand, better than anyone else, the emotional binds that have been making Molly’s life so hard.

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

About the Author

Christina Baker Kline is the author of ten novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Orphan Train, The Exiles, and A Piece of the World. Her novels have received the New England Society Book Award for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and several bookseller awards, among other prizes. Born in England, she was raised in the American South and Maine. She lives in New York City and in Southwest Harbor, Maine.