Orphan Train Paperback - 2017
by Christina Baker Kline
The author of "Bird in Hand" and "The Way Life Should Be" delivers a captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship: a 91-year-old woman with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider and the teenage girl whose own troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers.
From the rear cover
Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by pure luck. Would they be adopted by a kind and loving family, or would they face a childhood and adoles-cence of hard labor and servitude?
As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was one such child, sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine, the memories of her upbringing rendered a hazy blur. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are vestiges of a turbulent past.
Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they appear. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past.
Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.
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- Title Orphan Train
- Author Christina Baker Kline
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1ST
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, New York
- Date 2017-01-10
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780061950728 / 0061950726
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.9 in (19.81 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm)
- Reading level 890
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Dixon
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Frontier and pioneer life
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012027409
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 03/15/2013, Page 48
- Kirkus Reviews, 02/01/2013, Page 0
- Library Journal, 11/15/2012, Page 59
- New York Times Book Review, 06/09/2013, Page 34
- People Weekly, 04/08/2013, Page 56
- Publishers Weekly, 02/11/2013, Page 37
- Romantic Times, 04/01/2013, Page 36
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