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.
Adapted and condensed for a young audience, Orphan Train Girl includes
an author's note and archival photos from the orphan train era. This
book is especially perfect for mother/daughter reading groups.
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 an 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
once 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.
