Orphan Train - A Novel

Orphan Train tells the story of the unlikely friendship between Molly Ayers, a foster-kid hoping to avoid juvie, and Vivian Daly, the elderly woman she has been assigned to help. Shared experience serves to unite them as it comes to light that the aged Vivian spent time on "orphan trains," which ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest from 1854 to 1929, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by pure luck. The subject matter will grab students' attention because so few people know about this particularly heartbreaking piece of American history and the novel's message of resilience and unlikely bonds will carry them through. Freshman Common Read: University of Alabama (Honors College), University of St. Thomas>

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 Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award, among other prizes. Born in England, she was raised in the American South and Maine. She lives in New York City and spends as much time as possible on the coast of Maine.

Product details

• Authors: Christina Baker Kline
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9780062887870
• ISBN: 978-0-06-288787-0
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; WOMEN'S LITERATURE: LITERATURE/FICTION, FICTION: Literary, LITERATURE: WOMEN'S LITERATURE, FICTION: Historical / General, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: FICTION, FICTION: Coming of Age, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, COMMON CORE: LITERATURE, FICTION: Friendship, FICTION: World Literature / American / General