![]() ![]() In order to avoid being sent to juvenile hall, Molly starts a community service project helping Vivian clean out her attic, and through the project, she learns about Vivian’s turbulent childhood as an orphan train rider. ORPHAN TRAIN is the story of Molly Ayer, a 17-year-old foster child only months away from aging out of the system, and Vivian Daly, a 91-year-old woman who seems to have lived a quiet life on the coast of Maine. So, when I found Christina Baker Kline’s acclaimed novel ORPHAN TRAIN, I immediately picked it up and convinced myself I did, in fact, need a new book. Since then, I’ve wanted to learn more about this often forgotten piece of history. One of their books was a children’s nonfiction story about a young boy who was sent west on an orphan train in 1926. I first learned about America’s orphan train riders when I was interning for a literary agency. ![]()
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