Lost & Found Kids
Orphan Train picks its idea from the real instances of orphans loaded on to trains in the period between 1854 and 1929, by well-meaning social workers and handed over to families who would accept them. Some were treated kindly by their adoptive parents, others like unpaid labour.
Christina Baker Kline's book that has been on the bestselling lists for months, follows young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly. She has led an adventurous life amidst a succession of strangers, some generous many cruel. Mementoes of her colourful life, and diaries are stored in trunks put away in her attic. They are opened by a student Molly Ayer, an orphan herself, living with uncaring foster parents. Clearing and cataloguing the contents of Vivian's attic is her community-service project, meant to keep her out of a juvenile reform home. An unlikely friendship develops between the girl and the old woman, who have a lot in common.
Orphan Train
By Christina Baker Kline
Publisher: Random House
Pages: 304
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