EAN: 9780062445940

THE YOUNG READERS EDITION ORPHAN TRAIN GIRL -...

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.

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