Orphan Train: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline Conversation Starters (Unabridged‪)‬

Please note: This is a summary and analysis of Orphan Train, not the original book.

Orphan Train: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline | Conversation Starters 

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline is about the relationship between Molly Ayer and Vivian Daly. Brought together by Molly's community service sentence, 17-year-old Molly learns that she has much more in common with 91-year-old Vivian than she first thought. Both women were orphaned as children and share a similar story. However, Vivian was an orphan during the Great Depression and Molly is an orphan today. Kline tells this enlightening and emotionally engaging story based on true accounts of the Orphan Train Movement in early 20th century America. Orphan Train has become an international best-seller, having sold over two million copies in 35 countries. It has spent over 90 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, including five weeks in the top spot. A brief look inside: 

Every good book contains a world far deeper than the surface. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to bring us beneath the surface and invite us into the world that lives on. 

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