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Christina baker kline born 1964 is an american novelist. We all really like the book and gave it high marks, and we all agreed we would read another book by the author, even monte who had not read this book. She reads all the timein the halls, in the cafeteriamostly novels with angsty protagonists. Niamh pronounced neev was an irish immigrant girl sent on an orphan train from new york city to minnesota in the late 1920s. In attendance were john, monte, angelo, ed, ron, and adrian. Even though dina constantly criticizes molly for her liberal opinions and goth selfpresentation, molly knows that ralph and dina give her a better, safer home than many of her previous foster families. We chose this book because we won the books for our group from harper collins woo hoo and the author christina baker kline will be speaking in our town on august 12th, as it happens, our regular tuesday that we hold our book club on.
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All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Orphan train has most frequently been compared to all the light we cannot see 2014 by anthony doerr, a novel that explores the pasts of a german orphan and a blind french girl in germanoccupied france. Orphan train by christina baker kline book club discussion. Paperback original orphan train is a gripping story of friendship and second chances from christina baker kline, author of bird in hand and the way life should be. Pdf orphan train book by christina baker kline free. Christina baker klines most popular book is orphan train. Moving between contemporary maine and depressionera minnesota, orphan train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, and unexpected friendship.
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