Rich in detail and epic in scope, orphan train by christina baker kline is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are. Questions every book club asks, the story behind the writing of orphan train, and more. Todays tlc book tour stop looks behind a classic twentieth century. Bird in hand, the way life should be, desire lines and sweet water. The orphan train by christina baker kline moves back and forth between two stories that of a young orphan girl in the early twentieth century. Orphan train goodreads meet your next favorite book. I love when i find a winner with my book club and this is definitely a winner. Jun, 2000 the book is especially well written, as are all of the orphan train series books i have encountered. Apr 11, 2014 online resources and questions for your book club to connect your groups lives, interests and personal experiences to books you discuss, friday, april 11, 2014 orphan train book discussion guide. Christina baker klines orphan train is an unforgettable story of friendship and second chances that highlights a littleknown but historically significant movement in americas pastand it includes a special ps section for book clubs featuring insights, interviews, and more penobscot indian molly ayer is close to aging out out of the foster care. Christina baker klines orphan train is an unforgettable story of friendship and second chances that highlights a littleknown but historically significant movement in americas pastand it includes a special ps section for book clubs featuring insights, interviews, and more. This book was based on fact of the orphan train program which ran for around 80 years in the united states.
I found this book orphan train so interesting that i just wanted to sit and read it all in one go. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Orphan train by christina baker kline book club discussion. The first one follows molly, a seventeenyearold in maine who has bounced from foster home to foster home and now finds herself about half a step from getting sent to juvenile detention for stealing a book. Christina has longed to write a scene in which she clarifies vivians motivations.
Mar 8, 2020 since we talked about sharing the recipes from bookclubs past after the fact, thought. Dec, 2016 since the publication of her smash international bestseller orphan train, christina baker kline has met with countless readers and book clubs and is often asked the same question about a key decision one of her protagonists makes in orphan train. Vivians journey west was aboard an orphan train, a bit of misguided 1900sera social engineering moving homeless, destitute city children, mostly immigrants, into midwest families. Orphan train book club ideas part 1 have you read this incredible story about our history in america. Luckily, there were some provided in the back of the book which i have listed below. Moving back and forth between modern day spruce harbor in maine and new york and the midwest in the 19201930s, kline ties up the narratives of goth girl molly, who is aging out of foster care, and irish orphan niamh, who rides the orphan train to a presumably better life after suffering a family tragedy. The orphan train by christina baker kline moves back and forth between two stories that of a young orphan girl in the early twentieth century and that of a teenager in the modernday foster care system. These book discussion questions are highly detailed and will ruin plot points if you have not read the book. As she did in her beloved smash bestseller orphan train, christina baker kline. Christina baker kline, orphan train, orphan train girl, and a piece of the world. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Niamh pronounced neev was an irish immigrant girl sent on an orphan train from new york city to minnesota in the late 1920s. This book will make you smile one moment and then pull your heartstrings all the way down to davy joness locker.
The currant bread and rhubarb tart both would qualify as irish desserts. We hope you find the book and this dish equally delicious. Before we were yours by lisa wingate new york times bestseller for readers of orphan train and the nightingale comes a thought. A lot of the women in this group liked the book along with our strong male contingency of one but not as much as i did. Lesson plans and resources for orphan train table of contents 1. Get together with friends, discuss great books and enjoy delicious snacks. Event for book groups at words bookstore in new jersey. Here is a book that was a joy from begining to end. Between 1854 and 1929, socalled orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the.
For book clubs 1929 train itinerary international editions. Need one great snack for my book club home cooking snack. Choosing a book for your book club to read can be challenging. Orphan train book club ideas part 2 delicious reads. Members volunteer to take the role of discussion leader.
Dont let the food get in the way of the allimportant ending. Some of the food ideas are from the book like the terrys famous chowder but most of this book took place during the great depression so food was scarce and there was no way i was eating squirrel as the main dish. Orphan train is a young adult historical fiction novel about the relationship between seventeen yearold molly ayer and ninetyone yearold vivian daly who, as the result of spending time together and sharing their experiences, form a bond, learn from each other, and change in significant ways. Gail martin is joined by cohost rebecca kubacki to discuss the fates of the children looking for a new home in orphan train by christina. Get ready for some fun book club talks that also touch on serious social issues. Thoughtful, poignant, sobering summary from publisher. Orphan train ebook by christina baker kline rakuten kobo.
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 penobscot indian molly ayer is close to aging out out of the foster care system. Mix flour, salt and powdered sugar in a food processor. Book club questions for the orphan train by christina baker. Kline has written six other novels orphan train, orphan train girl, the way life should be, sweet water, bird in hand, and desire lines and written or edited five works of nonfiction. Any, or all, of these recipes would be suitable for the book club that focuses on dessert. Orphan train was a mix of favorite childhood books of mine such as anne of green gables, heidi, and understood betsy, and ms. Christina answers top 10 book club questions duration. Orphan train recipes for book clubs tosas allcity read.
Book club is held on the fourth friday of each month at 10 am at the home of one of the group members. Orphan train riders, from the riders on the orphan train multimedia performance at union depot in st. To get you started, weve put together a list of 20 surefire conversation starters, ranging from the best contemporary literature to. Cathy marie buchanan, nyt bestselling author of the day the falls stood still and the painted girls i loved this book. Fortunately for me, orphan train was an equally good book and i had no trouble immersing myself into the historical story that unfolded on its pages. The orphans tale by pam jenoff reading guidebook club.
The books to be read and discussed each month are chosen by the group members. The night circus, a reliable wife, water for elephants. Vivian traveled from nyc to minnesota as a young girl on one of the infamous orphan trains that was used to get orphans out of the cities into the country where they might have a better opportunity to find families and to be able to make a good life. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Available in a special hardcover edition, christina baker klines smash bestseller that is a lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of american history ann packer. As a broke, inexperienced, young twentysomething, preparing these little snacks says, hey.
That the young penobscot girl, and 91 year old woman orphan train rider living on the coast of maine could weave such a tale of friendship, as they both work through questions of life and destiny, was a joy to see unfold. I had no idea that this happened with orphans in america. This is a sad group of dysfunctional, alcoholic, abusive, self centered. The orphans tale by pam jenoff book club discussion. Two of us had heard of orphan trains before reading this book. Orphan train will hold you in its grip as their fascinating tales unfold. To get you started, weve put together a list of 20 surefire conversation starters, ranging from the best contemporary literature to historical fiction, memoirs, and history. You want books that are thoughtprovoking and intelligent but still approachable. Orphan train was one of the 11 books on my list this summer if youre keeping track and i hope you arent ive now read a whopping four of them the hold lists were forever long for it, and when i got a kindle copy of it from my library, i knew there was no way id be able to get it renewed in the next year, so i resorted to turning my kindle on airplane mode until i.
She served as writerinresidence at fordham university from 2007 to 2011 and. Although the story is appropriate for 5th grade and above, the students do not need a 5th grade reading ability to read it. Online resources and questions for your book club to connect your groups lives, interests and personal experiences to books you discuss, friday, april 11, 2014. Orphan train by christina baker kline i remember at the age of 10 or so reading a novel about the late19th and early 20thcentury orphan trains, which took children and babies from east coast slums and brought them to the midwest, where they were given an opportunity for a potentially prosperous new life in the fresh rural air.
Book club kit discussion guide orphan train by christina. Apr 02, 20 vivians journey west was aboard an orphan train, a bit of misguided 1900sera social engineering moving homeless, destitute city children, mostly immigrants, into midwest families. Penobscot indian molly ayer is close to aging out out of the foster care system. Sep 07, 2016 orphan train by christina baker kline there are two story lines going on here and the narrative switches back and forth between the two. Cook ahead and be ready long before the members arrive. Orphan train is a fictional novel based on true events that was written with those in grades 9 through 12 in mind but that is suitable for all ages, not just children. This is not the actual book orphan train by christina baker kline. There is the theme of foster care, adoption, family history, unexpected. Book club questions for the orphan train by christina. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant. Orphan train by christina baker kline everyday reading.
May 17, 2015 since orphan train was my book club choice for the year, i had to provide the discussion questions. Aug 18, 2018 the orphan train by christina baker kline moves back and forth between two stories that of a young orphan girl in the early twentieth century and that of a teenager in the modernday foster care system. Orphan train book ottawa public library bibliocommons. The orphans tale by pam jenoff book club discussion questions. A novel christina baker kline, 20 harpercollins 278 pp. Since orphan train was my book club choice for the year, i had to provide the discussion questions.
Today, we welcome christina to the blog to discuss her experience with book clubs and the three most common questions that clubs have asked her about the novel. Today, we welcome christina to the blog to discuss her experience with book clubs and the three most common questions that clubs have asked her. The girl who wrote in silk is for book clubs who loved hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet by jamie ford. Its dorothys birthday, shes living with the miserable, dysfunctional grote. Christina baker klines novel orphan train has ridden the new york times bestseller list for the past 15 weeks, becoming a favorite of book clubs across the country. Since the publication of her smash international bestseller orphan train, christina baker kline has met with countless readers and book clubs and is often asked the same question about a key decision one of her protagonists makes in orphan train.
A great glass of wine and a good book have gone together almost as long as there have been. For more information, contact the washington park library at 2322052. An entire menu of irish dishes also would be suitable for a book club discussing orphan train. We thought it fitting to provide this for the she reads book clubs that will meet throughout the month to discuss the novel. There will be author speeddating, snacks and book prizes.
Today we have a recipe inspired by this months book club selection, orphan train, and created by chef ingrid of edible tapestry. See more ideas about yummy food, food and food recipes. Orphan train by christina baker kline is a book that has many themes. Christina baker kline is a novelist, nonfiction writer and editor. Orphan train is a book set in both the present day and the late 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The book is especially well written, as are all of the orphan train series books i have encountered. We didnt talk about all of them, but we did hit on most of the main ones. Some of the food ideas are from the book like the terrys famous chowder but most of this book took place during the great depression so food was scarce and there was no way i was. Need one great snack for my book club home cooking. There is the theme of foster care, adoption, family history, unexpected relationships, inhumane acts of violence and of course the train that took children from large cities to be adopted by families in the midwest to be more like indentured servants then a part of a new family.
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