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    Summary of
    Orphan Train
    From Christina Baker Cline
    Summary Station

    In the 1850’s it was estimated that over 30,000 children were homeless, and roaming the busy streets of New York City. Charles Brace, saw a need for the children to have homes of their own. He founded the Children’s Aid Society. Brace theorized that he children would have a better chance at becoming contributing members of society if they were raised by “God fearing” farm families. The “Orphan Train” Movement started in 1853 and continued into the early 1900’s. “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline, follows Niamh (pronounced Neev) who lived with her family in New York until her father and brothers are killed in a fire and her mother is sent to a mental hospital. Neamh is left to the Child’s Aid Society and eventually placed on an Orphan Train to be transported to the Midwest in search of a new family. Many years later Niamh’s name is changed and changed again. She is now 91 and twice widowed. Molly is a girl on a crash course with disaster. She has been passed around in the modern day foster system since she was a young girl. Her father died in a car accident and her mother was taken to jail. Molly is sentenced to spend 50 hours of community service for stealing and is sentenced helping Vivian clean out her attic. Somehow the unlikely duo become close friends.
    This book tries to bring to light the awful truths that some foster children face in the system. It’s interesting to see the parallels between the old system and the new as the children suffer for the actions of parents who are otherwise ill-equipped. As we learn more about Niamh’s travels and how she is passed from home to home.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummary Station
    Release dateJun 16, 2017
    ISBN9781370467518
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      Summary of Orphan Train - Summary Station

      Molly is a 17-year-old Foster Child whose father is dead and her mother has been arrested and thrown in jail on drug charges. For the moment, she is living with her foster parents Ralph and Dina. Molly feels that her Goth persona gives her an excuse to be as weird as she wants to be. She is shy and doesn’t socialize with the other kids at her high school, Except for Jack. Jack is her ever faithful and optimistic boyfriend. When Molly finds herself in a bit of a pickle after attempting to steal her favorite book Jane Eyre from the library, Jack swoops in with a solution to keep her from going to jail. He proposes that she can help Vivian; his mother’s boss, clean out her attic. Although she isn’t exactly thrilled with this idea, she agrees, for Jacks sake.

      Chapter 2

      After talking with Ralph and Dina, they agree to let Molly work off her community service hours with Vivian. On the day of Molly’s interview with Vivian, she decides to borrow a blouse from Dina and remove some of her piercings in order to look more conservative. During the interview, Molly and Vivian learn a little more about each other, but neither one is willing to say too much. We learn that Molly and her parents lived on a Penobscot Indian Reservation before her dad died, and that Vivian’s Family died in a fire. Vivian is satisfied with Molly and she agrees to let Molly work off the community service hours in her attic.

      Chapter 3

      Niamh (pronounced Neev) lives with her family in New York City. Her mother and father brought her and her siblings, to America from Ireland, when she was 7-years-old. Now she is nine and living in an apartment with her parents, twin brothers and baby sister. Her mother is not well and her father is a drunk so she is left to take care of the children on her own. Although they left their home in Ireland and moved to America with the promise of plentiful food and job opportunities, they can’t seem to reach the American dream. Niamh is up all night with the baby trying to get her to sleep as her mother slumbers in the next room.

      Chapter 4

      Three days after The Fire Niamh is staying with the German neighbors from across the hall. They do not want to take care of her and place her with the Children’s Aid Society. The women and the Society make it clear that

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