![]() ![]() Somehow the unlikely duo become close friends. Molly is sentenced to spend 50 hours of community service for stealing and is sentenced helping Vivian clean out her attic. ![]() Her father died in a car accident and her mother was taken to jail. She has been passed around in the modern day foster system since she was a young girl. Molly is a girl on a crash course with disaster. Many years later Niamh’s name is changed and changed again. 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. “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. ![]() The “Orphan Train” Movement started in 1853 and continued into the early 1900’s. 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. Charles Brace, saw a need for the children to have homes of their own. In the 1850’s it was estimated that over 30,000 children were homeless, and roaming the busy streets of New York City. Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device Today only, get this summary of the 1# Amazon bestseller for just $2.99. Learn About "Orphan Train" In A Fraction Of The Time It Takes To Read The Actual Book!!! ![]()
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