7/1/2023 0 Comments Orphan train book review![]() ![]() In nine years, Molly “has been in over a dozen foster homes, some for as little as a week.”Īs Kline illustrates, life has been difficult for Molly, who has “been spanked with a spatula, slapped across the face, made to sleep on an unheated sun porch in the winter, and taught to roll a joint by a foster father.” If that is not enough to make your heart go out to Molly, consider this: she got her first tattoo at 16 from a 23-year-old man in exchange for her virginity. ![]() At 17, she is months away from aging out of the foster care system. Molly Ayer, a Penobscot youth and one of the main characters in Christina Baker Kline’s emotional page turner Orphan Train, knows the concept of portaging all too well. The Wabanakis “learned to travel light” and to make logical decisions about “what to keep and what to discard.” The canoes were essential little else, though, was deemed indispensable. They had to decide which possessions were necessary and which were not needed on their journeys. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (William Morrow Paperbacks 304 pages $14.99).įor thousands of years, the Wabanaki Indians traveled extensively by canoe, portaging from one body of water to another. ![]()
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