Christina Baker Kline learned about the U.S. orphan train movement a dozen years ago, via an old newspaper article that exposed members of her husband’s family among the thousands of children forced to board Midwest-bound “orphan trains”.
Read More »“Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline has been selected as the 2015 featured title for One Book One Philadelphia.
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Recent events coordinated through Books In Common. Garth Stein, Christina Baker Kline, Charlotte Rogan and Mardi Jo Link participated in Literary and events recently.
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Christina Baker Kline took time from her busy schedule to be speak about her bestselling novel, Orphan Train, on a local TV station. She discussed how the story, research and characters came together to create Orphan Train.
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Once an author’s book is written and published, a second chapter in their work begins. The promotion of a book is crucial to making bestseller lists, increased book sales, and turning a passion into a career.
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Summer is around the corner which means there are some amazing opportunities to listen to your favorite author. Here are a couple June events coordinated with Books in Common.
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Christina Baker Kline’s novel, Orphan Train, is popular with classrooms and communities because of the multiple themes for discussion. Orphan Train, is about the unlikely connection between a 17-year-old Penobscot Indian, Molly, and the 91-year-old widow, Vivian, she helps with a community service project. While they get to know each other, their parallel stories are revealed.
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