Looking for a Community Read selection that bridges the generation gap? Look no further than New York Times bestseller 
Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline.
Receiving rave reviews from both librarians and historians, Orphan Train sheds light on a little-remembered historical movement to place East Coast orphans with adopted families in the Midwest.
Says Lori Pikell-Stangell, of the McLeod County Historical Museum and the Hutchinson One Book One Community: “For us as a historical society, we try to find ways to make the past relevant today, and this book does that so well through historical fiction. The present-day orphan meets her counterpart from the past who rode the orphan train. So much has changed, but even more has stayed the same. This is why preserving our past and educating and sharing it is so important. It is up to groups like the historical society and the One Book, One Community project to help draw out the sameness and the differences, to inspire and guide future generations.”
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