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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Story of the Orphan Trains

Reading Together 2016 author Christina Baker Kline

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Story of the Orphan Trains

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Story of the Orphan Trains & the Making of the Novel. Reading Together 2016 author Christina Baker Kline is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Orphan Train, about a young Irish immigrant who, as a child, is sent away from New York on a train that regularly transported unwanted and abandoned children from the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest. Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience.

Recorded 03/07/2016

Kline spoke about her novel Orphan Train in front of a capacity crowd at KCHS Auditorium on Monday, March 7, 2016.

Categories: Authors @ KPL

Tags: author; culture; history; reading together; writing

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