Author Visit

Recently, Christina Baker Kline visited our school. Christina Baker Kline is the author of Orphan Train a book we just read in class. This book was about the transportation of orphans through the country during the 1920s. The elderly woman Vivian in the novel was apart of the Orphan Train system. As the novel goes on she releases secrets of her past and stories.

Molly is a 17 year old girl who is in a foster home. She recently got into trouble and to avoid going to juvie she had to do 50 hours of community service. She ended up cleaning Vivian's attic and helping her uncover old artifacts she had from traveling on the Orphan Trains.

Having Christina Baker Kline come to our school to teach about her book was an interesting experience. In some ways I learned more about the book than I knew before but most of her presentation was repetitive. Overall, I thought it was a good experience because I have never really been to an author visit before.