“The history of our country is not really the history of the poor and the dispossessed,” Baker Kline said. She interviewed people who rode the orphan trains, which ferried abandoned children from the East Coast to the Midwest from 1854-1929, where they faced uncertain futures. Baker Kline discussed the extensive research she conducted in preparation for the book. She spoke more about “Orphan Train,” which is about a forgotten piece of American history. 7, Kline spoke to Upper School students during a special assembly. “She almost fell out of her chair,” said Baker Kline, adding that the fodder for the story found her, not the other way around.
“My mother-in-law pulled a book off the shelf she had never looked at … it contained newspaper articles.” As her mother-in-law continued looking through the book, she realized several of her family members were featured in article for being orphans on the Orphan Train. Baker Kline said her now-adult children were very young when she was visiting her in-laws in Fargo, North Dakota. Baker Kline shared personal stories about her muse for writing “Orphan Train,” during a private dinner party at the home of Seven Hills parents Kari and David Ellis on Feb. Seven Hills welcomed Books for Lunch author Christina Baker Kline to the community Feb. Beginnings Parent & Toddler Enrichment Program.Transportation, Driving Directions, and Campus Maps.It’s More Affordable Than You Might Think.Our Students Excel in College and Beyond.Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
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