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Book Review of Orphan Train

Orphan Train
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When I began reading this book, I couldn't understand why it had so many people wishing for it. Now that I've finished it, I've seen why. I'd heard about the orphan train system but didn't know a lot about it; just that orphans were put on trains in the East, brought westward to find them families. This story matches an orphan in the 1990s with a orphan who rode the orphan train in 1930s, bringing out details of the life of someone who experienced the orphan train. Love the history of the story and how the relationship develops between the two orphans. Love the outcome of a secret that comes out in the story; I'm not sharing because I don't want to spoil the story for you. Read and enjoy! I did!