Orphan Train
by Christina Baker Kline
I don't know what it could be in such a simple book to make it delight me so much. No real action or drama occurred--just ordinary people doing what ordinary people do, good and bad and indifferent. There wasn't a big scary mystery or intriguing puzzle pulling the story along; I pretty much knew how it was going to end from pretty near the beginning. Still, I couldn't stop reading.
From the cover blurbs you know it's about orphans who were shipped from the eastern big cities to the midwest to be placed as farmer's helpers, domestic help, or even possibly adoptees to childless couples. But it's also about a modern-day girl in the foster care system. And a lot more.
Highly, highly recommended.
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