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Orphan Train

Best Seller Lists

  • #1 NEW YORK TIMES Best Seller
  • USA TODAY Best-Selling Books
  • TORONTO STAR Bestsellers
  • Goodreads Best Beach Reads 2013

Reviews

  • Naples Daily News Review for Orphan Train
  • Blytheville Courier News Review for Orphan Train
  • Ahlan! Book Club Review for Orphan Train
  • Publishers Weekly Review for Orphan Train
  • RT Review for Orphan Train
  • Bookreporter.com Review for Orphan Train
  • Paperblog Review for Orphan Train
  • The Clermont Sun/The Bookworm Sez Review for Orphan Train
  • Book Addict Katie Review for Orphan Train
  • Mixitmom.com Review for Orphan Train
  • A Bookish Way of Life Review for Orphan Train
  • Ahwatukee Foothills News Review
  • Time 2 Read spotlight
  • The Sun Review for Orphan Train

Articles & Mentions

  • Why Should Cancer Make Me Want to Knit? – NYT
  • The Best Gift I Ever Bought Myself – Time Magazine
  • A new track for ‘Orphan Train’ author
  • Orphan Train named Philly’s One Book
  • ‘Orphan Train’ Selected as WKCTC’s Community Read 2015
  • USA Today: ‘Orphan Train’ on surprise trip up the best-seller list
  • Publishers Weekly: With ‘Orphan Train,’ Author Finds Bestsellerdom Fifth Time Around
  • One Book One Siouxland chooses Orphan Train
  • Jean Zimmerman blog post: “A Bookish Brunch”
  • Castle Rock Magazine article
  • Emporia Gazette writeup
  • Montclair Coop School “Bookapalooza” writeup – NorthJersey.com
  • Broomfield Enterprise recommends Orphan Train
  • Op-Ed, “Taking my Son to College, Where Technology has Replaced Serendipity,” featured in Star Ledger’s “Perspectives” section on 9/1, NJ.com, and the Yale Alumni Magazine
  • SF Chronicle article: “Hard choice: Going straight to softcover”
  • Bookreporter.com Bets on Orphan Train
  • Bookreporter.com April 5 Newsletter
  • HarperCollins Book Chatter Newsletter
  • NorthJersey.com Article
  • Baristanet Article
  • MissPost Article
  • The Center for Fiction Article

Q&As

  • Huffington Post Q&A
  • Forbes Q&A
  • Publishers Weekly Q&A
  • Parents.com Q&A
  • Book Club Girl Q&A
  • She Writes Q&A
  • Shelf Awareness Q&A
  • Daily Bulldog Q&A

Media

  • NPR Interview
  • Audible Audiobook for Orphan Train
  • Book Trailer for Orphan Train
  • Browse Inside Orphan Train (HarperCollins)
  • Booktalk Nation Radio Show (4/3)
  • Praire Public Radio (4/2)
  • Goodreads Discussion (5/2)
  • Book Club Girl on Air (5/7)
  • Good Day Wisconsin (4/21/15)
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Christina and William Morrow/HarperCollins are thrilled to have the support of the National Orphan Train Complex in Concordia, Kansas and the Orphan Train Riders of New York in Little Falls, Minnesota.

The mission of the National Orphan Train Complex is to collect, preserve, interpret, and disseminate knowledge about the orphan trains, and the children and agents who rode them. The Museum and Research Center are dedicated to the preservation of the stories and artifacts of those who were part of the Orphan Train Movement from 1854-1929.

Orphan Train Riders of New York supports, educates, and preserves the historical epoch of the orphan trains for groups of all ages.

 

COMING MAY 2026: THE FOURSOME

A literary historical novel set in Civil War-era North Carolina, based on a true family story and told from the perspective of Sarah Bunker, one of two sisters who married Chang and Eng, the famous conjoined twins…learn more

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