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The novel Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline received a Goodreads Choice Award nomination and has been praised for its meticulous research and compelling story, while the 1979 TV movie Orphan Train received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy. The novel follows a 17-year-old in foster care and a 91-year-old woman who was an orphan train rider, detailing their friendship and shared experiences with rootlessness and abandonment. The 1979 film is a historical drama about the trains that transported thousands of abandoned children from the East Coast to the Midwest between 1854 and 1929.
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