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"This young readers' edition of Christina Baker Kline's #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train follows the story of a young girl in foster care who forms an unlikely bond with a ninety-one-year old orphan train rider. Molly Ayer has been a foster kid for as long as she can remember. Most of the time, Molly knows it's her attitude that's the problem, but after being in the system for years, she's had her fair share of adults who treat her like an inconvenience. So when Molly's forced to help an elderly woman clean out her attic--community service in exchange for trying to steal a library book--she is filled with dread. Just another adult to treat her like a troublemaker. But from the moment they meet, Molly realizes that Vivian, a well-to-do ninety-one-year-old, isn't like any of the adults she's ever encountered. Vivian asks Molly questions about her life and actually listens when she responds. Molly soon sees they have more in common than she thought. Vivian was an orphan, too, and can understand the sadness that Molly lives with and her feelings of being an outsider. Together, they set to work clearing boxes of past mementos from Vivian's attic, and in the process, forge a path of friendship, forgiveness, and new beginnings."