It is well documented that reading books in the summer is beneficial to students because it improves skills for academic learning. Yet there are other good and very important reasons to read books. Reading is interesting, fun, captivating, thoughtful and broadly rewarding!
This summer, 39 students chose to read “Orphan Train” by Christine Baker Kline. In their summer reading reports, these students expertly described the benefits of a good read. Check out their comments below:
“I would recommend this book because it is filled with tragedy, loss, action, and the search for love and healing, which had me hooked from the very beginning.” – Caroline Cordell
“I absolutely loved this book. I would recommend this book to all of my friends, as it is deep and meaningful.” – Jacqueline Cline
“This book was a thrill that left you wanting to read more of every chapter. It opened my eyes to a part of U.S. history I never heard of.” – Tejas Reddy
“The author did a fantastic job of hooking me into the story and making me want to find out what was going to happen … Overall, it was an amazing book with well-developed characters and concepts that really made me think about the message of the novel.” – Giulia Verzino
“I would definitely recommend this book to anyone because it makes people aware of the love that needs to be given to everyone.” – Julia Holmes
“I would definitely recommend this book to anyone because it really opened my eyes to many important values and virtues of life that we sometimes take for granted.” – Ishani Desai
“One of the reasons [I would recommend this book to others] is that I learned about 50 words just from reading this book.” – A.J. Duggan
“I believe that the best historical fiction introduces you to pieces of history you knew very little about or nothing at all. This time period has always interested me, and I knew about the abundance of Irish coming and the desperation for work and people in the West, but I had no clue about orphan trains.” – Abby Sklar
“I would definitely recommend this book because it is a great read. It never gets boring because there are two stories going on at the same time.” – Hillary Tunnell
“This is the best book I have ever read.” – Matyah Jackson
“I would definitely recommend this book to other people because it was lots of fun to read!” –Samson Mumber
So, take the advice of these Darlington students and pick up "Orphan Train" or another good book today!
