# The Night Train

**Author:** Lorelei Savaryn
**Grade range:** Grades 4–8
**Age range:** 9–13
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 289
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9780593524206`
**ISBN-10:** `0593524209`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-night-train
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A mysterious night train carries a boy through a strange, dreamlike journey as he confronts a painful past and what he's willing to remember. Lorelei Savaryn's atmospheric middle-grade novel explores memory, grief, and courage. Nominated for the 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award (grades 4-8), the statewide reading list Maine students read from and vote on.

## Themes

- memory
- grief
- courage
- mystery

## Content notes

- loss

## Where this book is assigned

### Maine Student Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)

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