On the Blue Comet / Rosemary Wells ; illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline.

Título:

ISBN:

9780763637224

Autor personal:

Wells, Rosemary

Edición:

First edition.

Información de publicación:

Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.

Descripción física:

329 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Síntesis:

When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that takes him to a different time and place.

Información del programa:

Accelerated Reader MG 4.7 8 141159

Término geográfico:

California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Fiction.

Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

DAK_SUBJECT_TERM_DISPLAY:

Space and time -- Fiction

Railroad trains -- Fiction.

Single-parent families -- Fiction

Depressions 1929--United States -- Fiction.

DAK_SUBJECT_TERM:

Action and adventure fiction