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On the Blue Comet /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wells, Rosemary
Other Authors: Ibatoulline, Bagram (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Space and time > Fiction.
Railroad trains > Fiction.
Single-parent families > Fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Fiction.
California > History > 1850-1950 > Fiction.
Illinois > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Adventure stories.
Adventure fiction > Juvenile.
Fantasy fiction > Juvenile.
Space and time > Juvenile fiction.
Railroad trains > Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > United States > Juvenile fiction.
California > History > 1850-1950 > Juvenile fiction.
Illinois > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:329 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780763637224
076363722X