On the Blue Comet

Kids, Two Wheels, Four Wheels, No Wheels, Transportation, Railroads and Trains, Fiction, Action/Adventure, Teen
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Author: Rosemary Wells ISBN: 9780763654191
Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication: November 9, 2010
Imprint: Candlewick Press Language: English
Author: Rosemary Wells
ISBN: 9780763654191
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication: November 9, 2010
Imprint: Candlewick Press
Language: English

One day in a house at the end of Lucifer Street, on the Mississippi River side of Cairo, Illinois, eleven-year-old Oscar Ogilvies life is changed forever. The Crash of 1929 has rippled across the country, and Oscars dad must sell their homewith all their cherished model trainsand head west in search of work. Forced to move in with his humorless aunt, Carmen and his teasing cousin, Willa Sue, Oscar is lonely and miserableuntil he meets a mysterious drifter and witnesses a crime so stunning it catapults Oscar on an incredible train journey from coast to coast, from one decade to another. Filled with suspense and peppered with witty encounters with Hollywood stars and other bigwigs of history, this captivating novel by Rosemary Wells, gorgeously illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, resonates with warmth, humor, and the true magic of a timeless adventure.

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One day in a house at the end of Lucifer Street, on the Mississippi River side of Cairo, Illinois, eleven-year-old Oscar Ogilvies life is changed forever. The Crash of 1929 has rippled across the country, and Oscars dad must sell their homewith all their cherished model trainsand head west in search of work. Forced to move in with his humorless aunt, Carmen and his teasing cousin, Willa Sue, Oscar is lonely and miserableuntil he meets a mysterious drifter and witnesses a crime so stunning it catapults Oscar on an incredible train journey from coast to coast, from one decade to another. Filled with suspense and peppered with witty encounters with Hollywood stars and other bigwigs of history, this captivating novel by Rosemary Wells, gorgeously illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, resonates with warmth, humor, and the true magic of a timeless adventure.

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