On the Blue Comet
336 pages2010Candlewick PressISBN 9780763654191
About this book
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.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780763654191
About Unknown Author
Rosemary Wells (born January 29, 1943) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. She is well known for using animal characters to address real human issues. Some of her most well known characters are Max and Ruby, Noisy Nora, and Yoko.
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