On the Blue Comet

Wells, Rosemary. (Author). Ibatoulline, Bagram, (illustrator.).

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.

Item details

ISBN: 9780763637224
ISBN: 076363722X
ISBN: 9780763658151
ISBN: 0763658154
Physical Description: print
regular print
329 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.

Contents / Notes

Participant or Performer Note:	Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 8.0 141159. Reading Counts RC 3-5 4.5 14 Quiz: 51327.
Awards Note:	Sequoyah Children's Book Award Masterlist, 2013

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