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On the Blue Comet  Cover Image Book Book

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

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

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780763637224
  • ISBN: 076363722X
  • Physical Description: 329 p. : col. ill. ; cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed. --
  • Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 20.00
Subject: Space and time > Juvenile fiction.
Railroad trains > Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Fiction.
California > History > 1850-1950 > Juvenile fiction.
Illinois > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Adventure fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at South Central Regional Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Altona Library J F Wel (Text) 35864000989606 Junior Fiction Volume hold Available -
Morden Library J F Wel (Text) 35864000989614 Junior Fiction Volume hold Available -


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