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On the Blue Comet [electronic resource] / Rosemary Wells ; illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline.

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

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.

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  • ISBN: 9780763654191 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0763654191 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (164 p.) : col. ill.
  • Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.

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Target Audience Note:
009-013.

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