E-audiobook
Preloaded Audio
On the Blue Comet [sound recording] / Rosemary Wells.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781441891969 (Playaway)
- Physical Description: 1 sound media player (ca. 6 hr.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Solon, OH : Findaway World, p2010.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.Title from Playaway label.Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.Originally released by Brilliance Audio."HDAudio."
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Performed by Malcolm Hillgartner.
- Target Audience Note:
- 5-8 Follett Library Resources.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Space and time > Juvenile fiction.
Railroad trains > Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction.
California > History > 1850-1950 > Juvenile fiction.
Illinois > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction. - Genre:
- Children's audiobooks.
Adventure fiction.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at South Central Regional Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morden Library | PA J F Wel (Text) | 35864001786274 | Junior Audio | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
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. - Findaway World Llc
Oscar Ogilvie is living with his dad in a house at the end of Lucifer Street, in Cairo, Illinois, when world events change his life forever. The great stock market crash has rippled across the country, and the bank takes over their home - along with all their cherished model trains. Oscar's dad is forced to head west in search of work, and Oscar must move in with his no-nonsense aunt Carmen. Only a mysterious drifter who stops by each day for food after school helps alleviate Oscar's loneliness - until Oscar witnesses a crime so stunning that it catapults him into a miraculous, time-hopping train journey. Filled with suspense and peppered with witty encounters with Hollywood stars and other bigwigs of history, this captivating novel by Rosemary Wells resonates with imagination, humor, and the magic of a timeless adventure story.