On the Blue Comet
1st U.S. ed.
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Contributions
- Ibatoulline, Bagram, ill. - Contributor
Publication
2010 - Candlewick Press, Somerville, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
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Page Count
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Identifiers
- Internet Archiveonbluecomet00well
- ISBN-139780763637224
- ISBN-10076363722X
- Library of Congress Control Number2009051358
- OCLC Control Number496956635
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- Better World Books9780763637224
- Open LibraryOL24044938M
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.W46843 Om 2010
- LCCPZ7.W46843Om 2010
Description
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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- Fiction
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