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On the Blue Comet

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Author:
Wells, Rosemary
Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date:
2010
Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure:
730L
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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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Adventure and adventurers
Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Fiction
Depressions
Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction
History
Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Juvenile Fiction
Juvenile Literature
Railroad trains
Railroad trains -- Fiction
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Single-parent families
Single-parent families -- Fiction
Space and time
Space and time -- Fiction
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Contributors:
Ibatoulline, Bagram,illustrator
ISBN:
9780763637224
9780763654191
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 4.7, 8 Points
Lexile measure:
730L
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Last Grouping Update2023-01-28 04:07:44AM
Last Indexed2023-01-28 05:16:15AM

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Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction
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Railroad trains -- Fiction
Single-parent families -- Fiction
Space and time -- Fiction
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Depressions
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Juvenile Fiction
Juvenile Literature
Railroad trains
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Single-parent families
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