On the Blue Comet, Rosemary Wells
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On the Blue Comet, Rosemary Wells
Language
eng
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resource.interestAgeLevel
10 years and up
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
On the Blue Comet
Music parts
not applicable
Oclc number
866984607
Responsibility statement
Rosemary Wells
Series statement
Candlewick on BrillianceAudio
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
Target audience
pre adolescent
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
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Subject
- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction
- Space and time -- Fiction
- California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Juvenile fiction
- Space and time -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure stories
- California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Fiction
- Railroad trains -- Juvenile fiction
- Children's audiobooks
- Single-parent families -- Fiction
- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction
- Railroad trains -- Fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
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- Classification1
- Contributor3
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- Subject15
- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction
- Space and time -- Fiction
- California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Juvenile fiction
- Space and time -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure stories
- California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Fiction
- Railroad trains -- Juvenile fiction
- Children's audiobooks
- Single-parent families -- Fiction
- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction
- Railroad trains -- Fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Content1
- Is Part Of1
- Narrator1
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