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On the Blue Comet
Rosemary Wells
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Description for On the Blue Comet
Hardcover. Trains and time travel spur one boy's thrilling adventure as he seek to rejoin his father in this new classic. Illustrator(s): Ibatoulline, Bagram. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: YFC. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 639. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with minor shelf wear.
Trains and time travel spur one boy's thrilling adventure as he seek to rejoin his father in this new classic. One day in a house at the end of Lucifer Street, on the Mississippi River side of Cairo, Illinois, eleven-year-old Oscar Ogilvee's life is changed forever. The Crash of 1929 has rippled across the country, and Oscar's dad must sell their home – with all their cherished model trains – and head west in search of work. Forced to move in with his humourless Aunt Carmen and his teasing cousin Willa Sue, Oscar is lonely and miserable – until ... Read more
Trains and time travel spur one boy's thrilling adventure as he seek to rejoin his father in this new classic. One day in a house at the end of Lucifer Street, on the Mississippi River side of Cairo, Illinois, eleven-year-old Oscar Ogilvee's life is changed forever. The Crash of 1929 has rippled across the country, and Oscar's dad must sell their home – with all their cherished model trains – and head west in search of work. Forced to move in with his humourless Aunt Carmen and his teasing cousin Willa Sue, Oscar is lonely and miserable – until ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Walker Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781406330144
SKU
KTG0001455
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Rosemary Wells
Rosemary Wells has written or illustrated more than sixty books for children and has received numerous awards. She is the creator of the beloved Max and Ruby stories; the co-author (of My Havana: Memories of a Cuban Boyhood, illustrated by Peter Ferguson; the author of Lincoln and His Boys, illustrated by P.J. Lynch; and the illustrator of My Very First ... Read more
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