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Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
When Pullman Car Works employees walk out in protest of their wages and high rent, Olivia Mott is torn between her loyalty to the company and her love for Fred DeVault. Amidst the turmoil in Pullman, Fred is asked to act as a local delegate to the national convention of the American Railway Union, but when the delegates vote in favor of a nationwide boycott of the famous Pullman sleeping cars, Olivia wonders if Fred will ever be able to return to...
Author
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Tom Langdon, a weary and cash-strapped journalist, is banned from flying when a particularly thorough airport security search causes him to lose his cool. Now, he must take the train if he has any chance of arriving in Los Angeles in time for Christmas with his girlfriend. To finance the trip, he sells a story about a train ride taken during the Christmas season."
3) Iron horses
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple rhyming text depict the race to construct railroads across the country during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Bears are on a steam train trip across Bear country. Mama and Papa enjoy the scenery but the cubs want to learn about the train. With luck, Grizzly Jones might let them blow the train whistle.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While travelling with her mother cross-country by train in 1896, a young girl unexpectedly shares Thanksgiving dinner with the notorious outlaw, Butch Cassidy.
Author
Publisher
Platt & Munk
Pub. Date
c1976, c1930
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the 90th anniversary of The Little Engine That Could with this all-time classic reillustrated by Caldecott Award-winning artist Dan Santat!
The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of a little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
In this Step into Reading adventure based on an episode from the newest Thomas & Friends DVD release, Spills and Thrills, Thomas the Tank Engine's new friend Stephen used to be known as The Rocket, and with Thomas' help, he will be so again!