On the Blue Comet
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 he meets a mysterious drifter and witnesses a crime so stunning it catapults Oscar on an incredible journey from coast to coast, from one decade to another.
Categories: Fiction
For readers aged: 9+
- Publication details:
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Format: Hardback
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ISBN: 9781406330144
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Published: 01 Nov 2010
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Price: £10.99
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- Size: 206 x 140 mm
- Pages: 336