On the Blue Comet, Rosemary Wells ; illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
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Label
On the Blue Comet, Rosemary Wells ; illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
730L, LexileSentence length: 3 (medium), Word frequency: 1 (very easy), Lexile
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
On the Blue Comet
Oclc number
496956635
Responsibility statement
Rosemary Wells ; illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 4.7, 8.0, 141159.Reading Counts RC, 3-5, 4.5, 14, Quiz: 51327.
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
Contributor
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- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Fantasy fiction
- Adventure fiction
- Fantasy fiction -- Juvenile
- Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure fiction -- Juvenile
- Space and time -- Fiction
- California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Juvenile fiction
- Space and time -- Juvenile fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- Illinois -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Juvenile literature
- California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Fiction
- Familles monoparentales -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Crises économiques -- 1929 -- États-Unis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Railroad trains -- Juvenile fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Single-parent families -- Fiction
- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction
- Californie -- Histoire -- 1850-1950 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Railroad trains -- Fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Adventure stories
- Récits de chemins de fer
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Outgoing Resources
- Contributor1
- resource.coverage1
- Creator1
- Genre5
- Subject25
- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Fantasy fiction
- Adventure fiction
- Fantasy fiction -- Juvenile
- Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure fiction -- Juvenile
- Space and time -- Fiction
- California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Juvenile fiction
- Space and time -- Juvenile fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- Illinois -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Juvenile literature
- California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Fiction
- Familles monoparentales -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Crises économiques -- 1929 -- États-Unis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Railroad trains -- Juvenile fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Single-parent families -- Fiction
- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction
- Californie -- Histoire -- 1850-1950 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Railroad trains -- Fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Adventure stories
- Récits de chemins de fer
- Content1
- Illustrator1
- Mapped to1