On the Blue Comet
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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.
FictionHistoryDepressionsAdventure and adventurersSingle-parent familiesSpace and timeRailroad trainsChild and youth fictionChildren's fictionSpace and time, fictionRailroads, fictionSingle-parent families, fiction