Library's review
Eleven-year-old Oscar time-travels on a Lionel toy train in this creative and imaginative story that combines historical fiction, sci-fi, and fantasy, set during the Depression.
Genres
Publication
Candlewick (2010), Edition: First Printing, 336 pages
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.
Awards
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 2013)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2012)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2012)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 4-6 — 2013)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2014)
Reading Olympics (Middle School — 2024)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
336
Physical description
336 p.; 8.4 inches
ISBN
076363722X / 9780763637224
DDC/MDS
| 823.92 |