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5) Mailing May
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
In 1914, because her family cannot afford a train ticket to her grandmother's town, May gets mailed and rides the mail car on the train to see her grandmother.
6) Coolies
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A young boy hears the story of his great-great-great-grandfather and his brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves helping to build the transcontinental railroad.
7) A lost lady
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Willa Cather's A Lost Lady was first published in 1923. It tells the story of Marian Forrester and her husband, Captain Daniel Forrester who live in the Western town of Sweet Water, along the Transcontinental Railroad. The novel is written in the third person, but is mostly written from the perspective of Niel Herbert, a young man who grows up in Sweet Water and witnesses the decline of Mrs. Forrester, for whom he feels very deeply, and also of the...
Author
Series
Serge Storms ; 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
When serial-killing local Florida historian Serge A. Storms is off his meds, no one is safe — not Russian hoods, Jamaican mobsters, spoiled frat boys, women's book clubs, drug dealers, bad Vegas-rejected local lounge acts — especially when $5 million in cash in a bugged suitcase is still racing up and down the Eastern Seaboard. But in the oddball circus known as the Sunshine State, little things like astronomical body counts tend to
...Author
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...
11) Trains
Author
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brief text and illustrations present a variety of trains and what they do.
12) Iron river
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When twelve-year-old Manny Maldonado and his friends find a hobo's body near the train tracks that run through their tight-knit San Gabriel valley community, a police officer tries to pin the murder on them." --
13) Gold mountain
Author
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs."--
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a voyage from another era, the detective encounters a thoroughly modern murder The Danube Express was once the most famous train on the continent. Linking east and west, it was the fastest route from the Alps to the Black Sea, until airplanes and automobiles made it obsolete. When a group of savvy investors revived it in the 1970s, it became an Express only in name. A five-star hotel on wheels, it is now a luxurious iconand it's celebrating its...
15) Iron horses
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1999.
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.
16) Night train
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text presents a nighttime train ride through the countryside, with lightning on the tracks, rattling cars, and the welcoming lights of the station at the end of the journey.
17) Killer take all
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Scotsman-turned-cowboy Duff MacCallister traveled far and worked hard to start a new life in America. And anyone who tries to mess with his dream is in for some serious Highland justice . . .The cattle town of Chugwater may not look like much to outsiders. But for Duff MacCallister and the determined settlers who've staked their futures here, it's a land of opportunity. That's why the whole town is fired up by the latest news. Young railroad developer...
18) Trainstop
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In this wordless picture book, a young girl takes a train and makes a stop at a most unusual place where she has an important task to perform.
20) Shortcut
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
"Children taking a shortcut by walking along a railroad track find excitement and danger when a train approaches." --
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