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On the Blue Comet
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4 out of 5
Based on 384 Ratings and 145 Reviews

Book Description
Trains and time travel spur one boy's thrilling adventure as he seeks to rejoin his father in a new classic from Rosemary Wells and Bagram Ibatoulline.

One day in a house at the end of Lucifer Street, on the Mississippi River side of Cairo, Illinois, eleven-year-old Oscar Ogilvie's life is changed forever. The Crash of 1929 has rippled across the country, and Oscar's dad must sell th... More
Book Information
PublisherCandlewick Press
BindingPaperback (13 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages336
ISBN-100763658154
ISBN-13978-0763658151
Publication Date09/11/2012
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About Rosemary Wells (Author) : Rosemary Wells is a published adapter, author, and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Rosemary Wells include Morriss Disappearing Bag, Bunny Cak... more
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About Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator) : Bagram Ibatoulline is a published illustrator of children's books. A published credit of Bagram Ibatoulline is The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
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