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1) The wrecker
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Series
Isaac Bell thrillers volume 2
Language
English
Description
Investigating a series of attacks on the Southern Pacific Railroad's Cascades express lines in 1907, Detective Bell learns of the existence of an elusive saboteur who recruits and murders his own accomplices while engineering schemes of maximum havoc.
2) The spy
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English
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In 1908, a brilliant American battleship gun designer dies in a sensational apparent suicide. The man's grief-stricken daughter turns to the legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency to clear her father's name. Van Dorn puts his chief investigator on the case, and Isaac Bell soon realizes that the clues point not to suicide but to murder.
3) Orphan train
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English
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"Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to 'aging out' out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse.... As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds...
5) All aboard!
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Language
English
Description
Hubie and his family take the Broadway Blazer to the 1939 World's Fair, but Hubie gets off and has a series of adventures.
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English
Description
"In the fall of 1873, a wagon train of immigrants sets off from Kansas City, Missouri, bound for the Montana Territory. Leading the group is newly elected wagon master Jamie Ian MacCallister, a giant of a man and frontier legend who swears he can get them there by Christmas - come hell or high snow drifts...Plagued by brutally harsh storms and rugged terrain, outlaws and hostile Indians, the journey will be the greatest challenge these pioneers will...
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English
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The engines are very excited when the circus comes to Sodor. Everyone wants to pull the special freight cars and coaches. Henry carefully pushes an empty truck into the dark tunnel to clear the track. Imagine his surprise when something starts to push back!
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10) Risky rails!
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Language
English
Description
When a little engine is blamed for something he didn't do, Thomas becomes determined to clear his name.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 100
Language
English
Description
The Alden children have discovered a ghost in the old boxacar that once was their home.
17) Freight train
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Series
Language
English
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Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.
18) Alien nation
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Series
Publisher
Levine Querido
Language
English
Description
A wordless wonder of a picture book, reminiscent of David Wiesner and Chris Van Allsburg. An unforgettable subway ride in an alien world filled with truths of our own.
Author
Series
Orphan train novels volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
"In 1850, Sophie Neumann flees New York with her two young charges after witnessing a crime. Reinhold Weiss has finally purchased his own small farm when an old friend shows up, pleading for help. But how can he help her when mounting debts and past scars still haunt him?"--
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