Trains and time travel spur one boy's thrilling adventure as he seek to rejoin his father in this new classic.
One day in a house at the end of Lucifer Street, on the Mississippi River side of Cairo, Illinois, eleven-year-old Oscar Ogilvee's life is changed forever. The Crash of 1929 has rippled across the country, and Oscar's dad must sell their home – with all their cherished model trains – and head west in search of work. Forced to move in with his humourless Aunt Carmen and his teasing cousin Willa Sue, Oscar is lonely and miserable – until he meets a mysterious drifter and witnesses a crime so stunning it catapults Oscar on an incredible journey from coast to coast, from one decade to another.
Age - 10+
Grade - 5th
Author - Rosemary Wells
Publisher - Scholastic
Format - Paperback
Pages - 336
Dimensions -
5.87 x 1.22 x 8.4 inches
