num_pages: 48
description: Kate stared at the rickety wooden bridge. There were boards loose on its narrow walkway. There was no railing to hold on to. She was afraid to cross this bridge even in daylight. But she had to cross it now. She had to get to the train station in time to stop the midnight express. When a heavy storm destroyed the bridge over Honey Creek, near Kate Shelley's home in Moingona, Iowa, fifteen-year-old Kate bravely rushed out into the storm, saving the lives of two men and preventing hundreds of other lives from being lost. This is the true story of a young girl's resourcefulness and courage in the face of great danger.
language: English
title: Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
titlecomplete: Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
genres: 2nd Grade, Historical, History, Picture Books, Childrens, American History, Biography Memoir, Biography, School, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 208
series: On My Own History, Yo Solo ~ Historia
publisher: First Avenue Editions ™