title: When the Whistle Blows
titlecomplete: When the Whistle Blows
description: Meet a town and a train and a time and a boy – Jimmy Cannon. And meet his father – as strong as a Mallet locomotive – whom Jimmy simply cannot figure out! But who, in a dramatic and unexpected twist, turns out to be so much more than Jimmy ever knew. In a book that goes to the core of boyhood – its Halloween mischief, its hunting day mystery, its championship football game surprise, and its nighttime adventures – Fran Cannon Slayton brings her listeners to the breathtaking crossroads of an unforgettable West Virginia railroad town, a family that matters, and adulthood itself.
genres: Coming Of Age, Trains, Death, Middle Grade, Halloween, Family, Historical, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult
publisher: Brilliance Audio
places: Rowlesburg, West Virginia
ratings_count: 447
language: English