Runaway train
Subtitle: saved by Belle of the Mines and Mountains
By: written by Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin ; illustrated by Joanne Renaud
Contributors: Perrin, Pat, author; Renaud, Joanne, illustrator
Series: Setting the stage for fluency
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781939656711; 9781939656728; 9781939656735
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Railroads; Railroad engineers; Drama; Historical drama; Biographical drama; Railroad trains; Juvenile drama; Biography; History
Description: In 1856, 15-year-old Bella Lee Dunkinson began hanging around the local railroad in western Tennessee. Engineer John Hardiman took a liking to the spirited girl and gave her a boy's responsibilities helping with the engine. One stormy night, the engine was slipping dangerously on wet rails. While John was putting sand on the tracks, Bella found herself alone in the cab driving the train up a steep and dangerous mountainside. After her heroic and triumphant climb to the mountaintop, she was hailed by the miners who met her there as the "Belle of the Mines and Mountains."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

009-012.

Accelerated Reader AR 3.8 1.0 171483.

Issued also as an ebook.