On the blue comet
By: by Rosemary Wells ; illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
Contributors: Ibatoulline, Bagram
Publisher: Walker
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781406330144
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Depressions; Time travel
Description: When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that takes him to a different time and place.