- Juvenile fiction, History, Railroads, Frontier and pioneer life
Despite the opposition of the owner of the Red Rock Runner Railroad in 1893, the new settlers of Florence, Oklahoma, are determined to build a real town with a working train station.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
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About the book
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 270
- Publisher
- Gyldendal, HarperTrophy, Fondo de Cultura Economica USA
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- French, Spanish, dan, English
- ISBN
- 9781933322421
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“Like a bad-tempered line jumper, the train rolled up against its buffers and gave a vicious jolt.”
**Geraldine McCaughrean** is a British children's novelist. She has written more than 170 books, including Peter Pan in Scarlet, the official sequel to Peter Pan commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, the holder of Peter Pan's copyright. Her work has been translated into 44 languages worldwide.
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