- Juvenile literature, Railroads, Locomotives, History
Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
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Earnest, plot-driven, grave and classical in form.
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- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Brian Floca
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 62
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Simon & Schuster, Limited, Dreamscape Media Llc
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781416994152
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Brian Floca is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He is best known for illustrating books written by Avi and for nonfiction picture books. In 2014, he won the Caldecott Medal for his book, Locomotive, as well as the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Floca
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