When the Whistle Blows
Kids, Two Wheels, Four Wheels, No Wheels, Transportation, Railroads and Trains, Teen, General Fiction, Fiction
| Author: | Fran Slayton | ISBN: | 9781101046517 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group | Publication: | June 11, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Puffin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Fran Slayton |
| ISBN: | 9781101046517 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Publication: | June 11, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Puffin Books |
| Language: | English |
Jimmy Cannon loves trains. And he wants to work on the railroad more than anything when he grows up. After all, his father is the foreman in Rowlesburg, and all the men in his family have worked on the rails. But times are changing in the 1940s, and JimmyÕs father sees a different future for his son. Join Jimmy on the ride of a lifetime, through midnight Halloween romps, the championship football game, and a secret society in this coming-of-age story set during the last of the railroad days.
Jimmy Cannon loves trains. And he wants to work on the railroad more than anything when he grows up. After all, his father is the foreman in Rowlesburg, and all the men in his family have worked on the rails. But times are changing in the 1940s, and JimmyÕs father sees a different future for his son. Join Jimmy on the ride of a lifetime, through midnight Halloween romps, the championship football game, and a secret society in this coming-of-age story set during the last of the railroad days.
