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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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A journalist on a cross-country Christmas train scales the rugged terrain of his own heart in this New York Times bestselling holiday tale that inspired the Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie!
Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to Los Angeles in time for Christmas. Forced to travel by train, he begins a journey of rude awakenings, thrilling adventures, and holiday magic. He has no idea that the locomotives...
Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to Los Angeles in time for Christmas. Forced to travel by train, he begins a journey of rude awakenings, thrilling adventures, and holiday magic. He has no idea that the locomotives...
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"Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse:...
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English
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Profiles the men who built the transcontinental railroad, the investors who risked their businesses to fund it, the politicians who understood its importance, the Irish and Chinese immigrants who worked on it, and the other laborers who did the dangerous work of laying the track.
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Platt and Munk classics volume no. 520
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of a little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls a train full of wonderful things to the children waiting on the other side of a mountain.
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 8
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English
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CRIME & MYSTERY. The famous Orient Express, thundering along on its three days' journey across Europe, came to a sudden stop in the night. Snowdrifts blocked the line at a desolate spot somewhere in the Balkans. Everything was deathly quiet. "Decidedly I suffer from the nerves," murmured Hercule Poirot, and fell asleep again. He awoke to find himself very much wanted. For in the night murder had been committed. Mr. Ratchett, an American millionaire,...
11) The trap door
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Infinity ring volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Dak, Sera, and Riq return to the United States and walk right into a deadly trap. The year is 1850 and the nation is divided over the issue of slavery. In these dark days, the Underground Railroad provides a light of hope, helping runaway slaves escape to freedom. But the SQ has taken control of the Underground Railroad from within. Now Dak and Sera are left wondering who to trust...while Riq risks everything to save the life of a young boy."--P....
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Ribbons of steel volume 3
Language
English
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In the 1840s Carolina and James Baldwin face the struggles of family life in western Virginia, where James supervises the construction of the B & O Railroad through the Allegheny Mountains.
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Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"Reluctant debutante Keziah Montgomery lives beneath the weighty expectations of her staunch Confederate family, forced to keep her epilepsy secret for fear of a scandal. As the tensions of the Civil War arrive on their doorstep in Savannah, Keziah sees little cause for balls and courting. "--
16) Trains
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Publisher
EDC Pub.]
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Did you know that the fastest vehicle ever to run on rails (at over 6,000 miles per hour) was rocket powered and driverless? Take a look at the world's most impressive locomotives and learn fun facts, about the fastest, oldest and most luxurious trains ever built. Take a journey through the history of trains, from the early giants of steam to the latest bullet-shaped speed machines. Visit the Quicklinks Web site and look at videos of old American...
17) Trains
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to trains. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade--Provided by publisher."
18) Trains
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Jump!
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"This photo-illustrated book for early readers describes the many types of train cars pulled by a freight train and what they are built to carry. Includes photo glossary and matching game"--Provided by publisher.
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Covenant Communications, Inc
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English
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At nineteen years of age, Julia Weston fancies herself a capable woman, far too old to require a traveling companion. But at the insistence of her overprotective father, Julia finds herself aboard the Orient Express in the care of an approved escort. In an ill-advised demonstration of independence, Julia leaves the train on a quick errand and then re-boards and sleeps away her exhaustion. Upon awakening, however, she realizes her plan went terribly
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