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Series
All the wrong questions volume 4
Language
English
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Description
Train travel! Murder! Librarians! A Series Finale! On all other nights, the train departs from Stain'd Station and travels to the city without stopping. But not tonight. You might ask, why is this night different from all other nights? But that's the wrong question. Instead ask, where is this all heading? And what happens at the end of the line? The final book in Lemony Snicket's ... series, All The Wrong Questions.
Author
Series
The Brixton Brothers volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventh-grader Steve Brixton finds himself pulled back into sleuthing when, during a train trip down the California coast, he uncovers a mystery involving a fleet of priceless automobiles, an assassin, and a private rail car.
Author
Series
Silver Arrow volume 1
Language
English
Description
"'Dear Uncle Herbert, You€ve never met me, but I€m your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday tomorrow and you are super-rich could you please send me a present?' Kate and her younger brother Tom lead dull, uninteresting lives. And if their dull, uninteresting parents are anything to go by, they don€t have much to look forward to. Why can€t Kate have thrilling adventures and save the world the way people do in books? Even her 11th birthday...
Author
Series
I survived volume 22
Language
English
Description
"The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm. But the storm didn't stop. One day passed, then two, three...six days. The snow turned to rain. Then, just after...
5) Train
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A picture-packed guide to the fascinating story of trains and how they have transformed our world. Discover how the vision of George Stephenson, the "father of the railroad," materialized into an age of steam around the world. Study the cut-out of a locomotive to understand how the movement of the piston turns the wheels. Learn how the American railroad contributed to the development and progress in the US and facilitated the spread of population...
Series
Train to impossible places volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Suzy Smith and her friends have gathered again for the relaunch of The Impossible Postal Express. The celebrations don't last long though, before Trollville is rocked by a violent earthquake - the first in the city's history. It's clear something sinister is underfoot. Nevertheless, Suzy's got a very late package that the Impossible Postal Service must deliver - 'come rain, shine, or meteor shower!' And the package might just lead her to some answers....
Author
Series
Train to impossible places volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Suzy Smith joins the troll-operated Impossible Postal Express, but she botches her first delivery by stealing a cursed snow globe containing a boy who claims there is a plot to take control of the Union of Impossible Places.
Author
Series
Train to impossible places volume 3
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When the Impossible Postal Express is charged with returning an overdue library book, Suzy Smith looks forward to a nice, simple delivery--just the thing she needs to convince her anxious parents to let her keep her job on the train. So shes less than thrilled to discover that not only is the book alive, it's full of a growing and dangerous magic. Worse still, the world to which it belongs is missing, and Suzy and her friends will have to use all...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
In 1923, when New Orleans native and orphan Bobby Lee Claremont boards a train to Chicago, where he hopes to join the criminal element and make a new life for himself, far away from the heavy-handed salvation of the Sisters of Charitable Mercy, he acquaints himself with a group of intriguing and possibly dangerous passengers who cause Bobby Lee to reconsider his plans.
Author
Series
Train to impossible places volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Suzy Smith joins the troll-operated Impossible Postal Express, but she botches her first delivery by stealing a cursed snow globe containing a boy who claims there is a plot to take control of the Union of Impossible Places.
13) The Golden Swift
Author
Series
Silver Arrow volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Kate and Tom are now full-fledged conductors of the steam-powered, animal-saving Great Secret Intercontinental Railway, but when Kate takes the Silver Arrow out on an unsanctioned mission to find Uncle Herbert she discovers a mysterious train called the Golden Swift with an agenda of its own.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton graphic novel volume 13
Publisher
distributed by Macmillan
Pub. Date
[2013], c2013
Language
English
Description
Traveling to the American west to stop the Pirate Cats' evil scheme, Geronimo Stilton makes sure that the work on the Transcontinental Railroad is completed.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In this graphic novel, experience the great railroad race between Central Pacific and Union Pacific. Wealth and glory await whichever builds the longest track! In 1863, America is divided not just by the civil war but by months of travel over thousands of miles. Two railroad companies, one each from East and West, are given the task of connecting the nation by rail. Building this railroad will be a monumental undertaking, difficult and dangerous....