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When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catap...

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Main Author: Wells, Rosemary
Other Authors: Ibatoulline, Bagram (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Space and time > Juvenile fiction.
Railroad trains > Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Juvenile fiction.
California > History > 1850-1950 > Juvenile fiction.
Illinois > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
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