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Oscar Ogilvie is living with his dad in a house at the end of Lucifer Street in Cairo, Illinois, when world events change his life forever. The great stock market crash has rippled across the country, and the bank takes over their home. Oscar' dad is forced to head west in search of work, and Oscar...

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Main Author: Wells, Rosemary
Other Authors: Hillgartner, Malcolm
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2010.
Series:Candlewick on BrillianceAudio.
Subjects:
Space and time > Juvenile fiction.
Railroad trains > Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Juvenile fiction.
California > History > 1850-1950 > Juvenile fiction.
Illinois > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Children's audiobooks.
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Summary:Oscar Ogilvie is living with his dad in a house at the end of Lucifer Street in Cairo, Illinois, when world events change his life forever. The great stock market crash has rippled across the country, and the bank takes over their home. Oscar' dad is forced to head west in search of work, and Oscar must move in with his no-nonsense aunt Carmen. Oscar's days are filled with boredom, until he witnesses a crime so stunning that it catapults him into a miraculous, time-hopping train journey.
Item Description:Title from container.
Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Duration: 6:27:00.
Physical Description:6 sound discs (6 hr., 27 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9781441889461
1441889469
Author Notes:Rosemary Wells was born in New York City on January 29, 1943. She studied at the Museum School in Boston. Without her degree, she left school at the age of 19 to get married. She began her career in publishing, working as an art editor and designer first at Allyn and Bacon and later at Macmillan Publishing.

She is an author and illustrator of over 60 books for children and young adults. Her first book was an illustrated edition of Gilbert and Sullivan's I Have a Song to Sing-O. Her other works include Martha's Birthday, The Fog Comes on Little Pig Feet, Unfortunately Harriet, Mary on Horseback, and Timothy Goes to School. She also created the characters of Max and Ruby, Noisy Nora, and Yoko, which are featured in some of her books. She has won numerous awards including a Children's Book Council Award for Noisy Nora in 1974, the Edgar Allan Poe award for two young adult books, Through the Looking Glass and When No One Was Looking, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Shy Charles.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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