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Series
Ribbons west volume 3
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Description
Jordana Baldwin had come to California by stagecoach to help her sister Victoria, but after three years she has grown restless and feels the need to do something different. When her writing catches the attention of an eastern newspaper, she takes on the guise of a man to report on the progress of the Transcontinental Railroad and to spy for the Central Pacific.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
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Description
When their father is taken away suddenly, Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis are forced to leave London for a simple life in the country. They make new friends and discover the thrill of the railway, eventually unravelling the mystery of his disappearance.
3) The edge
Author
Pub. Date
1989, c1988
Description
Tor Kelsey, an undercover security operative for the British Jockey Club, is assigned to protect guests on "The Great Transcontinental Mystery Race Train," individuals whose safety is imperiled by real-life murder and mayhem.
Author
Series
Blackstone legacy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"From the steppes of Russia to the corridors of power in Washington, Natalia and Dimitri will fight against all odds to save the railroad and share the truth of what happened, but how can their newfound love survive the ordeal?"--
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"She's finally claimed her independence . . . how far will she go to keep it? A brilliant engineer, Jilly Stiles has been educated since childhood to help run her father's lumber dynasty. With the company safe from her stepfather after the marriages of her two sisters, Jilly can now focus on her dream of building a mountaintop railroad--and never marry.Nick Ryder came into Jilly's life when he saved her mother from her no-good stepfather, and he's...
11) A hope beyond
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Series
Ribbons of steel volume 2
Description
"With the loss of her first true love, Carolina Adams finds life at the family plantation nearly unbearable. Desperate to escape, she moves to Baltimore to become a nanny to Victoria, a little girl whose mother has died. After breaking his wedding engagement with Virginia Adams, Carolina's older sister, James Baldwin immerses himself in work for the B&O Railroad, the other passion in his life besides Carolina. But when a shocking business proposal...
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Series
Nate the Great volume 24
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While traveling on the train to San Francisco with his cousin Olivia's owl, Nate the Great and his dog Sludge must use all of their detective skills when the owl suddenly disappears.
14) Shortcut
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Children taking a shortcut by walking along a railroad track find excitement and danger when a train approaches.
16) Killer take all
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The cattle town of Chugwater may not look like much to outsiders. But for Duff MacCallister and the determined settlers who've staked their futures here, it's a land of opportunity. That's why the whole town is fired up by the latest news. Young railroad developer Jacob Freemantle wants to run a rail line through Chugwater, making it easier to transport cattle. Everyone is on board with the plan, at first. Duff begins to suspect that Freemantle is...
18) Train man
Author
Series
Digger man volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young boy imagines what it would be like to drive a train and take his little brother along for the ride.
19) Trainstop
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
In this wordless picture book, a young girl takes a train and makes a stop at a most unusual place where she has an important task to perform.
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