Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express - Softcover
When the Des Moines River valley floods in the summer of 1881, the bridge over Honey Creek collapses and Kate Shelley courageously rescues two locomotive crewmen from the creek's swirling waters
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"Based on a true incident, this story recounts the heroic action of...a nineteenth-century Midwestern girl who saved an express train from disaster...A substantive adventure for newly independent readers."
"Based on a true incident, this story recounts the heroic action of. . . a nineteenth-century Midwestern girl who saved an express train from disaster. . . A substantive adventure for newly independent readers." -- Booklist
"The story's factual basis makes it all the more appealing, and Ritz's charcoal-and-wash drawings evoke the setting and imbue personalities with lots of character. A substantive adventure for newly independent readers." --Booklist
"Watercolor and charcoal illustrations are strong and stormy, with enough dignity to make the book appealing to older reluctant readers." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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"Based on a true incident, this story recounts the heroic action of. . . a nineteenth-century Midwestern girl who saved an express train from disaster. . . A substantive adventure for newly independent readers." -- Booklist
"The story's factual basis makes it all the more appealing, and Ritz's charcoal-and-wash drawings evoke the setting and imbue personalities with lots of character. A substantive adventure for newly independent readers." --Booklist
"Watercolor and charcoal illustrations are strong and stormy, with enough dignity to make the book appealing to older reluctant readers." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Grade 1-3-- A vivid recounting of a true story of a young girl in 1881 Iowa, told in the format and style of an easy reader. Through her courageous actions, Kate Shelley was able to save the lives of two men when a railroad bridge was washed out, plus the lives of 200 others speeding toward the broken bridge on an express train. The language is simple, yet its terseness conveys the danger and excitement of the incident. Ritz's dark, soft-edged paintings convey the emotional drama as Kate struggles through the storm to the bridge. This is a wonderful bit of history brought to life to share with young readers. No dullness here--it's a page-turner. --Judith Gloyer, Milwaukee Public Library
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherLive Oak Media
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0874992427
- ISBN 13 9780874992427
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages48
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