Runaways on the Inside Passage
Joe Upton
Abandoned in Seattle by their mother, thirteen-year-old twins join an elderly fisherman friend on the long and dangerous voyage to Alaska in hopes of finding their father by Christmas.
Read Time: ~5.3 hr
Jingle the brass
by Patricia Newman (2004)
About this book
On a train trip, an engineer teaches a boy the expressions used by railroad workers as he describes the different kinds of cars, freight, and people they see.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreJingle the brass Lead Character
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