Running with Trains A Novel in Poetry and Two Voices

Name: Running with Trains A Novel in Poetry and Two Voices
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ISBN: 9781590788639

ISBN-10: 159078863X

ISBN-13: 9781590788639

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Authors: Michael Rosen

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Is the grass greener on the other side of the train window? Even a brief brush with a stranger can change our lives. It’s 1970, and Perry feels adrift in turbulent times: his father is missing in action in Vietnam, his mother is studying to become a nurse in the city, his older sister has become a peacenik in college. Traveling between his hometown, where he lives with his grandmother, and his mother’s house in Cincinnati, Perry notices Steve, whose farm lies on the B&O railroad line. Steve likes to race the train as it blows by his fields; Steve skillfully sends his collie after an escaped cow; Steve watches theCincinnatian,longing for its speed, longing for adventure. In alternating…

Book details

List price: $20.99
Publisher: Highlights Press, c/o Highlights for Children, Inc.
Publication date: 4/1/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 112
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.38" long x 0.53" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Michael Rosen is a poet, writer and broadcaster, and held the post of Children's laureate from 2007-2009.