by Geraldine Mc Caughrean (Author)
It's 1893 and for Cissy and her family, a new life beckons on the prairies of Oklahoma. Along with other settlers, they travel to Florence - a town yet to be built - and prepare for business alongside the Red Rock Railroad track. But the railroad company has other ideas. It wants to buy the land for itself - and when the settlers refuse to sell, the railroad boss swears his trains will never stop in Florence again. Without the train, there is no way the town can survive. So Cissy, her friends, family, and neighbours resolve to stop that train, come what may - by fair means or foul.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 03 Oct 2002
ISBN 10: 0192752669
ISBN 13: 9780192752666
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: Wonderful, exciting adventure story full of daring deeds and period detail
Prizes: Winner of Smarties Book Prize Bronze Award 2002. Shortlisted for LA Carnegie Medal 2002 and Carnegie Medal 2002 and Smarties Book Prize 9-11 Category 2002.