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The Train Jumper
The Train Jumper
Author: Don Brown
"With my last strength, I threw myself onto the train.  Only half of me made it.  My head and chest slammed onto the rough wood floor while my legs dangled from the opening.  I clawed the floor with my hands.  Splinters stung my fingertips.  For an instant, I saw myself dropping beneath the train.  Saw myse...  more »

Ed "Collie" Collier is desperate to keep his small family in tact.  He leaves home in search of his older brother, who has run off.  Collie jumps a freight train, joining thousands and thousands of young boys and men who try riding out the Great Depression by riding the rails.

In this action packed tale of a boy and a nation out of work and out of luck, Collie encounters hobos, misers, racists, and even some kindness.  Battling hunger, hostility, and wrathful weather, he meets an unlikely ally in a young drifter.  Together on kind of a quest, they match their wits and hearts against Hard Times.
ISBN-13: 9781596432185
ISBN-10: 1596432187
Publication Date: 8/7/2007
Pages: 128
Edition: First Edition
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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