Trainwreck : Kansas 1892 - Softcover

Duey, Kathleen; Bale, Karen A.; Dodge, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689825439 ISBN 13: 9780689825439

Publisher: Aladdin, 1999

Synopsis

After Jodi Jameson and the lion tamer in her uncle's circus escape from a train wreck, they find themselves in a battle for their lives on a trestle threatened by rushing water while frightened circus animals assemble all around them. Original.

About this title

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-7Max and Jodi are traveling across the country with the circus. Max is an orphan who is apprenticing as a wild-animal trainer and Jodi is a 13-year-old equilibrist. Both of these dangerous jobs provide constant adventure, and the book flows well as it follows the nonstop action. Chapters are filled with very real situations such as stampeding elephants and death-defying high-wire acts, all of which are believably presented with plausible and (mostly) happy endings. The climax occurs when, on the road to a performance in a new town, the circus train causes the collapse of a trestle and falls into a river during a storm. The story deals with physical risks, but also the mental challenges of winning out over fear to do what one must. Exciting without being melodramatic, the book will have great appeal to all kids, especially as Max and Jodi emergealbeit predictablyas the heroes, winning the respect and admiration of the adults.Andrew Medlar, Chicago Public Library, IL
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aladdin
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0689825439
• ISBN 13: 9780689825439
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 160