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OverviewAll aboard for a fast-paced, Jazz Age–era murder mystery set aboard a Chicago-bound train! It’s 1923, and thirteen-year-old Bobby Lee Claremont is leaving the Sisters of Charitable Mercy orphanage in New Orleans, certain a better life awaits in Chicago’s glamorous-sounding mob scene. But his plans unravel when he boards his train and meets the recently widowed Nanette O’Halloran, her two traveling companions, and a cop who suspects the trio of murdering Nanette’s husband. Bobby Lee is sure Nanette’s innocent. But what about her companions? As Bobby Lee digs for answers, he discovers the mob, Prohibition, segregation, and a famed jazz band are all pieces of an increasingly dangerous puzzle. A Junior Library Guild selection. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeannie MobleyPublisher: Holiday House Inc Imprint: Holiday House Inc Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.331kg ISBN: 9780823437818ISBN 10: 0823437817 Pages: 246 Publication Date: 28 September 2017 Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews* Mobley swiftly establishes vivid characters and settings, then lets the action unfold while surprising readers with plot twists along the way. A lively, well-researched historical novel.--Booklist, Starred Review Like a speeding train, Mobley moves through the plot with direct intent. . . . Readers will find Bobby Lee to be an optimistic and idealistic hero they can relate to and root for. An action-packed story that will inform as much as it entertains.--School Library Journal * Mobley swiftly establishes vivid characters and settings, then lets the action unfold while surprising readers with plot twists along the way. A lively, well-researched historical novel. --Booklist, Starred Review Like a speeding train, Mobley moves through the plot with direct intent. . . . Readers will find Bobby Lee to be an optimistic and idealistic hero they can relate to and root for. An action-packed story that will inform as much as it entertains. --School Library Journal Author InformationJeannie Mobley is the author of acclaimed middle-grade novels Katerina's Wish, which received three starred reviews and won the Colorado Book Award, and Searching for Silverheels. She lives in Colorado, where she is a writer and a professor of anthropology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |