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Reviewed on July 1, 2002
K-Gr 3 Told in the first person by an ambitious farm boy who yearns to be an engineer someday, Gibbons's homespun story relates the excitement that grips rural Turkey Creek, GA, when a steam locomotive barrels through town for the first time. The narrative is lean on plot but heavy on atmosphere, using onomatopoeia and regional col...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
