Runaway Train: Saved by Belle of the Mines and Mountains

by Wim Coleman, Pat Perrin, Joanne Renaud

Lonely and bored with rural life in 1856, young Bella Lee Dunkinson began to hang around the local railroad. Engineer John Hardiman took a liking to the spirited girl and gave her a boy's responsibilities helping with the engine. One stormy night, the engine was slipping dangerously on wet rails. While John was putting sand on the tracks, Bella found herself alone in the cab driving the train up a steep and dangerous mountainside--a 16-year-old...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1939656710
• ISBN13: 9781939656711
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Red Chair Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6