Tennessee Novel for Young Readers (Hardcover, Turtleback School & Library ed.)

Donald Cody, Jessica Pyne, and Roone Dixon are three friends who invite trouble -- and danger. If it's not an avalanche racing down a mountainside, it's being chased by hoboes bent on kidnapping one of the kids for ransom. And now, it seems their worst nightmare is about to come true. The trio find themselves trapped on a runaway train careening at sixty miles an hour down a mountainside, heading straight for a terrifying crash -- with no way to prevent it.

Set in and around the Clinchfield Railroad yards in Erwin, Tennessee, in the 1920s, Danger Train vividly captures the exciting -- and dangerous -- days of steam railroading. Filled with action and adventure, the story includes identifiable characters and situation that will keep third through seventh graders (as well as their parents) transfixed and will stimulate their imaginations from the first page to the last.