On the Blue Comet / Rosemary Wells / 329 pages

Wow! This book is quite literally a ride - on the Blue Comet.  Rosemary Wells, noted for her children's books featuring Yoko and Max, has written an excellent, imaginative tale dealing with time travel, trains, the Great Depression, and World War II.  Within the pages of this awesome read, we meet John Wayne, Alfred Hitchcock, Joan Crawford, Joe and John Kennedy, etc. as real characters not merely mentionables.  This is a great adventure starring Oscar, a boy who rises above seemingly insurmountable odds to right the wrongs of the past...and the future.