On the Blue Comet
2011
DAISY Sound Recording
When the Great Depression hits Cairo, Illinois, Oscar Ogilvie Jr. and his father lose their home. Mr. Ogilvie heads for California, leaving Oscar with dour Aunt Carmen. Oscar befriends a mysterious drifter and witnesses an amazing bank robbery that catapults him into a time-traveling train trip. For grades 5-8. 2010.
Item Details
Edition: Daisy edition.
Description:
- 1 DAISY disc (5 hours, 36 minutes) : sound ; 12 cm
- 4 3/4 in.
- digital DAISY
- audio file MP3 DAISY 2.02
Target Audience Note:
- For grades 5-8. NLS/BPH
- Male narrator. NLS/BPH
Notes:
- Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials.
- Narrated by: Mike Stefanelli.
- Digital talking book. 1 level and 21 navigation points. Digitally mastered.
- Recorded from: 1st edition Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010. 9780763637224
- DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps.
- System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software.
LCCN: 2010994657
Control Number: 3248104
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2011.Subjects:
- California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Juvenile fiction.
- Daisy talking books.
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction.
- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
- Railroad trains -- Juvenile fiction.
- Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction.
- Space and time -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
- Action and adventure fiction.
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Sound recordings.
- Talking books.
- Talking books.
- Time-travel fiction.
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