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Silver packages : an Appalachian Christmas story
Record details
- ISBN: 9780531300510
- ISBN: 053130051X
- ISBN: 0531330516 (lib. bdg.)
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Physical Description:
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm. - Publisher: New York : Orchard Books, 1997.
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| Subject: | Christmas Fiction Railroad trains Fiction Appalachian Region Fiction |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | E RYLAN C (Text) | 33126025324322 | JChristmas Fiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | E RYLAN C (Text) | 33126012326322 | JChristmas Fiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Every year at Christmas a rich man rides a train through Appalachia and throws gifts to the poor children who are waiting, in order to repay a debt he owes the people who live there - Baker & Taylor
Every year at Christmas a rich man rides a train through Appalachia and throws gifts to the poor children who are waiting, in order to repay a debt he owes the people who live there. - Baker & Taylor
In this story of expectation and the transforming power of kindness, Appalachian boy Frankie waits beside the train tracks for the Christmas train, which brings presents to children, in the hope of receiving one very special gift. Illustrations. - Scholastic
In Appalachia each Christmas, a boy named Frankie waits beside the tracks for the Christmas Train, which will bring presents to the children who live in coal towns and hollows. Year after year, Frankie hopes that one particular gift -- one very special gift -- will be tossed to him from that train. And it is this enduring hope that will guide him to the true meaning of the season.