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Trouble on the tracks

by Donna Jo Napoli · 1997

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While traveling across the Australian outback on a train, twelve-year-old Zach and his younger sister Eve uncover an endangered bird smuggling ring and try to save two trains from a full-speed collision.

Genre
adventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Themes
birdsbirdsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisAustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 190 pages

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