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Jun 11, 2009 · WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS follows Jimmy Cannon through four years of his life in the railroad town of Rowlesburg, West Virginia. Jimmy grows up before the reader's eyes as he struggles to come to terms with his changing world.
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- Hardcover
- Fran Cannon Slayton
Nov 11, 2010 · Join Jimmy on the ride of a lifetime, through midnight Halloween romps, the championship football game, and a secret society in this coming-of-age story set during the last of the railroad days.
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- Fran Slayton
But times are changing in the 1940s, and JimmyÕs father sees a different future for his son. Join Jimmy on the ride of a lifetime, through midnight Halloween romps, the championship football game, and a secret society in this coming-of-age story set during the last of the railroad days.
- Ebook
Jun 11, 2009 · Fran Cannon Slayton expertly blends suspense with emotional complexity in the seven interconnected stories of When the Whistle Blows…This first novel has many strengths—vivid period details, an engaging voice, finely tuned sentences—but its greatest is the ability to articulate the ways of fathers and sons, of love and loss, expectation ...
- 9781.1B
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- 06/11/2009
- Penguin Group
Author Fran Slayton. Share Save. Add to Goodreads. Jimmy Cannon loves trains. And he wants to work on the railroad more than anything when he grows up. After all, his father is the foreman in Rowlesburg, and all the men in his family have worked on the rails.
Newcomer Fran Cannon Slayton's powerful first novel captures the serendipity of boyhood by shining a spotlight on the peak adventures of Jimmy's life. But at its heart, this is a story about a boy and his father in a time when trains reigned supreme.
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Newcomer Fran Cannon Slayton?s powerful first novel captures the serendipity of boyhood by shining a spotlight on the peak adventures of Jimmy?s life. But...
