Train I Ride - Paul Mosier 电子书mobi+epub
Product details
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 720 (What's this?)
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (January 24, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062455737
ISBN-13: 978-0062455734
Train I Ride Hardcover – January 24, 2017
by Paul Mosier (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Train-I-Ride-Paul-Mosier/dp/0062455737
Product details
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 720 (What's this?)
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (January 24, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062455737
ISBN-13: 978-0062455734
From Publishers Weekly Flying Start author Paul Mosier comes a poignant story about a young girl’s travels by train from Los Angeles to Chicago in which she learns along the way that she can find family wherever she is. Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and Sharon Creech.
Rydr is on a train heading east, leaving California, where her gramma can’t take care of her anymore, and traveling to Chicago, to live with an unknown relative. She brings with her a backpack, memories both happy and sad, and a box, containing something very important.
As Rydr meets her fellow passengers and learns their stories, her own story begins to emerge. It’s one of sadness and heartache, and one Rydr would sometimes like to forget.
But as much as Rydr may want to run away from her past, on the train she finds that hope and forgiveness are all around her, and most importantly, within her, if she’s willing to look for it.
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Gr 4–6—Rydr is Chicago-bound on an Amtrak train from Palm Springs, CA. Leaving her recently deceased grandmother, Rydr travels through the West and Midwest toward an uncertain future with a distant and unknown relative. Rydr is used to making her way through life solo and is still working through her mother's struggle with drugs and subsequent death. Armed with her SpongeBob wristwatch and subsisting on a diet of doughnut holes and veggie burgers, Rydr spends her journey meeting a variety of passengers and avoiding Dorothea, her assigned chaperone. Through her interactions with Carlos, a writer paid by the train company to put pen to paper, and Tenderchunks, a poetry-loving Boy Scout, Rydr finds comfort in words and gains a new outlook on her future. In this debut novel, Mosier gives middle grade readers a character who battles life's challenges with extreme honesty and doesn't sugarcoat her inner battles. VERDICT A tale that will stay with readers long after they reach the final destination. A strong purchase for middle grade collections.—Claire Moore, Darien Library, CT
Review
“A harrowing, moving, immersive, and ultimately uplifting debut novel.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
In this debut novel, Mosier gives middle grade readers a character who battles life’s challenges with extreme honesty and doesn’t sugarcoat her inner battles. A tale that will stay with readers long after they reach the final destination. (School Library Journal)
“In his first novel, Mosier offers a cast of well-drawn characters, an unusual setting, and a rewarding reading experience.” (Booklist (starred review))
“An emotionally expansive and deeply affecting story. Heartbreaking and unforgettable.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
“Rydr herself is sympathetic, and she’s got a believable voice, a mix of vulnerability, edginess, and raw fury at her rotten luck. Readers who like drama, sentiment, and tidy, tearful endings may find this to be the ticket.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)
About the author
Paul Mosier began writing novels in 2011, but has written in some fashion his entire life. He lives a short walk from the place of his birth in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, but it has been a very circuitous route that brought him there. He is married and is father to two lovely daughters who both read fanatically. He loves listening to baseball on the radio, eating vegetarian food, drinking coffee, talking nonstop, and riding trains. In fact, he has ridden most of the route described in his debut novel, Train I Ride, which has earned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus. His second middle grade novel from HarperCollins, Echo's Sister, will be released May 1, 2018. Visit him on Facebook or at his blog, novelistpaulmosier.wordpress.com.
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