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Cargando... I Dream of Trains (Golden Kite Awards) (2003)por Angela Johnson
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book describes the mindset of a slave boy that loves trains. He becomes obsessed about Casey, a famous engineer, that his grandfather describes how a crash occurred that ended his life. His father reminds him that there are many other trains out in the world and that one day he will be able to see them all. I took this story as a story of hope and encouragement since his grandfather believed that they would be freed one day. ( ) I Dream of Trains by Angela Johnson is abstract in nature and requires an in-depth analysis of the plot. The story is set in the 1900s in the south, somewhere between Mississippi and Tennessee. Written in a child's voice, the story tells of a (formally enslaved) boy's hope and desire to travel the country. He admires train engineer Casey Jones and often times find himself daydreaming of life on a train. Until one day his Hope's are crushed after Casey Jones dies in a train wreck. But his father reinsures him that there are many other trains and heroes in the world. Summary: In this book a young boy looks forward to hearing and seeing the train pass by his house and the cotton fields that he works in. The train conductor, Casey, is kind to him and lets him see his train. Because of this positives experience, the young boy feels drawn towards trains. He concludes that one day he will take a train and go somewhere amazing. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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