Train Ride

Train Ride
ISBN-10
0060257733
ISBN-13
9780060257736
Category
Juvenile Fiction / Transportation / Railroads & Trains
Pages
31
Language
English
Published
1971
Publisher
Harper & Row
Author
John Steptoe

Description

When his friends call his bluff, Charles must take them on the long train ride from Brooklyn to Times Square and find the way back again.

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