SuitabookAdventure and resourcefulness
Emmy and T. J. have little money but create activities for themselves, including kite-flying, raft-building and exploring a swimming hole.
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Jean Blasiar - Author
This is an adventure story about two young people making their own fun, then facing a hijacking after boarding a mail train. Its appeal lies in energetic escapades, partnership and undercover danger.
Emmy Budd is a twelve-year-old tomboy who finds her adventurer's match in the new boy in town, T.J. Blake. It is a hot summer day in the small mid western hamlet of Jerseyville, Ohio. With no money and lots of time on their hands, Emmy and T.J. ferret out every freebie in town, from sailing kites off the tower in the local stadium to building a raft out of discarded lumber and sailing the old swimming hole. Emmy and T.J. sneak aboard a mail train bound for Pittsburgh and end up in the middle of a hijacking. Operating undercover, the teen detectives risk their lives as they confront a desperate fugitive.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is an adventure story about two young people making their own fun, then facing a hijacking after boarding a mail train. Its appeal lies in energetic escapades, partnership and undercover danger.
Emmy and T. J. have little money but create activities for themselves, including kite-flying, raft-building and exploring a swimming hole.
After boarding a mail train, the young protagonists operate undercover during a hijacking and confront a desperate fugitive.
The train episode involves hijacking, undercover activity, a desperate fugitive and characters risking their lives.
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