E-book
Secret signs
Record details
- ISBN: 1551436019 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 9781551436012 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (139 p.) : ill.
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electronic resource - Publisher: Victoria, BC ; Custer, WA : Orca Book Publishers, c2006.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:january.19 Multi-User. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Chapter 1 A Kindhearted Woman Lives Here; Chapter 2 Hit the Road Quick!; Chapter 3 There Are Thieves About; Chapter 4 Well-guarded Home; Chapter 5 A Cranky Man Lives Here; Chapter 6 An Officer of the Law Lives Here; Chapter 7 Be Quiet!; Chapter 8 Road Spoiled; Chapter 9 Generous People; Chapter 10 Doctor Won't Charge for His Services; Chapter 11 Man With a Gun Lives Here; Chapter 12 Here You Will Find Friends; Chapter 13 A Good Place for Sit-down Food; Chapter 14 Don't Give Up; Chapter 15 A Good Road to Follow; Key to the secret signs; |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Summary:
When 12-year-old Henry Dafoe runs away from his farm near Winnipeg to find his father, he has no idea he will end up riding the rails across the prairies with a hobo named Clickety Clack and discovering what The Depression is all about. Using the underground code of hobo symbols found scrawled on gateposts and fences, the two must overcome dust storms, grasshopper plagues and angry railway police as they journey to the Glenmore Dam Relief Project in Calgary. Their success will depend on help from friendly tramps, soup kitchens, stolen food and most of all, the hobo's Secret Signs.
