The Silver Arrow

by Lev Grossman

Kate wasn't expecting much when she wrote to her wealthy estranged uncle to ask for a birthday present. Certainly she wasn't expecting a colossal steam train called the Silver Arrow to arrive on her doorstep.

Despite parental misgivings, curiosity overwhelms Kate and her brother Tom and they climb aboard, only for the train's engine to roar into life. Soon they reach a train station where an assortment of strange and beautiful creatures are waiting with tickets in their mouths, and Kate and Tom begin to understand that their job will be to see them safely home - if they can.

Lev Grossman's first children's book is a journey you'll never forget: a rip-roaring adventure from desert plains to snow-covered mountains and everything in between. Packed with exciting creatures from the indignant porcupine to the lost polar bear and the adorable baby pangolin, The Silver Arrow is a classic story about saving our endangered animals and the places they live.

• ISBN10: 0316539538
• ISBN13: 9780316539531
• Publish Date: 1 September 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 272
• Language: English

Reviews

[tweetybugshouse]

This is the story of a young girl named Kate who uncle gives her a train for her birthday. Not a tiny toy train but an actual train. Their talking animals, talking train, and amazing train cars that the kids asked for and are just added to the train. One of course is a library car and i all for hanging out there one day. The story moves along at a nice clip and the entire can be listened to in just under four hours. Which if your middle grade age is just perfect. There also the suggestion that maybe their more books like this coming in the future which would be nice. A great addition to middle grade adventures.