The Boundless
By Kenneth Oppel
(SSBFYR; ISBN: 9781442472884; April 2014; Spring catalog)
Will Everett’s father is just a poor man laying track for the
Canadian Pacific Railway until, on the day when the last spike is driven home
somewhere in the Rockies, James Everett saves the railroad’s president from an
avalanche. Three years later, James is a railroad executive, and he and Will
have been invited on the maiden intercontinental trip of the Boundless, the
largest train ever assembled at nearly 1,000 cars. This purposefully
melodramatic tale is set in a slightly alternate 19th-century North America,
where monsters like the mighty sasquatch roam the Canadian wilderness. Will
becomes embroiled in a plot to break into a palatial funeral car, along with
Maren—the beautiful wire walker of the Zirkus Dante, whose cars are part of the
train—and the circus’s mysterious Métis ringmaster, Mr. Dorian. Dangers both
natural and supernatural abound, as well as a certain amount of social
commentary regarding class and ethnicity. Oppel’s (Such Wicked Intent)
imagination and sense of adventure never disappoint, and readers should thrill
to this rousing tale as it barrels ahead at full speed. Ages 8–12. Agent: Steven
Malk, Writers House. (Apr.)
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