Fifteen-year-old Kate risks her life in a storm to prevent a train disaster.
This is the true story of a young girl's resourcefulness and courage in the face of great danger.
Once in a while an ordinary person performs a deed so brave and unexpected that we remember it long afterward. Kate Shelley was such a person. In the midst of...
Emma Carlson Berne has written and edited more than two dozen books for young people, including biographies of such diverse figures as Christopher Columbus, William Shakespeare, the Hilton sisters, and Snoop Dogg.
A recounting of a true story of 15 year old Kate Shelley, who in 1881 left the safety of her Iowa farm home to brave darkness, torrential downpour & a swollen river to get out word that a nearby railroad bridge had been swept away
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
A young girl becomes a heroine overnight when she prevents a train disaster.
A young girl becomes a heroine overnight when she prevents a train disaster.
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Jackie Mitchell has always wanted to be a great pitcher, and she finally has the chance to become one!
Fifteen-year-old Kate Shelley crawled over the Des Moines River bridge during a raging storm to warn that an approaching train must be stopped or it would crash through a ruined trestle.