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When their father is critically wounded in World War II, the four Harrison children take the famous Santa Fe Chief to stay with an uncle in California. Worried about their father and less than enthusiastic about a summer with their boring uncle, the four soon discover that this is no ordinary train trip. In rushing to get off of the train, a passenger whom they have barely
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The Last Crystal is the third book in Schoonmaker’s Last Crystal trilogy. I have not read the first two books in the series, but thoroughly enjoyed the book on its own. Set in 1944, the four Harrison siblings must spend the summer with their Uncle James after their father has been injured on the battle fields of World War II. As the children make their way from Kansas City to Los Angeles on the famous train, the Santa Fe Chief, they cross paths with a Nazi spy, meet a myriad of fascinating
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I received a wonderful privilege from this Author in that I was able to read an Advance Review Copy of The Last Crystal. I was so excited, as I had finished the first two books and was anxious to read the final book in the Trio. It was So GOOD! Ms Schoonmaker was able to pull the stories of all the people together beautifully. The Adventure was exciting, and had several elements of danger, beauty, understanding and growth of maturity. The history that was covered was both fun and informative. I
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This series keeps getting better and better. It is not because this last book is better written than the first two, but because the suspense of the ongoing story keeps building and because new characters that the reader comes to care about are introduced. The first two books are woven into this one in subtle and yet eye-opening ways; some "old" questions from the past two books are answered. History permeates all of the books, enlightening the reader; yet, these historical facts are never dry or
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My brothers and I loved exploring along the creek banks on the farm in Western Oklahoma where we grew up. There were always books to read, too--wonderful books. Maybe that is where my sense of adventure came from: reading and early exploration.
After teaching school for a dozen years, I became a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. I got to work with really smart and talented young ...more
After teaching school for a dozen years, I became a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. I got to work with really smart and talented young ...more
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