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A review by literallykalasin
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
4.0
Canadian history meets the maiden voyage of the Titanic rendered as a train on the CPR -- now with sasquatches! That is the quickest and most straight-forward way of describing Kenneth Oppel's newest middle grade read.
This stand-alone book follows Will Everett as he goes on a cross-Canada trip on the CPR's newest train: the Boundless. Travelling with them on this engineering marvel are two unusual guests: the Zircus Dante and the funeral car of the CPR's president, Cornelius Van Horne. Will, growing up poor with his father away most of his childhood building the railway, is now wealthy thanks to his father's new-found success in he CPR. However, what he really wants is something that money can't buy -- an adventure, like the ones his father had building the railway. As fate would have it, Will will get his adventure with the help of the circus and the dead rail baron.
This was a fun, solid, fast-paced read that is sure to engage reluctant readers as well as Kenneth Oppel's fans
This stand-alone book follows Will Everett as he goes on a cross-Canada trip on the CPR's newest train: the Boundless. Travelling with them on this engineering marvel are two unusual guests: the Zircus Dante and the funeral car of the CPR's president, Cornelius Van Horne. Will, growing up poor with his father away most of his childhood building the railway, is now wealthy thanks to his father's new-found success in he CPR. However, what he really wants is something that money can't buy -- an adventure, like the ones his father had building the railway. As fate would have it, Will will get his adventure with the help of the circus and the dead rail baron.
This was a fun, solid, fast-paced read that is sure to engage reluctant readers as well as Kenneth Oppel's fans