Train I Ride

from Marty_Heagney

Rydr is taking an eastbound train from California to Chicago to live with a distant family member. Because she doesn't have a parent or guardian, she is accompanied by a well-meaning, yet uninvolved chaperone. As the train makes its way across the Rockies, the reader will learn that Rydr is a ver...

from lilibrarian

Her mother, now dead, was a drug addict. The grandmother who took her in just died. A distant uncle in Chicago agrees to take the 12-year-old girl in. Calling herself Rydr, she must travel on Amtrak from California. Train staff and good people she meets become more of a family than she has ever k...

from Whisper1

Following an intense read of Crisis of Character with a wonderful YA book provides a break from trying to process what happened, and what is happening in our country. I believe Train I Ride will be in the list of one of the top ten books of 2017. This is a story of a young girl, damaged by a life...

from howifeelaboutbooks

This book. THIS BOOK. I am in love with this book. It's so beautiful and so perfect and I'm already recommending it to everyone, asking the library to order more copies, and buying my own. It is so touching and emotional, but in a casual way. It's not over-the-top flowery, but some of the moments...

from howifeelaboutbooks

This book. THIS BOOK. I am in love with this book. It's so beautiful and so perfect and I'm already recommending it to everyone, asking the library to order more copies, and buying my own. It is so touching and emotional, but in a casual way. It's not over-the-top flowery, but some of the moments...