My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Will Everett is the son of a Canadian Pacific Railway executive, who made his way to the top by saving the life of Cornelius Van Horne, the railway’s president, from an avalanche. The story takes place with Will and his father on the maiden voyage of the Boundless, a 1,000 car railroad train, as it travels across the continent. When the train makes a 4 hour stop, Will gets off the train and gets caught in the middle of a fight between evil men who are trying to get the key to the funeral car inhabited by the now deceased Cornelius Van Horne, and the many treasures Van Horne wanted to be buried with, including the golden spike. Will ends up with the key, and barely makes it back onto the caboose of the train before it leaves, separated by about 7 miles from his father’s quarters. Because he now has the key, he is the target of evil men determined to steal the contents of the funeral car. Also, aboard the train is the famous Zircus Dante, a traveling circus with the star Marvelous Maren. Will had met Maren, a girl his age, 3 years earlier, and had been looking for her ever since that time. Mr. Dorian, Maren, and others in the circus become involved in protecting Will from the brakemen determined to get the key from him at any cost. Action and adventure abound as the story moves forward, with just that hint of romance between Will and Maren. Opel has created another magical plot that middle schoolers will love.
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