True Heart
By Marissa Moss
1999
First Published
3.67
Average Rating
32
Number of Pages
Since age sixteen, Bee has loaded freight for the Union Pacific Railroad, all the while dreaming of being an engineer. Bee loves the from the roar and clatter of the wheels against the track to the names like True Heart, Roaring Wolf, and Coyote Special to the low blast of the whistle—whoooo-whoooo. Then one day, Bee gets the chance to drive the True Heart all the way from Cheyenne to Chicago. A seamless mix of history and fiction, True Heart is a story of the American frontier, of wanting something so much you can’t think of anything else—and of the little-known work of pioneer women who made the American railroad a reality.
Avg Rating
3.67
Number of Ratings
42
5 STARS
21%
4 STARS
36%
3 STARS
33%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
2%
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Author
Marissa Moss
Author · 70 books
Marissa Moss has written more than seventy books, from picture books to middle-grade and young adult novels. Best known for the Amelia's Notebook series, her books are popular with teachers and children alike. Her picture book Barbed Wire Baseball won the California Book Award gold medal. Moss is also the founder of Creston Books, an independent children's publishing house.
