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id <br /> THE X.N <br /> s � <br /> ABOUT THE BOOK <br /> When twelve-year old Ray falls in with a band of medicine <br /> show performers traveling through the South in a rickety <br /> old train, he feels at home for the first time in years. But <br /> something strange is going on. From a locked train car, Ray <br /> hears hypnotic singing. And the performers themselves—the <br /> strong man, the fire-eater, the escape artist with the tattooed <br /> hand, the blind sharpshooter...their talents seem magical. <br /> Ray uncovers a connection between his missing father and <br /> these peculiar performers, a connection that leads Ray to <br /> discover that the old stories about John Henry are true in <br /> ways he never would have dreamed—and that an ancient evil <br /> this legendary hero fought is rising again. <br /> Book One in The Clockwork Dark trilogy Ages 9 and up <br /> Published by Random House Children's Books Random House hardcover 978-0-375-85564-1(0-375.85564-5) <br /> Listening Library audiobook 978.0-7393-8076-5(0-7393-8076-1) <br /> THEMATIC CONNECTIONS OTHER TIES TO THE CURRICULUM. <br /> LANGUAGE ARTS:Tall Tales, Legends, <br /> MAKING CHOICES Folktales,Narrative Writing <br /> APPRECIATION OF NATURE SOCIAL STUDIES: American History, <br /> CULTURAL DIVERSITY Technology,Economics <br /> GOOD VS. EVIL SCIENCE: Minerals, Magnetism, <br /> Animals, Plants, Simple <br /> CHANGE Machines <br /> MORE LESSON IDEAS AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS INSIDE .. <br />