Thomas Edison to the rescue!

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    • Goldsmith, Howard
    • DiVito, Anna

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Thomas Edison to the rescue!

written by Howard Goldsmith ; illustrated by Anna DiVito

(Ready-to-read, Level 2)(The childhood of famous Americans series)

Aladdin, 2003

1st Aladdin ed

  • : pbk.

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Summary: Young Thomas Edison saves a child from being hit by a train and, as his reward, asks for training as a telegraph operator because that will help him prepare to become an inventor

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Level 2: Reading Independently More complex stories Varied sentence structure Paragraphs and short chapters One day while young Tom Edison hands out sandwiches on the Mt. Clemens railroad platform, he sees the station telegraph operator's son, Jimmy, playing on the track. When a boxcar comes rolling toward Jimmy at top speed, it's Tom to the rescue -- and the deed is rewarded with some telegraph lessons that will change Tom's life forever.

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