A thrilling high-speed story from the multi award-winning author, Geraldine McCaughrean It's 1893 and for Cissy and her family, a new life beckons on the prairies of Oklahoma and they and their fellow settlers prepare for steady business alongside the Red Rock Railroad track. But when they refuse to sell their land to the railroad company, the boss swears that his trains will never stop in Florence again. How will they ever make a living now? Cissy and her friends, family and neighbours vow that they will make the train stop - by whatever means are necessary, no matter how dangerous that may prove to be . . . Features This thrilling adventure was highly commended for the Carnegie Medal and won the Smarties Bronze Award Geraldine McCaughrean is one of the most celebrated children's authors writing today and has won numerous awards. She is the only author ever to have won the Whitbread Prize three times Geraldine McCaughrean is the author of Peter Pan in Scarlet, the only official sequel to Peter Pan, which was published to huge critical acclaim and media attention in October 2006 This new edition of Stop the Train is being published alongside the new paperback edition of Peter Pan in Scarlet and three other best-selling McCaughrean titles All five titles will have stunning cover artwork by David Wyatt to make a beautiful set