The Legend of The Engineer

By Lori Alden Holuta

In a country called Industralia, children listen to a New Year's story about Frostica, an engineer, and a magical train pulled by engine number 19.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lori Alden Holuta
• Release date: Jan 7, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310817519

Lori Alden Holuta

Lori Alden Holuta lives between the cornfields of mid-Michigan, where she grows vegetables, teas, and herbs, when she’s not playing games with a cat named Chives. She’s fond of activities from the past, including canning and preserving, crocheting, reading in the dark, and cooking.

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The Legend of the Engineer

A New Year’s Holiday Tale

Book 2 of the ‘Brassbright Kids’ Series

Copyright 2015 Lori Alden Holuta

Edited by Ken Holuta

Cover Art by Lori Alden Holuta

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Table of Contents

The Engineer

Anticipation and Preparation

Treats and Sweets

The Neighbors Come A-Calling

Refueling Eve

Grandpa Daddo’s Secret

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The Engineer

In the far-off northern land of Frostica, the icebound cap at the top of the world, a mighty steam engine runs along the shoreline, its tracks encircling the continent. In the cab of Engine No. 19, The Engineer keeps a watchful eye on the frozen land to his left, and the frigid sea to his right. His job is to watch for signs of poachers; illegal hunters traveling to Frostica in search of the extraordinary crystalbous and frostycats who dwell in this northern wilderness.

Frostycats are large, dangerous felines with sharp claws and even sharper teeth. They are coveted for their soft, warm pelts which have two layers, one a shimmering soft under layer of rich silver and the other, an overcoat of water-repellant pure white fur. But while these pelts are valuable, the most sought-after prizes are the mighty crystalbous. These long-legged, soulful-eyed animals roam Frostica’s snowy mountains and vast tundra,