Kate Shelley Y El Tren de Medianoche (Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express)

Kate miro el destartalado puente de madera. Habia tablones sueltos en su estrecha pasarela. No habia ninguna barandilla para sostener. Tenia miedo de cruzar este puente incluso a la luz del dia. Pero ella tenia que cruzarlo ahora. Tenia que llegar a la estacion de tren a tiempo para detener el expreso de medianoche. Cuando una fuerte tormenta destruyo el puente sobre Honey Creek, cerca de la casa de Kate Shelley en Moingona, Iowa, Kate, de quince anos, se lanzo a la tormenta, salvando la vida de dos hombres e impidiendo que se perdieran cientos de vidas mas. Esta es la verdadera historia del ingenio y el coraje de una joven ante un gran peligro.

Kate stared at the rickety wooden bridge. There were boards loose on its narrow walkway. There was no railing to hold on to. She was afraid to cross this bridge even in daylight. But she had to cross it now. She had to get to the train station in time to stop the midnight express. When a heavy storm destroyed the bridge over Honey Creek, near Kate Shelley’s home in Moingona, Iowa, fifteen-year-old Kate bravely rushed out into the storm, saving the lives of two men and preventing hundreds of other lives from being lost. This is the true story of a young girl’s resourcefulness and courage in the face of great danger.