"Steve and the Steam Engine" by Sara Ware Bassett is a story about a young boy named Steve Tolman who learns a tough lesson about responsibility. After secretly taking his family's car for a drive, hoping to impress his friends with a trip to a football game, Steve ends up stranded and regretting his choices. He's forced to confront the consequences of his actions. As Steve deals with being dishonest and disappointing his friends, especially someone he looks up to, the story explores important ideas about right and wrong, holding yourself accountable, and thinking carefully about your choices.
Steve and the Steam Engine
By Sara Ware Bassett
A reckless joyride turns into a journey of self-discovery for a young boy who must face the music after his impulsive act leaves him stranded and ashamed.
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2007-08-05
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Sara Ware Bassett was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels primarily deal with New England characters, and most of them are set in two fictional Cape Cod villages she created, Belleport and Wilton. Her first novel, Mrs. Christy's Bridge Party, was published in 1907. She subsequently wrote more than 40 additional novels, continuing to write and publish into the late 1950s. Many of her novels focus on love stories and humorously eccentric characters. A number of her works are available as free e-books. Two of her novels, The Taming of Zenas Henry (1915) and The Harbor Road (1919), were adapted as the motion pictures Captain Hurricane (1935) and Danger Ahead (1921).
Sara Ware Bassett was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels primarily deal with New England characters, and most of them are set in two fictional Cape Cod villages she created, Belleport and Wilton. Her first novel, Mrs. Christy's Bridge Party, was published in 1907. She subsequently wrote more than 40 additional novels, continuing to write and publish into the late 1950s. Many of her novels focus on love stories and humorously eccentric characters. A number of her works are available as free e-books. Two of her novels, The Taming of Zenas Henry (1915) and The Harbor Road (1919), were adapted as the motion pictures Captain Hurricane (1935) and Danger Ahead (1921).
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