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The Gold Train Bandits
Children's fiction
The Gold Train Bandits
Book 8 of the An American Adventure series
175 pages · First published 1992
Hildy befriends a shy new girl who reveals that her father is a notorious bank robber and that she has been taken away from her mother. The girl is terrified because her father’s gang is planning to rob a train carrying millions of dollars in gold. Hildy’s desire to help draws her into a dangerous conflict with criminals whose plans are already moving forward. Lee Roddy’s American Adventure story combines historical action, friendship, and Christian moral courage around a train robbery whose human stakes matter more than the gold.
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