When shoelace heir Neddie Wentworthstein and his family take the train from Chicago to Los Angeles in the 1940s, he winds up in possession of a valuable Indian turtle artifact whose owner is supposed to be able to prevent the impending destruction of the world.
year: 2007
call number/section: 1000
subjects: turtles, juvenile fiction, fiction, humorous stories, historical fiction, los angeles (calif.), history, 20th century, juvenile fiction, fiction