Hiro

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Hiro
Overview
Author	Sharon Miller (original story)
Illustrator(s)	Robin Davies
Publisher(s)	Egmont Books
Series	My Thomas Story Library
Published	2010, 2011, 2015
Release Guide
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Hiro , re-titled Hiro the Old Steam Engine in 2011 and Thomas Helps Out in 2015, is the sixty-first book in the My Thomas Story Library series.

Plot

Thomas discovers an abandoned engine named Hiro, who was the first engine to arrive on Sodor. Fearing that Hiro will be sent to the smelters, Thomas promises to repair him. But Spencer attempts to foil Thomas' plans, until Hiro has to help him out of trouble. After that, Hiro decides to go back to his homeland.

Characters

• Thomas
• Percy
• Spencer
• Hiro
• Victor
• Sir Topham Hatt
• Edward (not seen)
• Gordon (does not speak)
• James (does not speak)
• Annie and Clarabel (cameos)
• The Duke and Duchess of Boxford (mentioned)

Locations

• Island of Sodor:
  • Hiro's Hideout
  • Sodor Steamworks
  • Tidmouth Sheds
  • The Fenland Track
  • Knapford
    • Knapford Yards (mentioned)
  • Brendam Docks
  • The Duke and Duchess of Boxford's Summer House (mentioned)
  • Sodor Ironworks (mentioned)
• Japan (mentioned)

Trivia

• This book is based on the 2009 special, Hero of the Rails.
• In the special, the first part Thomas delivers is a piston cylinder. In the book, it's the boiler.

Goofs

• In one illustration, Spencer's tender has got blue instead of silver lining.

Gallery

2011 cover

2015 cover

Iranian cover