The Boxcar Children
β Scribed by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Publisher
- Albert Whitman & Company
- Year
- 2012;2010
- Tongue
- en-us
- Weight
- 636 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
The New York Timesβbestselling tale of four orphaned siblings who will do anything to stick together, featuring more than thirty original illustrations.
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden take care of one another. They have no parents, no other familyβexcept for a grandfather they don't care to seeβand no home . . . until the night they find the boxcar. Old, rusty, lonely, and abandoned in the woods, it's the perfect home for four brave children on their own.
Through hard work and courage, the Aldens begin to build a life full of fun and adventure. But when they're faced with a problem they can't solve themselves, they're forced to look for adult helpβand will find it in the most unlikely ally.
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Hailed by School Library Journal as one of the top 100 children's novels of all time, Gertrude Chandler Warner's story has delighted generations of young readers and launched a long-running series and an animated...
β¦ Subjects
Mysteries
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