The Box-Car Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
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"The Box-Car Children" by Gertrude Chandler Warner is a children's novel originally published in 1924. Four orphaned siblings—Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden—flee from a baker who would separate them and discover an abandoned boxcar in the forest. They transform it into their secret home, determined to stay together and avoid their grandfather, whom they believe to be cruel. Through resourcefulness and devotion to each other, the children create a new life,
unaware that their fears about family may be unfounded. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Gregory, Dorothy Lake |
| Title | The Box-Car Children |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boxcar_Children |
| Credits |
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net from scans obtained from the University of Florida. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 84.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Orphans -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Siblings -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Families -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Boxcar children (Fictitious characters) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 42796 |
| Release Date | May 24, 2013 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1946 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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