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The Boxcar Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner

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Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers and sisters, suddenly appear in a small town. No one knows who these young wanderers are of where they have come from. Frightened to live with a grandfather they have never met, the children make a home for themselves in an abondoned red boxcar they discover in the woods. Henry, the oldest, goes to town to earn money and buy food and supplies.

Ambitious and resourceful, the plucky children make a happy life for themselves - until Violet gets too sick for her brothers and sister to care for her.

This unabridged recording will delight any child who has fantasized about being on his or her own and overcoming every obstacle.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Random House Children's Books
  • Publish Date: Jan 1st, 1989
  • Pages: 176
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.69in - 5.20in - 0.43in - 0.28lb
  • EAN: 9780807508527
  • Recommended age: 07-10
  • Categories: Mysteries & Detective StoriesFamily - SiblingsAction & Adventure - General

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About the Author

Warner, Gertrude Chandler: -

Gertrude Chandler Warner grew up in Putnam, Connecticut. She wrote The Boxcar Children because she had always dreamed about what it would be like to live in a caboose or a freight car--just as the Aldens do. When readers asked for more adventures, Warner wrote more books--a total of nineteen in all. After her death, other authors have continued to write stories about Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden, and today The Boxcar Children(R) series has more than one hundred books.

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