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The Boxcar Children

Pages
166
Published
1942
Language
English

Synopsis

Four orphaned siblings, fearing their cruel grandfather, run away and make an abandoned boxcar their home. They learn to rely on each other and survive in the wilderness. But when one of them falls gravely ill, they must risk exposure to find help, testing their newfound independence and courage.

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Gertrude Chandler Warner

Gertrude Chandler Warner was an American author, mainly of children's stories. She was most famous for writing the original book of The Boxcar Children and for the next eighteen books in the series. Warner once said that she did much of her writing while convalescing from illnesses or accidents, and that she conceived the idea of The Boxcar Children while sick at home. Of this, she said, "I had to stay at home from school because of an attack of bronchitis. Having written a series of eight bo...

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