The railway children

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Edith Nesbit: The railway children (1990, Philomel Books)

When their father is taken away, three children move to the country, where they stay busy saving the train from accidents, befriending a nice Old Gentleman, and trying not to quarrel.

188 pages

English language

Published Nov. 11, 1990 by Philomel Books.

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ISBN:
978-0-399-21819-4
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OCLC Number:
21328781

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Subjects
  • Family life -- Fiction
  • Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
  • Railroads -- Fiction
  • Country life -- England -- Fiction
  • England -- Fiction

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My wife kept making fun of me that I was listening to the boxcar children. Other than a similar name and written in the earlier 1900s they have nothing in common. A nice family from London is changed overnight when the 0olice take dad to jail. Since they are a n8ce English family they keep the reason foe dad's diaappeRwnce a secret even from their own kids. They move to the country and the kids befriend the adults in town because now they are too poor to go to school. The kids have various adventures and there is a happy ending. What more can you want?

I cannot recommend the particular edition Iistened too. It was like CD on demand rather than a properly manufactured disc and my CD player got all screwy not knowing what track it was on etc. I addition the narrotoe in addition to having …