The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, No. 1)

This book might be part of the Boxcar Children (1) series.
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Paperback, 256 pages

English language

Published June 1, 1989 by Albert Whitman & Company.

ISBN:
978-0-8075-0852-7
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One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. no one knew them. No one knew where they had come from.

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are orphans. Determined to make it on their own, they set out to find a safe place to live.

They discover an old, red boxcar that provides shelter from a storm. Against all odds, they make it into their home-and become The Boxcar Children! --back cover

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This book was one of a handful that helped me graduate from children's books. It's was kind of a young adult or tween fiction of its time, and it was easily one of the favorite books of my childhood.

Subjects

  • Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
  • Fiction
  • Children: Grades 3-4
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Orphans
  • Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
  • Family - Siblings
  • Brothers and sisters