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The boxcar Children
The boxcar Children
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
My favorite childrens book from elementary school about a family of 4, 2 brothers and 2 sisters who lost parents and are afraid to live with grandparents and so they run away and find a boxcar to live in and their experiences with the boxcar and adventures.
ISBN: 124355
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ashultz avatar reviewed The boxcar Children on + 15 more book reviews
This is a fun kids story. I've never read any others from this series, but this one is enjoyable. It stuck with me from my childhood and I just finished reading it to my 7 year old. Even though the story was published ten years before I was born, we both enjoyed it. It has simple sentence structure and would be perfect for a first or second grader to read on their own.

The four siblings avoid going to live with their grandfather because they think he won't like them. They fend for themselves by taking shelter in an abandoned boxcar. They are very creative in caring for themselves and are content in their self built home, then the youngest sister falls ill. The story wraps up nicely with a happy ending.


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