Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
ISBN: 0807508527
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 1989
Age: 7-12
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Realistic Fiction
Summary: Four children, Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny are orphans. They run away to make it on their own and to keep away from their grumpy old grandfather. They find a new home in an old, abandoned red boxcar. They learn how to live on their own and how to find food. All works out well until Violet gets sick and a kind doctor helps them out and introduces them to someone they never thought they would like…their grandfather.
Series: The Boxcar Children
Read A-likes: Other Boxcar Children books, Little House in the Big Woods, Charlotte’s Web, and The Sign of the Beaver.
Personal Thoughts: This book sparked my imagination as a child and I remember numerous times playing in the fields and creeks pretending to be one of the Boxcar Children. A fabulous book for adventurous children. This story shows self reliance, survival, and family relationships in an easy well written manner.
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