The Box-Car Children: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Box-Car Children is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Warner, Gertrude Chandler (1890–1979).

Catalogue synopsis

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"The Box-Car Children" by Gertrude Chandler Warner is a children's novel originally published in 1924. Four orphaned siblings—Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden—flee from a baker who would separate them and discover an abandoned boxcar in the forest. They transform it into their secret home, determined to stay together and avoid their grandfather, whom they believe to be cruel. Through resourcefulness and devotion to each other, the children create a new life, unaware that their fears about family may be unfounded.

Book and edition facts

• Title: The Box-Car Children
• Author credits: Warner, Gertrude Chandler (1890–1979)
• Catalogue language: English

Catalogue subjects

• Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction
• Boxcar children (Fictitious characters) -- Juvenile fiction
• Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
• Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
• Families -- Juvenile fiction
• Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
• Siblings -- Juvenile fiction

Gutenberg collections

• Category: Adventure
• Category: American Literature
• Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
• Category: Novels

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