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The Box-Car Children

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

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First published
1924
Pages
73
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Read by Woolly Bee, maryagneskatherine, jtueller and others · 2 h 42 min · 17 parts

  1. 01 - The Flight

    10:06

  2. 02 - The Second Night

    10:06

  3. 03 - Shelter

    8:40

  4. 04 - A New Home

    10:15

  5. 05 - Housekeeping

    9:01

  6. 06 - Earning a Living

    12:18

  7. 07 - At Home

    13:54

  8. 08 - Building the Dam

    13:06

  9. 09 - Cherry Picking

    9:55

  10. 10 - The Race

    8:23

  11. 11 - More Education

    9:02

  12. 12 - Ginseng

    5:42

  13. 13 - Trouble

    10:33

  14. 14 - Caught

    8:15

  15. 15 - A New Grandfather

    7:18

  16. 16 - A United Family

    9:41

  17. 17 - Safe

    6:18

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About this book

Four siblings leave a village at night with bread, a few belongings and little money, determined to stay together. Henry, Jess, Violet and five-year-old Benny have lost both parents and fear being sent to a grandfather they scarcely know. In Gertrude Chandler Warner's 1924 children's novel, their first refuge is a haystack beside a country road. The older children plan each move, while Violet's stories help Benny through the long walk.

Life in the woods brings a different set of challenges: finding food, cooking over a fire and arranging work without drawing attention to the family. Their railway car becomes a home, and small discoveries, including walnuts and a hen's hidden eggs, matter as much as larger adventures. Short chapters and direct dialogue keep the focus on practical decisions and sibling cooperation.

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Gertrude Chandler Warner

Gertrude Chandler Warner created the Boxcar Children and wrote the first nineteen mysteries about siblings Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden. A teacher, she revised the original story in 1942 with a controlled vocabulary that made the children's independence accessible to developing readers.

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Book facts

First published
1924
Reading time
About 110 minutes
Pages
73
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Woolly Bee, maryagneskatherine, jtueller and others