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In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard.

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Main Author: MacLachlan, Patricia (Author)
Other Authors: Dunn, Robert (Illustrator), Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Albert Whitman, 2012.
Series:Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979. Boxcar children mysteries ; prequel.
Subjects:
Boxcar children (Fictitious characters) > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Country life > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard.
Item Description:Prequel to the Boxcar children mysteries.
Map on endpapers.
Physical Description:119 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780807566169 (hc.)
0807566160 (hc.)
Author Notes:Patricia MacLachlan was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on March 3, 1938. She received a B.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1962 and taught English at a junior high school until 1979. She began writing picture books and novels at the age of thirty-five. Her works include The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt, Skylark, Caleb's Story, Grandfather's Dance, Three Names, All the Places to Love, Before You Came, Cat Talk, and Snowflakes Fall. She won the Golden Kite Award for Arthur, for the Very First Time and the 1986 Newbery Medal for Sarah, Plain and Tall.

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