The Boxcar Children

The Aldens begin their adventure by making a home in a boxcar. Their goal is to stay together, and in the process they find a grandfather.

Main Author:	Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979.
Format:	Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Albert Whitman & Company, 2010.
Series:	Boxcar children mysteries ; 1.
Subjects:	Orphans > Juvenile fiction. Mystery fiction > Juvenile. Electronic books.
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Summary:	The Aldens begin their adventure by making a home in a boxcar. Their goal is to stay together, and in the process they find a grandfather.
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Physical Description:	1 online resource
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Audience:	Text Difficulty 2 - Text Difficulty 3 LG/Lower grades (K-3rd) 3.9
ISBN:	9781453231272 9781453207512
Author Notes:	Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in Putnam, Connecticut on April 16, 1890. Due to her poor health, she never finished high school and studied with a tutor. During World War I, a shortage of teachers prompted the local school board to hire her to teach first grade, a position she held for over 30 years. She wrote the first Boxcar book in 1924, while home recuperating from an illness, but the version most people are familiar with was originally published in 1942. The Alden children became so popular that she wrote 19 adventures about them including Surprise Island, Mystery Ranch, and Snowbound Mystery. She died at age 89 August 29, 1979, but the Boxcar Children are still being written about by a team of writers faithful to her vision. (Bowker Author Biography)