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The Boxcar children collection, Volume 1

The boxcar children: Four orphaned siblings set up house in an abandoned boxcar because they think their grandfather is mean; but they realize he is nice and they move into his house and live happily ever after.

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Main Author:	Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979
Other Authors:	Lilly, Aimee, Gregory, Tim
Format:	Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Oasis Audio LLC, under arrangement with Random House, Â2013.
Subjects:	Boxcar children (Fictitious characters) > Juvenile fiction. Orphans > Juvenile fiction. Runaway children > Juvenile fiction. Islands > Juvenile fiction. Missing persons > Juvenile fiction. Audiobooks.
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Summary:	The boxcar children: Four orphaned siblings set up house in an abandoned boxcar because they think their grandfather is mean; but they realize he is nice and they move into his house and live happily ever after. Surprise Island: The Alden children spend living on their grandfather's island. The yellow house mystery: The Alden children determine to solve the mystery that surrounds an old yellow house on their grandfather's property. Strange things have happened in the house where long ago a man disappeared.
Item Description:	Unabridged. Compact discs.
Physical Description:	6 audio discs (approximately 436 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:	9781613756065 1613756062
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)