ABOUT seven o'clock one hot summer evening a strange family moved into the little village of Middlesex.
An edition of The Boxcar Children
(1924)
The Boxcar Children
1st Scholastic printing
by Gertrude Chandler Warner, Shannon Eric Denton, Mike Dubisch, Dorothy Gregory, and L. Kate Deal
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One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. no one knew them. No one knew where they had come from.
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are orphans. Determined to make it on their own, they set out to find a safe place to live.
They discover an old, red boxcar that provides shelter from a storm. Against all odds, they make it into their home-and become The Boxcar Children!
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The Boxcar Children
1989-09, Scholastic
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The Boxcar Children
1989-09, Scholastic
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The Boxcar Children
1989-09, Scholastic, Scholastic Inc.
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The Boxcar Children
1981, A. Whitman
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The Boxcar Children
1981, Albert Whitman & Company
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The Boxcar Children
1977, Albert Whitman
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The Boxcar Children
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Orphaned siblings Henry, Jessie, Benny, and Violet are determined not to be separated after the deaths of their parents. Fearing being sent away to live with their cruel, frightening grandfather, they run away and discover an abandoned boxcar in the woods. They convert the boxcar into a safe, comfortable home and learn to take care of themselves. But when Violet becomes deathly ill, the children are forced to seek out help at the risk of their newfound freedom.
This original 1924 edition contains a few small difference from the revised 1942 edition most readers are familiar with, but the basic story beloved by children remains essentially untouched.
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| March 15, 2022 | Edited by JeneeWhitney | Merge works |
| January 3, 2021 | Edited by Lisa | added details from linked copy |
| January 3, 2021 | Edited by Lisa | Added new cover |
| January 3, 2021 | Edited by Lisa | reverted to revision 10 |
| April 29, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record |