{"product_id":"the-box-car-children-9780486843384","title":"The Box-Car Children","description":"Four orphans -- Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny -- discover an abandoned boxcar and move in, embarking on a life of self-reliance and hard work. They also enter a world of freedom and adventure. When Violet falls ill, they're forced to take her to a doctor, even though they'll risk losing their independence by getting a grown-up involved. \u003cbr\u003e Gertrude Chandler Warner read this story to her students and rewrote it many times to make sure that it would be both engaging and easy to read. \u003ci\u003eThe Box-Car Children \u003c\/i\u003ewas so successful that she published 18 sequels. Warner noted that the book \"raised a storm of protest from librarians who thought the children were having too good a time without any parental control  That is exactly why children like it \" Ranked among the all-time \"Top 100 Chapter Books\" in a \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e survey, \u003ci\u003eThe Box-Car Children\u003c\/i\u003e is also among the National Education Association's \"Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486843384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Gertrude Chandler Warner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637986455708,"sku":"9780486843384","price":5.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_caadec9c-2594-4178-837c-3e4dafb6a0a7.jpg?v=1603846169","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-box-car-children-9780486843384","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}