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The Boxcar Children: 1924 as Box-Car Children; reissued 1943 2 Surprise Island: 1949 3 The Yellow House Mystery: 1953 4 Mystery Ranch: 1958 5 Mike's Mystery: 1960 6 Blue Bay Mystery: 1961 7 The Woodshed Mystery: 1962 8 The Lighthouse Mystery: 1963 9 Mountain Top Mystery: 1964 10 Schoolhouse Mystery: 1965 11 Caboose Mystery: 1966 12 Houseboat ...
The original Boxcar Children novel tells a story of four orphaned Alden children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny. Not wishing to live with their hard-hearted grandfather, whom they have never met because of his disapproval of their parents' marriage, the children strike out on their own following their parents' death.
Today, Albert Whitman & Company publishes the extremely popular series of Warner's original 19 stories. Other authors have contributed to the series, adding approximately 150 books to The Boxcar Children series. [9] In 2020, Gertrude Chandler Warner's The Box-Car Children, the first book in the series went into the public domain. [10]
Bannerdale series: Geoffrey Trease: 1949–1956 5 Blinky Bill: Dorothy Wall: 1933–1934 3 The Boxcar Children: Gertrude Chandler Warner: 1924–present 162 Unstoppable: Jude Watson, Jeff Hirsch, Natalie Standiford and Gordon Korman: 2013–2014 4 Doublecross: Jude Watson, C. Alexander London, Jenny Goebel and Sarwat Chadda 2015–present 4 ...
Finding an abandoned boxcar, the children start a new life of independence. Henry ends up working various odd jobs in a nearby town Silver City for a doctor, named Dr. Moore, in order to earn money for food and other materials they need. He also does gardening for the doctor's mother. The children also find a Wire Fox Terrier and they name him ...
Joey King as Jessie Alden: Jessie is the older sister. She was first shown in The Boxcar Children. She likes to take care of all her family members, including grandfather and Henry (they are older than her). She did all the cooking and housework when the kids were spending their summer in the barn in Surprise Island.
Jesse Oren Kellerman (born September 1, 1978) is an American novelist and playwright. [1] He is the author of the novels Sunstroke (2006), Trouble (2007), The Genius (2008), The Executor (2010), and Potboiler (2012). He has co-authored numerous books with his father Jonathan Kellerman, including The Golem of Hollywood (2014).
The Book of Time (novel series) The Books of Elsewhere; Bottersnikes and Gumbles; The Boxcar Children; The Boys Start the War; Brambly Hedge; Professor Branestawm; Bravelands; Brenda Brave Helps Grandmother; Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters; Bunnicula; Buster Bayliss; The Butterfly Children