AdventureThe Boxcar ChildrenGertrude Chandler Warner
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The Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner · Albert Whitman & Company · 1924
Four orphaned siblings make a home in an abandoned boxcar and take care of one another.
- Age range
- Ages 6–10
- Category
- Adventure
- ISBN
- 978-109950617
84Christian
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Content ratings
0 means absent, 5 means heavy and central.
Magic0/5
Violence0/5
Language0/5
Romance0/5
Sexual Content0/5
Scary Content1/5
Parent notes
Very clean early chapter book. Children distrust an adult relative before reconciling.
Discussion questions
- 1What did The Boxcar Children show you about how God made people?
- 2Which character acted most like Jesus, and how?
- 3Was there a moment where someone made a wrong choice? What would have been better?
- 4What in this story do you want to remember this week?
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