The Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner and L. Kate Deal • Book 1 of the Boxcar Children Mysteries
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Year Published 1942
Word Count 17,087
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 590L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 5301, 2 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
- Boxcar children (Fictitious characters)
- Orphans
- Family
- Detective and mystery stories
- Brothers and sisters
- Mystery and detective stories
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Wendy McClure and Gertrude Chandler Warner about The Boxcar Children
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Gertrude Chandler Warner
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Mystery Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Mystery Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Series Educator's Guide from MacKids School & Library
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Series Activities Ideas from Boxcar Children
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Lesson Plan from Albert Whitman & Company
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Educator's Guide from Albert Whitman & Company
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Aimee Lilly
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Phyllis Newman
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