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1. The Boxcar Children

2. BOOK REVIEW The Boxcar Children Certrude Chanler mysteries Anastasia 8/25/10

3. IN YOUR OWN WORDS This book is about four kids Henry Jessie Benny and Violet they don’t like there grandfather because they think he’s mean so they run away from him and on their journey they find a boxcar and they decide to live in it.

4. CHARACTER TRAITS Henry brave curious adventurous violet loyal skillful helpful

5. PICTURE OF EVENT This is a picture of the boxcar when they found it in the woods

6. SETTING Setting of story similaritiesrelated place a rain forest In a forest they both have water they are both forest they both have animals

7. AUTHOR’S PURPOSE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WITH ONE SENTENCE EACH: What did the author do to “hook” the reader? They told the reader what the kids did to survive. What did the author need to know in order to write this book? Nothing really just what most people like to read because it is fiction. What would you ask the author if he or she were here? Why?? What made you want to write this book ,because it is very interesting book so I want to know what made her want to write it

8. The Boxcar Children I think people should read this book because it was very interesting it made me not want to put it down.