| The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Family, Siblings, Lifestyles Contributor(s): Nesbit, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598181793 ISBN-13: 9781598181791 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: They were not railway children to begin with... They did not guess then how they would grow to love the railway, and how soon it would become the centre of their new life, nor what wonders and changes it would bring them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 840 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 20310 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "They were not railway children to begin with. I don't suppose they had ever thought about railways except as a means of getting to Maskelyne and Cook's, the Pantomime, Zoological Gardens, and Madame Tussaud's. They were just ordinary suburban children..." In this, Nesbit's most well-known novel, the children - Roberta, Peter and Phyllis do not stay suburban children for long. Instead they must move to a small country house with their mother after their father is mysteriously take away from their house. They are drawn to the one source of activity in their sleep town - the railway station. There they have adventures, make new friends and find a way to rescue their father and their family. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nesbit, Edith: - "Edith Nesbit (1858 - 1924) was an English author and poet. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 books of fiction for children. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organization later affiliated with the Labour Party. Nesbit published approximately 40 books for children, including novels, collections of stories and picture books. Collaborating with others, she published almost as many more." |