The Railway Children. (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781523229161)

The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in The London Magazine during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906. It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the 1970 film version is the best known. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography credits Oswald Barron, who had a deep affection for Nesbit, with having provided the plot. The story concerns a family who move from London to "The Three Chimneys", a house near the railway in Yorkshire, after the father, who works at the Foreign office, is imprisoned after being falsely accused of spying. The children befriend an Old Gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 train near their home; he is eventually able to help prove their father's innocence, and the family is reunited. The family take care of a Russian exile, Mr Szczepansky, who came to England looking for his family (later located) and Jim, the grandson of the Old Gentleman, who suffers a broken leg in a tunnel.

Author: Edith Nesbit
ISBN-10: 1523229160
ISBN-13: 9781523229161
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/03/2016
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.35d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 20310 / Railway Children (Unabridged)