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The Railway Children

by E. Nesbit

Ages 8–11 Reading age 9 Novel Set in the past warmadventurous

Three children move to a cottage by the railway after their father is taken away without explanation, and begin waving at the morning train.

A story about children and families, warm and adventurous in tone. We would put it with children of 8–11, and at a reading age of about 9 for reading alone.

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