At least in the Boxcar Children he actually had some relation to them (that everyone knew about, rather than having it revealed in the last chapter) so it made sense when he adopted them. In Five Little Peppers it's just like WHAT.
The first Boxcar Children book is definitely the best, though. A few of the other early ones (the ones actually written by Gertrude Chandler Warner) are all right - I remember fondly the one with the coin collection - but they go rapidly downhill after that, and none of them ever reach such heights of emotion as the time Benny found a cup of his very own in the dump. Or the scene where they find blueberries. Or the bit where they find the boxcar!
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Date: 2018-08-02 01:53 am (UTC)The first Boxcar Children book is definitely the best, though. A few of the other early ones (the ones actually written by Gertrude Chandler Warner) are all right - I remember fondly the one with the coin collection - but they go rapidly downhill after that, and none of them ever reach such heights of emotion as the time Benny found a cup of his very own in the dump. Or the scene where they find blueberries. Or the bit where they find the boxcar!