Children on the Railway (Chinese-English Parallel)

Author: (English) Nesbit
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book is set in early 20th-century England, with railways as its main theme, telling the story of a family's life after suffering a major family tragedy. The three children in the story cleverly avoid a terrible railway accident, take in an exiled Russian writer, extinguish a fire on a canal barge, and rescue a teenager who fell and injured himself in a tunnel. Their noble actions earn the respect of everyone, and later, with the help of good-hearted people, they clear their father's name.