Line #3 NightmareFuel/TheBoxcarChildren

Context NightmareFuel / TheBoxcarChildren

Go To


1	[[AC: #1: ''The Boxcar Children'']]
2
3	* Violet's illness in the first book, for Henry especially. You're living on your own in the wilderness on the edge of town, you've just avoided having your youngest sibling sent to an orphanage, and your younger sister requires medical attention that could lead to the family either being taken into care or sent to live with a grandfather they've been led to believe is a monster.
4	* In one scene we have Watch growling, then barking at something unseen in the woods at night. Henry and Jessie are terrified, and can only close the boxcar door and tell themselves it's just a rabbit.[[note]]It was Henry's new employer, surmising the kids lived in the woods and wanting to make sure they had food and shelter.[[/note]]
5	* From the activities the children engage in (swimming, a track meet, cherry picking), it's clear that the book takes place during the summer. One can only imagine what would have happened if they had stayed in the uninsulated boxcar until winter.
6
7	[[AC: #6: ''Blue Bay Mystery'']]
8
9	* ''Blue Bay Mystery'' is rife with this: the family and their friends are on what they think is a deserted island, with no way to contact the outside world, and suddenly discover that ''someone else is on the island too''. Even without this frightening discovery, the book's very premise is a good dose of FridgeHorror: what kind of grandfather thinks it's a good idea for his family to vacation on a deserted island, with absolutely no way to leave the island or call for help in case of an emergency?
10	** On top of that, we learn that the other person on the island wasn't alone when they were shipwrecked. What happened to the second person? He was eaten by sharks.
11
12	[[AC: #22: ''The Deserted Library Mystery'']]
13

Context NightmareFuel / TheBoxcarChildren