{"id":2363,"date":"2017-07-17T12:01:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T16:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2017-07-18T10:09:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T14:09:29","slug":"episode-77-boxcar-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-77-boxcar-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 77 – Boxcar Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Boxcar<\/a>\"The<\/a><\/center>Flashback Summer goes all the way back to 1942 to read The Boxcar Children<\/a> <\/em>and The Mystery of the Purple Pool<\/em> (Boxcar Children Mystery #38)<\/a> by Gertrude Chandler Warner. Kait has returned from her Comet pilgrimage, and we were also joined by Katie Schenkel<\/a> (@JustPlainTweets<\/a>), writer of Moonlighters,<\/a>\u00a0to unpack the biggest mysteries of all: why the Boxcar Children made homelessness seem to appealing, and why their boxcar past equipped these extremely well-behaved children with detective skills. Pour yourself a glass of milk in your favorite pink cup and listen now!<\/p>\n

Readers advisory<\/strong>:\u00a0Here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Footnotes:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe Boxcar Children\u201d and the Spirit of Capitalism by Jia Tolentino<\/a><\/p>\n

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What the hell happened to the Boxcar Children\u2019s parents?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

Candy pairing:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Kait says Werther’s Originals<\/a>, Katie says satellite wafers<\/a> or candy cigarettes<\/a>,\u00a0Renata says bread<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coming up next:\u00a0<\/strong>The Face on the Milk Carton<\/em> by Caroline B. Cooney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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