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    Surprise Island

    By Gertrude Chandler Warner and Mary Gehr

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    Summer vacation on an almost private island gives the Aldens a challenge.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlbert Whitman & Company
    Release dateJan 1, 1989
    ISBN9780807596494
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    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890–1979) was an American author who specialized in children's literature. The Boxcar Children is her most well-known work, as she went on to write eighteen more books in the series. The series became so popular, that it continues on today.

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