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The Bastable children, after their parents pass away, embark on a series of inventive adventures to restore their family’s wealth. Combining wit, teamwork, and ideas from adventure literature, they pursue buried treasure, rescue a friend from bandits, and even launch a newspaper, all while learning valuable lessons about ingenuity, responsibility, and the bonds that tie siblings together.
First publish date: 1899
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Edith Nesbit
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