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The Box House is the story of an abused and neglected child whom the author befriended more than 50 years ago in England. Eight-year-old Cassie is badly neglected and abused by her mother but fiercely protective of her younger siblings. She is determined to make a better life for them all, and creates a "real home" made of cardboard boxes, to which they can escape, if only for a short time.