
Until the family discover the thrilling steam trains at the railway station and suddenly, every day is filled with adventure.īut Phoebe still can't help wondering, what is Mum hiding and more worryingly is Dad okay? Struggling to feel at home and missing her Dad terribly, Phoebe's only distraction is her guinea pig Daisy. When he mysteriously disappears, Phoebe, Perry, Becks and their mum must leave everything behind and move to a small cottage in the middle of nowhere. Phoebe Robinson loves making up stories - just like her wonderful, imaginative Dad. Make sure to catch both The Railway Children and The Railway Children Return in cinemas this summer! Nesbit's timeless classic, The Primrose Railway Children is a gorgeous, heartwarming story of family secrets and new adventures. Typically, there are no easy solutions to some very complex problems but the story is packed with adventure, mishaps, love and, ultimately, a happy ending.'An unbelievable talent' - David Walliamsįrom multi-million bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson and inspired by E. Phoebe is a great narrator and alternative perspectives are given through the experiences of her older siblings: Perry, who is on the autistic spectrum and becomes obsessed with the railway and Becky, who is trying to manage new friendships and, perhaps, her first boyfriend. In a book inspired by E Nesbit’s classic The Railway Children, Jacqueline Wilson is at her storytelling best. Until the cracks in Mum’s story start to show.



But things look brighter after Mum explains that Dad is on a secret assignment for a television company.Īnd when they discover the Primrose Railway not far away, everything seems better. When Mum takes Phoebe and her siblings out of school and relocates them to a dilapidated cottage in the middle of nowhere, her confusion grows. And that’s made worse by the strangers with cameras who lurk outside the house and knock on the door with odd questions. So when he leaves home without warning, she is confused and hurt.
