The Boxcar Children
About this book
Orphaned siblings Henry, Jessie, Benny, and Violet are determined not to be separated after the deaths of their parents. Fearing being sent away to live with their cruel, frightening grandfather, they run away and discover an abandoned boxcar in the woods. They convert the boxcar into a safe, comfortable home and learn to take care of themselves. But when Violet becomes deathly ill, the children are forced to seek out help at the risk of their newfound freedom.
This original 1924 edition contains a few small difference from the revised 1942 edition most readers are familiar with, but the basic story beloved by children remains essentially untouched.
Subjects
- adventure
- adventure and adventurers
- adventure and adventurers, fiction
- boxcar children (fictitious characters)
- boxcar children (fictitious characters), fiction
- brothers and sisters
- brothers and sisters, fiction
- cars
- children
- children detectives
- children's fiction
- children's stories
- collectionid:boxcar1
- conduct of life
- detective and mystery fiction
- detective and mystery stories
- detectives, children
- drama (dramatic works by one author)
- familias
- families
- family life
- family life, fiction
- ficcíon juvenil
- fiction
- grandparents, fiction
- halloween, fiction
- high interest-low vocabulary books
- homeless persons, fiction
- huèrfanos
- juvenile audience
- juvenile fiction
- juvenile works
- mystery
- mystery and detective stories
- mystery and suspense
- orphans
- orphans, fiction
- railroad cars
- railroads
- railroads, fiction
- railroad stories
- runaway children
- series:boxcarchildren
- siblings, fiction
- spanish language materials