num_pages: 212
description: Four Moffat children and a hard-working widowed mother live on New Dollar Street in Cranbury village. During kindergarten recess, one accidentally hitches a ride out of town on a boxcar. One winds up trapped in the breadbox outside the deli. One offers to escort a Salvation Army man to his destination - and accidentally bumps him from his horse-drawn wagon.
language: English
title: The Moffats
titlecomplete: The Moffats (The Moffats, #1)
genres: Middle Grade, Audiobook, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Chapter Books, Childrens, Young Adult, Classics, Family, Fiction
ratings_count: 10394
series: The Moffats
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Oddysey/Harcourt Young Classics