num_pages: 156
description: One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. no one knew them. No one knew where they had come from. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are orphans. Determined to make it on their own, they set out to find a safe place to live. They discover an old, red boxcar that provides shelter from a storm. Against all odds, they make it into their home-and become The Boxcar Children!
language: English
title: The Boxcar Children
titlecomplete: The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)
characters: Violet Alden, Henry Alden, Jessie Alden, Benny Alden
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Mystery, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Classics, Childrens, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 131983
places: The United States of America
series: The Boxcar Children
publisher: Scholastic Inc.