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The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children No 1)
The Boxcar Children - The Boxcar Children No 1 Author:Gertrude Chandler Warner Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers and sisters, suddenly appear in a small town. No one knows who these young wanderers are or where they have come from. Frightened to live with a grandfather they have never met, the children make a home for themselves in an abandoned red boxcar they discover in the woods. Henry, the oldest,... more » goes to town to earn money and buy food and supplies. Ambitious and resourceful, the plucky children make a happy life for themselves?until Violet gets too sick for her brothers and sister to care for her.« less