The Alden children were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Beloved by generations of families, this illustrated chapter book series is full of wholesome excitement, danger, and mystery. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are brothers and sisters. They´re orphans too, and the only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. In this first book in the Boxcar Children series, the Alden children find an abandoned boxcar in the woods, and decide to call it home!