The Alden Children
On one level, The Boxcar Children is about the fantasy of running away, which is something children are never supposed to do—but in every other way, the book is about what children are supposed t...
Benny's Pink Cup
Little Benny's most prized possession is a pink teacup he finds in the dump. Overlooking a giant crack, he waves it in the air and declares that it will be his special cup. Back at the boxcar, as t...
Violet's Illness
As time goes on, the Alden kids settle into a routine: "The days went by happily for the boxcar children," the narrator tells us. "They found more treasures in the dump, and Henry worked every day...