They happily agree to leave their boxcar living days behind them and to live with their grandfather. The children finally meet their grandfather and are surprised by his kindness. The doctor secretly watches over the children and when one of the children falls ill, he contacts the grandfather and makes sure the child gets the care she needs to recover. Through the kindness of the town doctor, the children receive food, work, and care. As they work to live on their own, their grandfather, who is not the mean, unkind man they had been led to believe, is searching everywhere for them. They travel on foot, work for money, use the money for practical purposes, set up a home in the infamous boxcar, scavenge for useful tools, cook on an open fire, build a dam to create a swimming pool, and more. We quickly see that these children are quite capable, especially for their young ages. The children are homeless and living on their own as they try to run away from their grandfather, whom they have never met. The story opens with four siblings, Henry (14), Jessie (12), Violet (10), and Benny(5), who have recently lost their parents. While later books in the series focus on the characters as they solve various mysteries, the premier novel gives the backstory to the four children the series would be built upon.
The books were written by a teacher who was tired of hearing her students complain that there were no interesting books that were easy enough for them to read, and so the Boxcar Children series was born.
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner is a series that has captivated children since it was written in 1942.
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