The Boxcar Children

Review by Garrett--August 2008

The Boxcar Children is about four children and their names were Benny, Jessie, Violet and Henry and they have a grandfather that doesn't like children so they don't want him to know they're alive because their mom and dad died. They traveled and traveled and suddenly they found a boxcar and then they went to a dump and found cups and bowls and Benny found a pink cup and once they got to the boxcar they found a dog and he was a watch dog so they called him Watch. Once they fell asleep Watch was barking and Jessie and Henry woke up and heard him barking and then they heard a stick crack. Later in the book they found out that it was Dr. Moore that was in the woods. He was the one who helped Violet when she was sick. Later in the book, Henry was in a race and he won $25 and a silver cup.

My favorite thing about this book was when Henry and Benny and Jessie and Violet were so hot that they wanted to make a pool so they built a dam and the boys got to swim in the pool. I like this book because it's about people surviving without their mom and dad and it's cool that the grandfather is looking for them but can't find them. I was interested to see how they would survive.

This book is good for a 4th graders to read. It's not that hard to read. I really like this book a lot because it's about children and a dog. Now I'm almost done with The Mystery of the Stolen Boxcar.