The Box-Car Children

Four young orphans discover an abandoned boxcar and move in, embarking on a life of self-reliance and hard work — but also freedom and adventure. This new hardcover volume reprints the original 1924 edition, which launched the million-copy series. Ranked among the all-time " Top 100 Chapter Books," or children''s novels, in a School Library Journal survey, the book is also among the National Education Association''s " Teachers'' Top 100 Books for Children."