Growing up, I loved reading the original "Boxcar Children," series. This classic series has been adapted into a graphic novel. It is about the Alden family children whose parents passed away and were suppose to go live with their grandfather. They were nervous that their grandfather would not like them so before ever meeting him they ran away. They would move around from place to place until eventually one day they discovered a boxcar in the woods. They all worked at making it homely and once settled in, Henry Alden would go into town to get food and look for work to make money. He began Helping Dr. Moore around his house doing small side jobs and usually got paid a dollar plus the doctor would give him food or goodies to take back with him. One day Violet Alden became sick and the doctor took her and the other children to his house to take care of her and the doctor had a special friend over. After meeting all of the children, the children began to like this other man and after a while of thinking about it, they realized it was their grandfather. They decided to go live with their grandfather and it ended by him getting the boxcar and moving it to their new house so that they would have something to play with and make it feel like home.
What an excellent way to take a modern spin on an old classic!
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