The Boxcar Children The Home Quotes

When the book begins, the Alden children are homeless, seeking shelter for the night in a bakery. Notice how it's a "warm night"? Already things could be worse—for instance, it could be cold and raining.

Although the Alden kids don't decide to make the boxcar their permanent address until later in the book, Jessie thinks of it as home at first sight.

Oh yes, Violet—it's just like a warm little house, except for the part where it's an abandoned boxcar in the wilderness. Po-ta-to, po-tah-to, we suppose.