Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.1
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
12176
Points per Word
0.000164
Page Count
119
Points per Page
0.016807
Series
Boxcar Children
Description
In The Boxcar Children Beginning, young readers meet Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden as they live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm. The story takes place the year before the siblings become the famous Boxcar Children. Set during difficult times on the farm, the family helps a stranded traveler during a blizzard.