Central Kansas Library System

Summer vacation on an almost private island gives the Aldens a challenge. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer on their own private island. There is a mysterious stranger on the island with a secret--but that's not the only surprise in store for the Boxcar Children.

The women began as strangers, Katie the vibrant rock star who must choose between saving her own life and the life of her unborn child, Hannah the selfless housewife who finds herself abandoned by her friends just when she needs them most, Faye the wealthy executive who thought she'd already survived the greatest fight of her life, and Rita whose own past cannot stay hidden for long. Before the summer ends, these women will form a lasting bond. It...