Boxcar children
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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny are orphans.They discover an old red boxcar that provides them shelter from the storm.
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Boxcar children volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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"The Aldens spend the summer on Grandfather's island! Joe, the island's friendly handyman, helps them with anything they need, but as the children continue to explore their summer home, they realize there is more to the island--and to their new friend--than meets the eye."--Publisher's description.
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Boxcar children volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
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The boxcar children travel to Maine, take canoes into the wilderness and live in a house exactly like the one on Surprise Island, except the Maine house is brown, not yellow. They untangle the mystery of the two houses.
Relates the exploits of the four Alden children as they locate a missing man. The Boxcar children are determined to solve the mystery that surrounds an old yellow house on their grandfather's property. Strange things have happened...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
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"The Aldens spend the summer on their aunt's ranch! The ranch is a beautiful place, but it's also the source of trouble between Aunt Jane and Grandfather. As the Boxcar Children explore the land, they make an amazing discovery. Will it help mend Aunt Jane and Grandfather's relationship?"--Publisher's description.
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Boxcar children volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
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Henry, Jessie, Benny, and Violet Alden meet Mike Wood and a strange chain of events begins. Mike's house is mysteriously burned down, a man in a blue hat appears, and the Alden's uranium mine is in danger of being sabotaged. The four youngsters solve the mystery.
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Boxcar children volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Benny's friend accompanies the Aldens to the South Seas for a vacation on a supposedly deserted island where they find an unusual mystery.
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Boxcar children volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
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The Boxcar Children are spending the summer in an enormous New England farmhouse and the old woodshed holds a surprising secret that dates from the Revolutionary War.
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Boxcar children volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
A summer spent in doing light housekeeping in a lighthouse proves to be a happy and adventurous time for the Boxcar children, as well as for their neighbor, Larry Cook, who does not want any friends.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
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"People say nothing interesting happens in the village of Port Elizabeth but, on a visit there, the Boxcar Children find a big mystery at the schoolhouse. Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this early reader allows children to start reading by themselves with a Boxcar Children classic."--Amazon.
11) Caboose mystery
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Boxcar children volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
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The adventures of the Alden family as they ride across country in a caboose that has a strange history--or is it a mystery?
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Boxcar children volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
The Alden family rents a houseboat to drift down the river, and encounters a mystery in the little towns along the river, involving a fast black car.
15) Bicycle Mystery
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Boxcar children volume 15
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Many complications follow when a dog attaches himself to the Aldens on a bicycle trip.
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Boxcar children volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
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Description
The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river.
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Boxcar children volume 20
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children travel on a Mississippi paddle-wheel steamer to visit an old family friend in his cabin near Hannibal, Missouri, and try to discover who is responsible for the mysterious activities near the house.
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Boxcar children volume 21
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
At an old library, the Alden children discover a boy who needs their help and a stranger who is after a valuable object they found in the library.
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Boxcar children volume 22
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
The Alden children save an old woman's house, land, and all the animals in her animal shelter from greedy contractors.
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Boxcar children volume 23
Pub. Date
1991.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Someone is trying to put Aunt Jane's motel out of business, but the Alden children aren't going to let that happen.
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Boxcar children volume 24
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children hunt for their late grandmother's necklace that has been missing for years.
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Boxcar children volume 25
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens search for carousel horses that have disappeared from an amusement park.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 26
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children investigate various mix-ups at a zoo run by their grandfather's friend in an effort to save it not only from pranksters but also from the town council.
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Boxcar children volume 27
Pub. Date
1992.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While on a camping trip with their grandfather, the Alden children try to find out about the loud music and missing food that threatens to scare away other campers.
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Boxcar children volume 28
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While helping run Jerry Taylor's general store, the Alden children investigate his mysterious employee Nancy.
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Boxcar children volume 29
Pub. Date
1992.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While on a cruise with their grandfather, the Alden children help discover who is behind the mysterious troubles of the ship--disconnected phone lines, engine trouble, a man overboard--and still have fun sightseeing, eating, and swimming.
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Boxcar children volume 30
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Boxcar Helpers baby-sit, wash cars, mow lawns, and care for pets to raise money for Greenfield hospital. But Beth keeps disappearing and other things start to go wrong. Is someone trying to put them out of business?
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Boxcar children volume 31
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While helping fix up the old house their cousins have bought, the Aldens hear stories about its being haunted and find evidence suggesting that there may be a ghost there.
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Boxcar children volume 32
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While spending their winter vacation at Snow Haven Lodge, the Boxcar Children sign up to compete in the snow events. But no sooner has the competion begun, than the children have a mystery to solve!
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Boxcar children volume 34
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When their grandfather arranges for them to spend two weeks at Sunny Oaks, the four Alden children enjoy settling into the routines of farm life but become suspicious about a mysterious horse locked in the stables.
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Boxcar children volume 35
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children suspect someone of trying to sabotage the local dog show.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 36
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children have another mystery to solve when they visit a castle and must figure out which of the guests has stolen the Stradivarius violin.
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Boxcar children volume 37
Pub. Date
1993.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While visiting a Navaho Indian reservation in New Mexico, the Aldens try to save a forest under threat of development by proving it is the site of a lost, buried village, but someone is sabotaging their dig.
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Boxcar children volume 38
Pub. Date
1994.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While staying at a hotel in New York City, the Aldens investigate a series of annoying pranks plaguing the management and guests.
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Boxcar children volume 39
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
While visiting the seaport town of Ragged Cove, Massachusetts, the Alden children find the ship's log of the Flying Cloud, shipwrecked in 1869, supposedly during a mutiny.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 40
Pub. Date
©1994.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While canoeing and backpacking near Timberwolf Lake, the Aldens receive strange warnings to stay away from the area and stumble upon clues to a missing cache of stolen coins.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 41
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While visiting the Florida Keys, the Aldens encounter suspicious characters, strange incidents at night, and a plot to steal valuable coral.
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Boxcar children volume 42
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The mysterious disappearance of a reclusive neighbor's cat involves the Boxcar children in some complicated detective work.
43) Mystery on stage
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Boxcar children volume 43
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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The Aldens become involved in a community theater production of "The Wizard of Oz," which is systematically and mysteriously being sabotaged.
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Boxcar children volume 44
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When the Aldens go to the Pickering Natural History Museum to assist with the opening of a dinosaur exhibit, their work is hampered by a series of mysterious happenings.
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Boxcar children volume 45
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children are thrilled when a famous orchestra comes to their town to perform, and when an original Mozart score turns up missing, they solve the mystery of its disappearance.
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Boxcar children volume 46
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Boxcar children investigate when ice cream and other items start disappearing from their favorite ice cream parlor.
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Boxcar children volume 47
Description
The Aldens are so excited when they get to meet other ballonists, learn how hot air balloons work, and even help the crew launch a balloon. Then, things start to go wrong. Someone is trying to ruin the rally, and the Boxcar Children might not get the chance to ride in a hot air balloon after all - unless they solve the mystery in time.
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Boxcar children volume 48
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When their grandfather buys a bookstore at auction in New Orleans, the Alden children help clean it up and discover that several people seem to be obsessed with the store and its contents.
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Boxcar children volume 49
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children plan to ride in their boxcar at the Greenfield Founders' Day Parade, but the newly refurbished boxcar is stolen a couple of days before the big event.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 50
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While exploring the caves around Dragon's Mouth Cavern, a series of unusual and somewhat frightening events convinces the Alden children that someone does not want them around.
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Boxcar children volume 51
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Boxcar children are taking a train trip across the country with their Aunt Jane. The children love exploring the train. But then things get really interesting when they meet a young woman who had something very valuable stolen from her. Can the Aldens solve the mystery before the train pulls into the last stop?
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Boxcar children volume 52
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
On a camping trip to Arizona with their grandfather, the Alden children search for a lost gold mine.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 53
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When they help out at a guide dog training school, the Alden children meet several people who seem obsessed with a particular dog named Ginger.
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Boxcar children volume 54
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While visiting a friend of their grandfather's on Sullivan's Island, off the coast of South Carolina near Charleston, the Boxcar Children encounter mysterious activities related to rumors of a buried pirate treasure.
Series
Boxcar children volume 55
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When the Boxcar children get a roll of film developed, they find a secret message hidden in one of them. Things become even more mysterious when they realize that someone is trying to ruin the Winter Festival by tearing down the decorations. Can the Boxcar children find the connection between the message and everything going wrong with the festival?
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Boxcar children volume 56
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children draw upon their resourcefulness to save the neighborhood firehouse from being torn down, while they also face a series of mysterious incidents connected with it.
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Boxcar children volume 57
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Aunt Jane's friend Charlie takes the Aldens fishing, but it appears that someone wants Charlie out of the fishing business.
Author
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Boxcar children volume 58
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are given the opportunity to be extras in a movie about the Alamo, but they are called upon to use their sleuthing skills when Claire, the star of the film, is implicated in the theft of a valuable ring.
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Boxcar children volume 59
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Boxcar children investigate the disappearance of a student's research paper from an observatory and the subsequent disappearance of another student.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 60
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens are excited to be playing in their summer soccer league, until someone begins sabotaging the teams.
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Boxcar children volume 61
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When the Aldens visit Yellowstone they discover a map showing the way to an old cabin where gold is supposedly hidden, but they encounter lots of interference in their attempts to hike the trail.
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Boxcar children volume 62
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While visiting Lake Lucille in the Adirondack Mountains, the Aldens hear stories about a monster in the lake and then encounter evidence that it may be real.
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Boxcar children volume 63
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
At the request of their distant relative Althea, the Boxcar Children arrive at her old Virginia mansion and investigate the mysterious incidents happening there.
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Boxcar children volume 64
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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Description
While visiting their cousin's pineapple plantation in Hawaii, the Aldens hear a local legend about a black pearl with a curse on it and investigate mysterious incidents on and around the plantation.
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Boxcar children volume 65
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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Description
While investigating a jewelry store robbery the Aldens must also figure out who's stealing their favorite cereal.
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Boxcar children volume 66
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When the Alden children and their grandfather visit Everglades National Park in Florida to solve the mystery of a missing ranger, they discover that a panther provides a clue.
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Boxcar children volume 67
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When Grandfather's friend Seymour Curtis invites the Alden family to spend some time at his apple orchard, Benny is determined to find the ghost rumored to haunt the premises. Yet, it seems as if the Aldens may have a more earthly crime on their hands.
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Boxcar children volume 68
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Description
The Aldens investigate when the new coach of their community basketball league has her Most Valuable Player trophy stolen.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 69
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
While Tate Radison was filming his last movie, a lot of odd things happened. Now Tate wants to keep his presence in Greenfield a secret to avoid many more mishaps. But trouble follows him.
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Boxcar children volume 70
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While the Aldens are visiting a friend of Grandfather's at the beach, Benny finds a long-lost piece of a map to a legendary pirate treasure, a discovery that brings unwanted attention from fortune hunters.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 71
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While visiting a recent purchase of Grandfather's, a ghost town in the Rocky Mountains, the Aldens encounter a mystery involving a run-down motel and a woman who may be a ghost.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 72
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children help out a storeowner at the Hope Harbor Mall and discover that someone is tampering with the merchandise shipments.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 73
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Four orphaned children run away and live in a boxcar, until they are found by their grandfather. Includes a biography and photographs of the author.
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Boxcar children volume 74
Pub. Date
copyright 2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
The Aldens investigate when exotic and endangered animals begin to disappear from the zoo where their new friend Lindsey works.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 75
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens start a business producing birthday parties and find themselves investigating a series of robberies taking place during their parties.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 76
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens participate in a three-day bicycle ride and soon find that someone seems to be intent on keeping others from completing the event.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 77
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny hav3e promised Grandfather a vacation from mysteries during their island visit. But the romise proves hard to keep when things start to go missing. Then an old fisherman tells Benny of the island's ghost horse, and late that very night benny sees a mysterious stallion galloping down the beach. Could the ghost horse have something to do with the disappearances?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 78
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens, while testing the latest version of their favorite computer game, are surprised to find messages directed specifically at them.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 79
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While staying at the Crooked House, the family home of their housekeeper Mrs. McGregor, the Aldens try to solve a riddle that will lead them to a hidden treasure.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 80
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
When a professional hockey player comes to Greenfield with plans to build an ice skating rink, the Alden children suspect that someone in town wants to stop the project.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 81
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When the Aldens first arrive in Elbow Bend, they meet Kate Frances, who tells them all sorts of ghost stories about the town! The scariest tale is about a ghost dog who howls at midnight and appears to warn people of danger! The Aldens think it is just a story until they hear dogs all over Elbow Bend howling at midnight. Does the ghost dog really exist or is someone playing a trick on them? The Boxcar Children are determined to find out.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 82
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
When the camp flag goes missing and contest ideas are stolen, the Boxcar Children decide that someone isn't playing fair at the Camp Seagull Olympics.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 83
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Strange things are happenikng at the Wagner Farmhouse, and the Aldens' new friends are being blamed. Is the house haunted by the ghost of practical joker Horace Wagner? Or is someonme trying to destroy the museum's chances for success?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 84
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
137 PAGES ILLUS. $13.49. HENRY, JESSIE, VIOLET AND BENNY USED TO LIVE ALONE IN A BOXCAR. NOW THEY HAVE A HOME WITH THEIR GRANDFATHER, AND THEY'RE GOING TO VISIT HIS OLD SCHOOL WITH HIM! KD
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 85
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When the Alden children join a group of volunteers to fix up an old house for senior citizens, they try to explain the puzzling behavior of their coworkers as well as investigate some unusual events.
Series
Boxcar children volume 86
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens learn there is buried treasure on Blizzard Mountain while they are helping to map a new trail.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 87
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When an elderly friend is injured, the Alden children offer to help him with his window-washing business in their small town of Greenfield and agree to help him solve a riddle that has arrived in a mysterious invitation.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 88
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, working behind the scenes of the Greenfield Museum's special exhibit, attempt to solve the problem of missing Egyptian treasures.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 89
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens take part in a hunt at a gem mine and discover that someone is out to sabotage the contest.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 90
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens try to find the thief who stole a very rare teddy bear.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 91
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens investigate to see if a ghost has stolen valuable statues from their grandfather's Skeleton Point mansion.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 92
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
The Aldens investigate when an artist who is participating in an art gallery contest is accused of being an imposter.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 93
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Finding a rare comic book at a convention, the Alden children investigate a fake note signed by the comic's creator.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 94
Pub. Date
copyright 2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens are helping out at the Greenfield Ice Cream Barn. They are learning to make ice cream and creating some new flavors. But they soon notice that the ice cream isnt the only thing getting mixed up at the Ice Cream Barn. It appears that someone wants to shut the shop down! Can the Boxcar Children sort out this sticky mess before the Ice Cream Barn gets licked?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 95
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Someone or something is making a mysterious tapping sound at midnight in the home of a famous inventor known for her one-of-a-kind clocks. There is an invention convention taking place in the home and the Alden children are competitors at the convention. Does the mysterious tapping mean trouble for the convention? The children are determined to find out.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 96
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Hidden in Benny Alden's fortune cookie is a handwritten riddle which must be solved.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 97
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Boxcar Children investigate when strange things happen at a radio station. Is the place haunted?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 98
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Boxcar Children investigate when they visit the house of a friend in Wisconsin and hear the bell of the runaway ghost in the night.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 99
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens' neighbor, Lina, thinks there's treasure hidden in her attic, and she wants the Aldens to help her find it. Of course, the children are eager to help search--but it appears they aren't the only ones looking for the treasure. Can the boxcar children discover the treasure in the attic..before someone else find it first?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 100
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children investigate the old boxcar where they used to live to find out if something that happened long ago is now haunting it.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 101
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens visit a farm that's famous for its corn maze and the festival held there every year. But someone is damaging the maze at night. Can the Boxcar Children catch the culprit and save the festival?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 102
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While vacationing at a friend's country home, the four Alden siblings try to find a long-missing, priceless brooch and investigate the existence of a ghostly stream.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 103
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens help out at a medieval fair and try to find a valuable sword which has been stolen from the fair.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 104
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When a new store called the Game Spot opens in their town, the Aldens are thrilled. But it's not fun and games when the other shops at Crossroads mall are robbed. What's more, letters are disappearing from the sign in front of the shopping center.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 105
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens try to solve a series of mysteries which took place in a old hotel in Kansas which they visit.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 106
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When an author fails to arrive at the library, the Aldens investigate how anyone could board a train and never be seen again.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 107
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When the Aldens help a friend of their grandfather's to build the world's largest yo-yo, they soon discover that more than one person is trying to prevent them from finishing the job--and for more than one reason.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 108
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens visit Grandfather's friend at the Ogopogo Retreat and aided by puzzling clues, embark on a treasure hunt to prevent the retreat from being sold.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 109
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Boxcar children must track down an instrument thief in time to save Greenfield's music festival from disaster.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 110
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens investigate when an old wooden mask they have found is stolen.
111) Seattle puzzle
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 111
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens are on vacation in Seattle! On their first day of sightseeing, they start the day at the Hungry Heart Diner where a mystery falls right into their laps! Benny finds a riddle taped to the bottom of their table.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 112
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens investigate the rumors of ghosts, disappearing props and a haunted seat in the Trap-Door Theater.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 113
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
The Aldens' dog, Watch, comes across a box with a note inside and soon the children are looking all over town for cleverly hidden boxes.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 114
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens are helping out at a rescue ranch for horses. Jessie's favorite is a beautiful horse named Dragon. When Dragon and other horses disappear from the pasture, the Boxcar children must saddle up for a mystery. What's happening to the horses at the Dare To Dream Ranch?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 115
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Boxcar children have entered a detective contest sponsored by the local radio station, but some of the clues are phony.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 116
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny experience the fun of a drive-in movie theater when they visit a friend who owns one, but when strange pranks interrupt their fun, and a ghost is spotting walking the grounds, they wonder if the teenage staff might be hiding a secret.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 117
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens stumble upon a new mystery to investigate when they discover that the fruits and vegetables they are helping grow in a local restaurant's garden are disappearing.
118) The spy game
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 118
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Boxcar Children discover an old wedding photograph and a riddle while on a visit at a neighbor's house, and they embark on a spy game designed by the house's original owner.
119) The Dog-Gone Mystery
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 119
Description
When a dog training school opens in Greenfield, the Boxcar Children bring Watch in to learn some new tricks! But at the very first class, a Dalmatian goes missing did the dog run away, or was he stolen? And when a second dog vanishes at the next class, its clear that the Aldens have a dog-gone mystery to solve!
120) The Vampire Mystery
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 120
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When the Aldens agree to watch the house of a local author who has written a book about a vampire, they end up investigating activities that are suspiciously similar to those in his book.
121) Superstar Watch
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 121
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children stumble upon a mystery when they enter their dog, Watch, in a contest that could lead to fame and fortune, but where things keep going wrong.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 122
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens help out at a minor league stadium and investigate when it appears someone in the ballpark is stealing the home team pitcher's signals and relaying them to the batters of the other team.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 123
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
The Boxcar Children have been choosen to compete against another team to look for clues on a game show.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 124
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
The Boxcar Children investigate a mysterious ghost with a glowing pumpkin head at a friend's farm.
125) The cupcake caper
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 125
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When someone is trying to steal Mama Tova's secret cupcake recipe, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny follow the clues to a cupcake contest where they must use their mystery-solving skills to find the thief.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 126
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens are volunteering at the local recycling center, where they find plentyof things that can be reused, including a pinata that Benny takes home. But when the center is vandalized,the Boxcar children have a mystery to solve. is there treasure amidst the junk?
127) Monkey trouble
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 127
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While spending two days touring a zoo to see the baby animals, the four Alden children, aged six to fourteen, help catch an escaped monkey, participate in a photography contest, and investigate a missing camera.
128) The zombie project
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 128
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While staying at the Winding River Lodge, the Alden siblings investigate tales of a zombie haunting a lake in the woods.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 129
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
The four Alden children, aged six to fourteen, uncover a mystery while volunteering at a food pantry for the needy.
130) The garden thief
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 130
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children discover another mystery when the agree to help injured Mr. Yee tend to his plot in the community garden and find out that vegetables are going missing and plots are being vandalized.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 131
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
"The Aldens visit the shore in New Jersey and help out at an amusement pier that is rumored to be unsafe"--
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 132
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
During a trip to Oregon, the Aldens are astonished when Watch discovers a backpack filled with valuables, a finding that compels them to learn what happened and return the backpack to its rightful owner.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 133
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Taking a shortcut through the Greenfield Cemetery, the Aldens stumble across a local superstition which maintains that visitors are required to leave gifts or suffer the wrath of a malevolent ghost, a suspicious tradition that prompts the children to expose the truth.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 134
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
"The winter sports season is here, and the Aldens are excited about all the snow activities--especially snowboarding. But soon they find themselves in the middle of a mystery surrounding a star athlete and a stolen snowboard"--
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 135
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
"The Aldens are at Wildcat Crossing, a recreated frontier town full of cowboy fun. But when horses disappear and other pranks threaten to ruin the Wild West show, the Boxcar Children must find out who's the varmint causing all the trouble"--
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 136
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"A talented young soccer player in Greenfield is given the honor of being a child mascot at an international soccer tournament in Brazil, but when an anonymous letter insists that she doesn't deserve to go, the Aldens investigate"--
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 137
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When the Aldens visit a university campus, they must solve a mystery involving an old library whose stone gargoyles seem to move on their own.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 138
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"During auditions for the show 'Pop Star Sensation' at the local mall, one of the judges, a famous pop star, disappears, and the Aldens must find out where she went."
139)
Stolen dinosaur bones , Boxcar children volume 139
Author
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 140
Pub. Date
c2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"The Aldens are on a special vacation up north to see the Calgary Stampede -- a cowboy celebration of Canada's frontier spirit! There's a parade through the streets of Calgary, a spectacular stage show, and plenty of fun things to do. But behind the scenes at the festival, an important piece of jewelry goes missing. Can the Boxcar Children find the thief before the big show is ruined?".
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 141
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"In the town of Sleepy Hollow, the Aldens discover an old legend that's come back to life! Their friend's ghost-tour business is being disrupted by a spooky figure on horseback who throws pumpkins in the streets and frightens everyone. Has the headless horseman returned to haunt the town? The Boxcar Children must find out before the ghost tours are ruined!" -- Jacket flap.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 142
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens travel to Ireland to explore castles. While visiting Duncarraig Castle the children discover a cloaked figure roaming around.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 143
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
The Aldens are excited to meet their favorite celebrity--Walter the Cat, who makes the funniest videos on the Internet! And when this celebrity cat inherits a million dollars from his owner, he becomes even more famous! But someone seems to be angry about the will and is stealing things from Walter's house. Is this cat too famous for his own good?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 144
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The old abandoned school in Silver City is being fixed up as an art center and the Boxcar Children volunteer to help clean up the place. But the other volunteers are scared by the spooky goings-on in the school doors lock by themselves, and chalkboard messages appear out of nowhere! Will the Aldens find out the secret of the haunted school?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 145
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Cousin Alice is running for mayor, and the Boxcar Children must find out which of her opponents is using sneaky tricks to win the race!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 146
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"A hip new doughnut shop known for its bizarre recipes is opening up in Greenfield. At first, the owners of the other doughnut shop in town, Delilahâs, arenât worried. But when the new shop starts making doughnuts that look just like some of Delilahâs greatest hits, the Boxcar Children must figure out if itâs just a coincidence or if someone from the new shop is stealing Delilahâs recipes."--Amazon.com.
147) The robot ransom
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 147
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Henry and Jessieâs middle school robotics team is going to the regional competition! But it seems like someone doesnât want their team to compete. Can the Aldens use their sleuthing skills and what theyâve learned about robotics to find the culprit and save the day?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 148
Formats
Description
"The Aldens are helping out at a harvest festival in a town at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. But something in the hills is scaring people away! Are the local rumors about a werewolf true?"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 149
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Aldens are visiting friends for a big Dia de los Muertos celebration. The kids love learning about the holiday and helping out - that is until mysterious events threaten to ruin everyone's preparations. Can the Aldens figure out what's going on and help their friends save the celebration?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 150
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"The Aldens find a hidden time capsule! Inside is a journal with clues to a treasure hunt. Who wrote the journal? And after a hundred years, can the Boxcar Children find the treasure?"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"The Aldens are spending spring break on a beach, but they aren't just soaking up the sun. They're protecting an endangered species! Their job is to mark sea turtle nests so the eggs can be moved to a safe place to hatch, but someone is digging up the eggs without permission. Can the Boxcar Children figure out what's going on and help save the sea turtles?" --
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 152
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
When the Alden siblings visit their grandfather's friend in an apartment building, they begin to wonder about the many mysterious events that keep happening on the thirteenth floor of that building.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 153
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
A bad storm hits Greenfield and leaves behind a mystery! With no power or internet, the Boxcar Children will need to put the pieces together the old-fashioned way. It's been a while since the children have powered down. Can they figure out what's going on while being unplugged?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 154
Description
The Boxcar Children know how much work it takes to live in the wilderness. They also know how much fun it can be! The children love exploring and learning new things at a primitive skills summer camp. But when strange things start happening around the camp, they need to use another of their favorite skills—mystery solving! The Boxcar Children know how much work it takes to live in the wilderness. They also know how much fun it can be! The children...
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 155
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"A local shop owner lost his memory after an accident. But someone from his past is holding a grudge. Can the Aldens help piece together the man's past?"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 156
Formats
Description
The Aldens try out a Halloween escape room. The puzzle are fun to solve. But when eerie events start scaring people away, the children find a much bigger case to crack.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 157
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Jessie wants her science fair project to make a difference. So when she gets the chance to test a local creek for pollution, she can't wait to get started. But when things start going wrong with her experiment, Jessie and her siblings don't just have an experiment to investigate, they have a mystery to solve!
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 158
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Jessie and Benny are participating in the Great Greenfield Bake-Off, a local baking competition for kids. But ingredients get mixed up during the competition and then the power goes out. Is someone trying to put an end to the contest? Jessie and Benny are participating in the Great Greenfield Bake-Off, a local baking competition for kids. But ingredients get mixed up during the competition and then the power goes out. Is someone trying to put an end...
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 159
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
The Aldens are excited to learn about beekeeping. But when equipment goes missing, they have more than honey to harvest -- they have a mystery to solve!
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 160
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
When Henry's magic teacher, The Amazing Arthur, goes missing right before the Greenfield Magic Shop's annual magic show, Henry and his siblings look into Arthur's disappearance.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 161
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are excited to learn more about raptors when they volunteer at a rehab center for wild birds, but not long after they arrive, a series of strange events makes it seem like someone might be trying to sabotage the center.
162)
X marks the spot , Boxcar children volume 163
Author
163)
Secret of Superstition Mountain , Boxcar children volume 164
Author
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard.
Author
Series
Jessie files volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Jessie Alden likes her new role at the student newspaper, but when a new boy at school comes to her with information about strange things taking place at his parent's business, she realizes her story is much bigger than she thought.
167) Talk of the town
Author
Series
Jessie files volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
When an embarrassing message between Charla and Daniel goes out to the whole class, Jessie discovers someone has been tampering with Charla's lawyer mom's computer, and in order to keep the culprit from walking free, Jessie and Charla need Daniel's help, but when some messages go out, they are hard to take back.