Boxcar children
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Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
Orphaned siblings, Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny Alden, make a home in a boxcar and will do anything they can to stay together.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The children are spending the summer on their own private island but there is a mysterious stranger on the island.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
440L
Language
English
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Description
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 in that house where long ago a man disappeared.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
370L
Language
English
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Description
The Alden children are visiting Aunt Jane when a nearby house burns down. Their friend Mike is blamed for starting the fire! Can the Aldens help find the real criminal?
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Series
Boxcar children volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
340L
Language
English
Formats
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
360L
Language
English
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Description
The Alden children are staying at the New England farmhouse where their grandfather grew up. There are many stories and legends about the old farm, and there's a woodshed near the house that holds a surprising secret... a secret that dates all the way back to the Revolutionary War!
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 8
Pub. Date
c1963
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
440L
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A family starts out on a one-day mountain climbing excursion that becomes very exciting. In fact, it becomes an adventure for the former "boxcar" family. They unearth some mysteries and have a fine time in the process.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
450L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the adventures of the Alden children as they solve the mystery of the old schoolhouse in Port Elizabeth.
11) Caboose mystery
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Series
Boxcar children volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
440L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Alden children have an adventure as they journey along with the Little North Railroad in two cabooses rented for the summer by their grandfather.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Formats
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.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A family, snowbound in a vacation cabin, discovers adventure in surrounding wild life, three children they find in the snow, and a search for a lost recipe.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
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Description
Six children help solve the mystery of a missing spyglass that has kept two brothers feuding for years.
15) Bicycle mystery
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Series
Boxcar children volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
450L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on bicycle trip to their aunt's farm, the four Aldens help solve a mystery.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand are ingredients for the Aldens' latest mystery.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young Canadian visitor helps the Alden family solve a mystery involving a lost coin collection.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
450L
Language
English
Formats
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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Series
Boxcar children volume 19
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two brothers take summer jobs at a department store where a series of peculiar events brings them under suspicion.
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Boxcar children volume 20
Language
English
Description
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny take a trip down the Mississippi River in a paddle-wheel boat and stay in a haunted cabin! At least it seems haunted - there are spooky phone calls, flickering lights, and strange shadows. Are there really ghosts, or is someone trying to scare the Boxcar Children away?
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Boxcar children volume 21
Language
English
Description
The children try to clean up and old library so it can receive landmark status, but someone else tries to stop them.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 22
Language
English
Description
When a calico cat appears at Grandfather's, the children look for the founder of the town's animal shelter.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 23
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children offer to help Aunt Jane's friend, Kay, fix up her run-down motel.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 24
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Alden children hunt for their late grandmother's necklace that has been missing for years.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 25
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
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
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
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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Series
Boxcar children volume 27
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
430L
Language
English
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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.
28) The Mystery Girl
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Series
Boxcar children volume 28
Language
English
Description
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are working in a general store, to help out a friend of Aunt Janes. It seems to the children that the young girl who works in the store is behaving very strangely. She seems nervous and wont answer any questions about her past. Then a strange man comes to the store asking about her. What secret is the mystery girl hiding?
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Series
Boxcar children volume 29
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
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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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Series
Boxcar children volume 30
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
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Description
At the same time that the Alden children's efforts to raise money for a new hospital wing are being sabotaged by nasty tricks, they find their attempts to befriend the new girl Beth frustrated by her strange behavior.
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Boxcar children volume 31
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
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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Series
Boxcar children volume 32
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
440L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Alden children accompany their grandfather to the Snow Haven Lodge, a series of odd occurrences threaten to disrupt the annual winter games.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 33
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their favorite pizza restaurant almost goes out of business, the Alden children try to help their friends stay open while they find out who is behind all their problems.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 34
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children are spending their vacation on a farm. They learn to do everything from milking cows and making homemade jam to raising a barn. Then one day they spot a beautiful horse locked up in a stable. Who is the mystery horse? And why is it hidden?
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Series
Boxcar children volume 35
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children are going to a dog show. They meet all kinds of dogs, from a spotted Dalmatian to a big, hairy sheepdog. But then strange things start happening at the dog show, and no one knows why. Can the children solve the mystery and save the day?
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Series
Boxcar children volume 36
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 37
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 38
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While staying at a hotel in New York City, the Aldens investigate a series of annoying pranks plaguing the management and guests.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 39
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children are spending time in a New England fishing village. They learn of an old legend about a ship that sank just off the coast. No one knows what really happened to the ship, and the townspeople say it reappears on dark, stormy nights. Can the children find out the truth about the ghost ship?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 40
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 41
Language
English
Description
The children are attending Camp Coral, where they learn about the ocean and all the things in it coral, fish, dolphins, and other sea creatures. They find a beautiful hidden beach, but then learn that it holds a terrible secret. Once again, the Boxcar Children must come to the rescue!
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 42
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The mysterious disappearance of a reclusive neighbor's cat involves the Boxcar children in some complicated detective work.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 43
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children have a chance to be in a real play The Wizard of Oz! Jessie is chosen for the Cowardly Lion. Benny will play a Munchkin. Even Watch has a part and all the Aldens are helping with the show. Then mysterious things begin to happen. Someone makes a threatening phone call and a costume is destroyed. Maybe the show won't go on unless the Boxcar Children can solve the mystery before opening night!
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Series
Boxcar children volume 44
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 45
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
430L
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 46
Language
English
Description
The Aldens are helping out at their favorite ice cream store in town, the Shoppe. When very strange things begin to happen, the Shoppe is in danger of losing its customers and going out of business. Can the Boxcar Children solve the mystery and save the Shoppe before it’s too late?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 47
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Benny wants adventure and finds it as he and the other Alden children help uncover the plan of those who would prevent ballooning from coming to Lloyd's Landing.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 48
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
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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Series
Boxcar children volume 49
Language
English
Description
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they’re fixing up their boxcar so they can ride it in the big Greenfield Founders Day parade. There’s just one problem: Someone has stolen the boxcar . . . with their dog, Watch, in it! If only they can find the missing boxcar, it will lead them to Watch. Can the Boxcar Children solve their most important mystery ever?
Author
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Boxcar children volume 50
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
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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Series
Boxcar children volume 51
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Boxcar children uncover a mystery on a train trip from Boston to San Francisco.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 52
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a camping trip to Arizona with their grandfather, the Alden children search for a lost gold mine.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 53
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar children are helping out at a guide dog training school, there they notice a rare obsession with a particular dog, Ginger, and other mysterious events.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 54
Language
English
Description
While on a South Carolina trip the Alden children agree to hunt for a pirate's hidden treasure, but they face a thief who is trying to find it and keep it.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 55
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While helping their grandfather prepare for Greenfield's Winter Festival, the Alden children uncover a mystery surrounding the statue in the town square.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 56
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar children decide to help restore a historic firehouse when the town council starts thinking about demolishing it. Soon enough they realize that someone is hindering their efforts.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 57
Language
English
Description
Aunt Jane's friend Charlie takes the Aldens fishing, but it appears that someone wants Charlie out of the fishing business.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 58
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While sightseeing at the Alamo, the Boxcar children investigate the disappearance of a priceless ring from the Alamo museum.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 59
Language
English
Description
At an astronomy conference, the Boxcar Children meet Mark who has made an important discovery. Then someone steals Mark's papers.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 60
Language
English
Description
Mysterious events are happening in the soccer league the Boxcar children are playing in.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 61
Language
English
Description
The Aldens search for an old cabin that holds some hidden gold and run into trouble along the way.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 62
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
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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Series
Boxcar children volume 63
Language
English
Description
Cousin Althea may lose her house in an auction. Can the Boxcar Children help her?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 64
Language
English
Description
While visiting Hawaii, the Aldens and cousin Soo lee wonder why everyone is silent when the black pearl story is told.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 65
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Alden children set out to solve a jewelry store robbery, they find they must also deal with a mysterious thief who steals their favorite cereal.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 66
Language
English
Description
When Andrew Beldon, a ranger in Everglades National Park, goes missing, the children check out his apartment and learn of his interest in the Florida panther. Does the endangered animal hold the key to Andrews whereabouts?
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Series
Boxcar children volume 67
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Alden children visit a family friend at his apple orchard which is rumored to be haunted, but instead of a ghost they find that some of the families' valuable antiques are being stolen.
68)
The basketball mystery , Boxcar children volume 68
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Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 69
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Aldens investigate when the arrival of several suspicious characters in Greenfield coincides with a mystery involving a popular boy actor.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 70
Language
English
Description
At a seaside resort, the Boxcar Children find a piece of map that leads to a pirates treasure. The whole resort goes treasure-map crazy as they try to find what old Charlie Morgan has buried.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 71
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
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.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 72
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
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
Language
English
Description
Katya, a young Russian gymnast, stays with the Aldens while she practices for the big competition. But someone doesnt want her to win!
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 74
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
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
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While visiting the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Aldens see a mysterious wild horse that may be a ghost.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 78
Language
English
Description
The Aldens are playing a test version of their favorite game: Ringmaster. But, the characters in the game are giving them strange clues! Is someone using the computer game to tell them something is wrong?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 79
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
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
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
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
Language
English
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
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Boxcar Children go to summer camp, where they suspect that someone is cheating during the Camp Olympics. 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 used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they're spending a week at Camp Seagull on beautiful Claw Island. When they arrive at Camp Seagull, the Alden children...
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 83
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A series of practical jokes at a restored nineteenth-century farmhouse makes the Aldens wonder if the ghost of its builder is at work.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 84
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Aldens accompany their grandfather to his class reunion and investigate the possibility of a buried Civil War treasure, and of a ghost in the bell tower, at Goldwin University.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 85
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 86
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Alden children go camping on Blizzard Mountain, a place said to be inhabited by a ghost looking for buried treasure, they begin to think someone or something is trying to scare them off.
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Boxcar children volume 87
Language
English
Description
When their friend Sam gets a letter full of riddles from an eccentric millionaire, the Aldens are eager to help him crack the code. If Sam can solve the puzzle, he will inherit the millionaire's money! But Sam isn't the only one in town to receive a letter - and whoever solves the mystery first will win the prize!
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 88
Language
English
Description
The Greenfield Museum is holding a special exhibit all about ancient Egypt, and the main attraction is a 4,000-year-old mummy! But ever since the mummy arrived, nothing's gone right for the museum or its workers. Could the spooky sarcophagus be behind all the bad luck?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 89
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children have entered the Ruby Hollow Gem Mines annual gem-hunting competition. With a little instruction and the right gear, the Aldens have everything they need to become real rock hounds! They have a natural talent for rock-finding, and its not long before Jessie makes a fabulous find. But before she can enter her ruby in the competition, it disappears! Could there be a thief at the mine? Now, instead of digging for rocks, the...
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Boxcar children volume 90
Language
English
Description
When the Aldens visit Peggy and Doc Firmin's farm, they're in for a treat: a behind-the-scenes look at a real teddy bear workshop! But a very rare and valuable bear has disappeared from the toy hospital. Now it's up to the children to track down the teddy thief!
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 91
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny help a friend fix up an old mansion filled with skeletons belonging to the doctor who once lived there, statues begin disappearing from the mansion grounds and a walking skeleton may be the culprit.
Author
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Boxcar children volume 92
Language
English
Description
The town of Greenfield is having an art contest to celebrate the work of local artists. The Boxcar Children are getting to know the artists and the gallery owner and learning all about art. But could the gallery be filled with stolen paintings?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 93
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Boxcar Children, suspicious when someone steals the note they found inside the pages of a "Captain Fantastic" comic book, team up with the superhero's creator to find out who is selling fake copies of the comics.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 94
Language
English
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
Language
English
Description
The Alden children are staying at the home of a famous inventor known for her one-of-a-kind clocks. The clocks sound loudly at every hour, especially at midnight! But the clocks arent the only noise. Is the house haunted by the ghost of the inventor? The Aldens are determined to find out!
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 96
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Boxcar children have dinner at a Chinese restaurant and get a handwritten riddle in a fortune cookie! One riddle leads to another, and the children wonder who is leaving them the cookie clues, and why?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 97
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
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The Alden children are helping out at a radio station, and they're going to be actors in a live mystery show. But when strange things keep happening, people in town say the station is haunted. Can the Boxcar Children catch the radio ghost before the station's listeners are scared away?
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Boxcar children volume 98
Language
English
Description
When the Aldens visit their friend Fran in Wisconsin, they can't wait to hear her tell the story of the runaway ghost. Fran's family ghost hasn't been spotted in years, but the Aldens still shiver at the spooky tale of the ghost's bell clanging after dark. Then Violet hears a mysterious ringing in the middle of the night and the children start to wonder--could the runaway ghost be back?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 99
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
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Description
The Aldens' neighbor thinks she has treasure in her attic.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 100
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
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Description
The Aldens' boxcar is the perfect place for games, picnics, sleepovers, and fun. But is it also the perfect place for ghosts? When strange things start happening there, Benny is convinced that the boxcar is haunted. Will the Aldens be able to scare away the spook...or is it good-bye, boxcar?
Series
Boxcar children volume 101
Publisher
A. Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 102
Language
English
Description
The Alden children knew they would be investigating a mystery at Eton Place, but they had no idea there would be a ghost there, too An old family friend, Norah Eton, believes there is a valuable piece of jewelry hidden somewhere on her property, but she only has one small clue to help the Aldens find it. Will they be able to find the treasure, or will the ghost of the Chattering Bones scare them away first?
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Boxcar children volume 103
Language
English
Description
A Medieval Fair has come to town, and the Aldens get grandfather's permission to volunteer their time. Benny becomes a page to the Silver Knight, a top suspect when the valuable antique sword used in the fair goes missing.
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Boxcar children volume 104
Language
English
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 stores 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
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
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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
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
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Description
When their favorite author fails to arrive as scheduled to speak at the local library, the Alden children investigate how he could board a train and never be seen again.
Author
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Boxcar children volume 107
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
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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
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
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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
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
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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
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
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Description
The Aldens investigate when an old wooden mask they have found is stolen.
111) The Seattle puzzle
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 111
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
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Description
When the Alden children accompany their grandfather on a trip to Seattle, they discover clues throughout the city, seemingly planted just for them.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 112
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
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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
Language
English
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Description
"One day in the park, the Aldens' dog, Watch, comes across a mysterious box with a note inside. 'Congratulations!' the note says. 'You've found it!' The box is part of a game called Geocaching. Soon, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are searching all over town for hidden boxes and making friends with other kids in the geocaching club. But is one of the club members a thief?"--Page 4 of cover
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 114
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
A local radio station is holding the Great Detective Race, and the Boxcar Children have entered the contest! They solve riddles and search all over town for clues leading to the grand prize. But when some of the clues turn out to be fake, it's clear that someone is playing unfairly! Who could be trying to ruin the race - and why?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 116
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
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Description
The Aldens discover there's nothing more fun than a drive-in movie. But pranks and other odd things are happening at the Diamond Drive-In, and late at night, a ghost is seen walking around the empty lot. Is the old theater really haunted?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 117
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
When the Boxcar children help out in a local garden, they dig up one strange thing after another! First, the tomato plants seem to move every day. Find out how that can be.
118) The spy game
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Series
Boxcar children volume 118
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
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Description
When the children uncover a strange puzzle in a friend's back yard, it's the start of a "spy game" leading to gold. But first they must make sense of an old photo and a riddle, and learn just who is behind this mystery within a mystery.
119) The Dog-Gone Mystery
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Series
Boxcar children volume 119
Language
English
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
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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
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Boxcar children volume 121
Language
English
Description
The Wundermutt dog food company is searching for a very special dog to be in their commercials, and the Aldens bring their dog, Watch, to the tryouts! But plenty of other dog owners are hoping their dogs get the job too including a dog that's already famous. Does Watch have what it takes to be a star?
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Boxcar children volume 122
Language
English
Description
It’s a big week at Cogwheel Stadium the Clayton Cogs are playing for the pennant! But the other teams batters seem to know the pitches too well, and it’s clear someone in the stadium is stealing the Cogs pitchers signals. Now the Boxcar Children must find out who is spying for the other team!
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Series
Boxcar children volume 123
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children have been chosen to be on an exciting new show! A camera crew is following the Aldens around the city of Philadelphia as they compete with another team in a search for clues. But the search isnt easy, and someone is giving them the wrong directions! Who is trying to ruin the game?
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Series
Boxcar children volume 124
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
430L
Language
English
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Description
The Boxcar Children investigate a mysterious ghost with a glowing pumpkin head at a friend's farm.
125) The Cupcake Caper
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Boxcar children volume 125
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English
Description
People line up around the block to buy Mama Tova's cupcakes. But who could be trying to steal her secret recipe? The Aldens follow the clues to a cupcake contest where they must use their mystery-solving skills - and their taste buds - to find the thief!
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Boxcar children volume 126
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
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The four Alden children, aged six to fourteen, volunteer at the new recycling center in town, and help uncover who is breaking in and making a mess each night.
127) Monkey Trouble
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Boxcar children volume 127
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English
Description
Its spring, and all the baby animals are being born a perfect time to visit the zoo. The Aldens and their friends are taking pictures there for a photo contest. But when cameras go missing and a girl is accused of cheating, the Boxcar Children must find out just who is monkeying with the contest!
128) The Zombie Project
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Boxcar children volume 128
Language
English
Description
While staying at the Winding River Lodge, the Aldens hear an old legend about a zombie who lives in the forest! Everyone knows zombies arent real but when Benny sees a strange figure lurching through the woods, the Boxcar Children begin to wonder if the old legend is true after all!
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 129
Language
English
Description
There's going to be a free Thanksgiving dinner for the whole town of Greenfield except the turkey is missing! The Aldens are helping out at a new food pantry, collecting donations and putting up signs. But someone keeps moving the signs, and when the main course for the big town dinner disappears, the Boxcar Children have a mystery to solve!
130) The Garden Thief
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Series
Boxcar children volume 130
Language
English
Description
Something strange is happening in the community garden! Who's stealing all the veggies?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 131
Language
English
Description
The Aldens are visiting the New Jersey shore and enjoying the beach and the boardwalk attractions. A family friend has just bought an amusement pier, and the children are excited to help out. But there are rumors that the rides aren't safe, and someone has stolen a zombie from the haunted house! Can the Boxcar Children find out what's behind all the trouble?
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Series
Boxcar children volume 132
Language
English
Description
On their trip to Oregon, the Aldens are excited to find out that Watch has the right skills to be a search and rescue dog! When they start training him in the woods one of the first things he "rescues" is a backpack filled with valuable jewelry--and it fell out of a plane! How could that have happened? When the children try to return the backpack to its owner, the mystery becomes even deeper!
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Boxcar children volume 133
Language
English
Description
One stormy afternoon, the Aldens take a shortcut through the Greenfield Cemetery and discover a strange local superstition! According to legend, it's good luck to leave presents in a certain spot in the cemetery--and bad luck to anyone who doesn't. But since there's no such thing as ghosts, there must be a reason for this weird tradition. The Boxcar Children are determined to find out what it is.
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Boxcar children volume 134
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English
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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!
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Boxcar children volume 135
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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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
Language
English
Description
Jessie's soccer teammate Kayla is such a talented player that she's invited to be the mascot at an International soccer tournament in Brazil! But then an anonymous letter arrives insisting she doesn't deserve to have the honor. Who is trying to ruin Kayla's reputation? The Boxcar Children must find out!
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 137
Language
English
Description
The Aldens visit Goldwin University, where Grandfather attended college. The old library is about to be torn down. But legend says the stone gargoyles guarding the roof of the old building will do anything to protect it--even fly. When the creatures begin appearing outside the windows, people are terrified. But the Boxcar Children think there is another reason the gargoyles are turning up in places they shouldn't. And they're determined to figure...
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Boxcar children volume 138
Language
English
Description
It's a big day at the Silver City Mall, where hundreds of people are lined up to audition for the show Pop Star Sensation! The Aldens are in line, too, because Violet wants to meet one of the judges--her favorite pop star, Madlynn Rose. But just before the show starts, Madlynn vanishes! Can the Aldens track down the superstar before it's too late?
Author
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Boxcar children volume 139
Language
English
Description
The Aldens are visiting a real dinosaur dig in Montana, in an area full of fossils and caves! But the bones of a rare dinosaur have gone missing, and when the children begin to search for clues they hear strange noises in the caves and discover mysterious tracks! Why are bones disappearing? And could there be a real-life dinosaur on the loose?
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Boxcar children volume 140
Language
English
Description
The Aldens head up north for the Calgary Stampede--a cowboy celebration of Canada's frontier spirit! But when a valuable piece of jewelry from the festival's history vanishes, the children are on the case. Can the Boxcar Children find the thief before the big show?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 141
Language
English
Description
The Aldens visit the upstate New York town where the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was set and discover a headless horseman mystery all their own! Their friend's ghost tour business is threatened by a spooky figure on horseback who is throwing gory pumpkins. Who--or what--is haunting Sleepy Hollow?
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Boxcar children volume 142
Language
English
Description
The Aldens visit Ireland and stay in a beautiful castle that's now a hotel! But the caretaker seems very superstitious, and at night they see a mysterious figure who walks the halls carrying a lantern. Could it be one of the banshees of ancient legend? The Boxcar Children must discover the secret that Duncarraig castle is hiding!
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Series
Boxcar children volume 143
Language
English
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
Language
English
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
Language
English
Description
Cousin Alice is running for mayor in her town, and the Aldens are helping with her campaign! But Alice's campaign posters are torn down and painted over, and the same thing happens to her opponent! Then posters for a third candidate appear around town, but nobody has ever seen him in person. Will the town elect a mystery man for mayor? The Aldens are on the case!
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Boxcar children volume 146
Language
English
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, Delilah's, aren't worried. Their shop has been a fixture downtown since just after World War II. But when the new shop starts making doughnuts that look just like some of Delilah's greatest hits, the Boxcar Children must figure out if it's just a coincidence or if someone from the new shop is stealing Delilah's...
147) The Robot Ransom
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Series
Boxcar children volume 147
Language
English
Description
Henry and Jessie have signed up to be in a robotics competition with a team from school. But someone from another team isn't playing by the rules. Can the Aldens use their sleuthing skills and what they've learned about technology to find the culprit and save the day?
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Series
Boxcar children volume 148
Language
English
Description
The Aldens are visiting a small town known for its harvest festival. The town is beautiful in the fall, but rumors of the harvest moon and a werewolf are keeping people away. Can the Aldens get to the bottom of who-or what-is causing such a stir?
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Series
Boxcar children volume 149
Language
English
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?|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...
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Boxcar children volume 150
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children stumble across a 100-year-old time capsule with a mysterious journal inside. It contains clues that lead the children around Greenfield and through the history books in search of a lost treasure. But questions remain. Who wrote the journal? And after 100 years, will there be enough evidence to find the hidden treasure?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 151
Language
English
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?
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Series
Boxcar children volume 152
Language
English
Description
Black cats? Broken mirrors? The number thirteen? The owner of the art deco apartment building in nearby Silver City believes in all kinds of superstitions. The Aldens aren't so sure about most of them, but there's one thing they do know: something strange is going on the thirteenth floor. Are they just coincidences, or is the building manager onto something?
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Boxcar children volume 153
Language
English
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?
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Series
Boxcar children volume 154
Language
English
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...
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Boxcar children volume 155
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children are helping a friend find out more about their family's history. But what they find is a mystery going back generations! Can the Aldens help their friend unlock secrets of the past-and present?
The Boxcar Children are helping a friend find out more about their family's history. But what they find is a mystery going back generations! Can the Aldens help their friend unlock secrets of the past-and present?
Author
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Boxcar children volume 156
Language
English
Description
The Aldens are visiting a small town known for its fall festival, and while Grandfather is off taking in the fall colors, the children try out the town's newest attraction—a Halloween escape room! The Aldens love solving the puzzles to get out of the room, and they don't mind the spooky theme. The problem is, someone—or something—is making things downright scary for other customers! The Aldens are visiting a small town known for its fall festival,...
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Boxcar children volume 157
Language
English
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! 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...
158)
The Great Greenfield Bake-Off , Boxcar children volume 158
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159)
The beekeeper mystery , Boxcar children volume 159
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Author
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Boxcar children volume 160
Language
English
Description
The Aldens try to find a missing magician.
Henry is learning to perform magic tricks from The Amazing Arthur and is excited to participate in Greenfield Magic Shop's annual magic show. But then The Amazing Arthur goes missing. Is his disappearance part of a new magic trick or a mystery? The Aldens try to find a missing magician.
Henry is learning to perform magic tricks from The Amazing Arthur and is excited to participate in Greenfield Magic...
161) The Raptor Rescue
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Series
Boxcar children volume 161
Language
English
Description
The Raptor Rehab Center's reputation is at stake!
Can the Aldens figure out who's responsible for the bad press before the center gets shut down for good? 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. Who could the culprit be, and why would they...
162)
X marks the spot , Boxcar children volume 163
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Secret of Superstition Mountain , Boxcar children volume 164
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Author
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Boxcar children volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
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.
165)
A dramatic disappearance: a Boxcar Children book
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Author
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English
Description
Jessie Alden thinks her days of solving mysteries are over. With her new role at the student newspaper, as well as classes, friends, and boys, there's a lot to keep up with. And Jessie always likes to be prepared. But when a new boy at school comes to her with information about strange things taking place at his parent's business, and she also finds out the club she's writing her first feature on seems to know something about it, Jessie realizes her...
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Series
Jessie files volume 2
Language
English
Description
When an embarrassing message between Charla and Daniel goes out to the whole class, Jessie finds herself stuck between her feuding best friends. As she helps Charla investigate how this happened, they find that someone has been tampering with Charla's lawyer mom's computer, and it could spell trouble for her mom's legal case. In order to keep the culprit from walking free, Jessie and Charla need Daniel's help. But when some messages go out, they're...