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Books in Boxcar Children Special series

  • The Boxcar Children Books 1-4

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Sept. 1, 1990)
    The paperback editions of The Boxcar Children Mysteries: #1, The Boxcar Children; #2, Surprise Island; #3, The Yellow House Mystery; and #4, Mystery Ranch are offered together in a cardboard case.
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  • The Blue Bay Mystery

    Gertrude C. Warner, Dirk Gringhuis

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Jan. 1, 1990)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The four Alden children and their new friend Lars uncover a mystery during a trip to an island in the South Seas.
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  • The Great Shark Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Hodges Soileau

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2003)
    The paperback edition of the special includes a fun-filled activity section with puzzles, crafts, and recipes.
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  • Mystery Ranch

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (Albert Whitman & Co., Sept. 3, 1986)
    One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew the. No one knew where they had come from.
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  • The Lighthouse Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, David Cunningham

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 1990)
    Renting a lighthouse is unusual, but even more so is an unfriendly boy's peculiar behavior.
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  • The Candy Factory Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Hodges Soileau

    Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, April 1, 2002)
    When the Aldens have the chance to work at a candy factory, they try to find out who is sabotaging the candy and why.
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  • The Mystery in Washington, Dc

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Charles Tang

    Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, April 1, 1994)
    Mystery awaits the Boxcar Children at a Washington, D.C., bed and breakfast, where valuables disappear and all the guests seem to have something to hide.
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  • The Black Widow Spider Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Hodges Soileau

    Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, Oct. 1, 2003)
    The Aldens are determined to investigate their new neighbors with a high wall built around their property and huge black spiders on their front gate.
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  • The Black Widow Spider Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Hodges Soileau

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Someone is building a large, fancy house down the street from the Alden's--a house shielded by a tall stone wall. The only way to approach the house is through an iron gate decorated with huge black widow spiders! Benny is certain the new neighbors must be hiding something...but what could it be? The Boxcar children are determined to investigate.
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  • The Mystery at the Fair

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Charles Tang

    Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, April 1, 1996)
    The Boxcar Children decide to buy their grandfather an expensive gift and so choose to enter a series of games at the local fair, but when they discover that the games are sabotaged, they set out to find the culprits.
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  • The Mystery in the Old Attic

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Charles Tang

    Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, Oct. 1, 1997)
    When Aunt Sophie dies, the Aldens go to clean up her house and find a diary in the attic that tells of a hidden ring, but the gem has already vanished, and they must find the person who sold it to a pawnshop.
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  • The Boxcar Children Collection Volume 19: The Mystery of the Secret Message, The Firehouse Mystery, The Mystery in San Francisco

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Tim Gregory, Aimee Lilly

    Audio CD (Oasis Audio, Feb. 24, 2015)
    The Mystery of the Secret Message: The Aldens are helping their grandfather organize Greenfield’s Winter Festival. When the Boxcar Children get a roll of photos developed, they find a secret message hidden in one of them. They are baffled, and things become even more mysterious when they realize that someone is trying to ruin the Winter Festival by tearing down the ecorations and stealing a local statue! There must be a connection between the message and everything that is going wrong. Can the Boxcar Children figure out what it is in time to save the Festival?The Firehouse Mystery: The Aldens can’t believe that Greenfield’s town council wants to demolish the historic firehouse that has stood for over a hundred years. So they decide to try to fix up the building, which houses some valuable firefighting antiques. But someone keeps trying to sabotage their attempts. The Boxcar Children must find out who it is!The Mystery in San Francisco: The Aldens are thrilled to be with their Aunt Jane and Uncle Andy in San Francisco. When they visit Fisherman’s Wharf, their friend Charlie invites them aboard a fishing boat. But strange things are happening on the wharf, and it seems as if someone doesn’t want Charlie to catch any fish. Can the Boxcar Children find out what’s going on?
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