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  • Houseboat Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, David Cunningham

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 1990)
    The Aldens spend their summer traveling in a houseboat! But when a black car shows up at every place they dock, the children begin to think someone is after something on the boat. Can the Boxcar Children figure out what the pursuer could be after?
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  • The Haunted Clock Tower Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 2001)
    The Boxcar Children are spending a weekend at Goldwin University for Grandfather's college reunion. They are immediately fascinated by the tall, mysterious clock tower that overshadows the campus. Does it hold the key to a secret from the past?
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  • Mystery of the Fallen Treasure

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Tim Jessell

    Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Sept. 1, 2013)
    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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  • The Election Day Dilemma

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Company, Sept. 1, 2016)
    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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  • The Day of the Dead Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Oct. 1, 2018)
    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?
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  • The Mystery of the Stolen Sword

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Charles Tang

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 1998)
    Benny is determined to find the ghost that haunts Seymour Curtis' apple orchard, but a more earthly crime becomes important.
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  • The Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm

    Patricia MacLachlan, Tim Jessell

    Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Company, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Before they were the Boxcar Children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden lived with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm. Although times are hard, they're happy―"the best family of all," Mama likes to say. One day, a blizzard hits the countryside, and a car is stranded on the road near their farm. The family in the car needs shelter, and when the Aldens take them in, the strangers soon become friends. But things never stay the same at Fair Meadow Farm, and the spring and summer bring events that will forever change the lives of the Alden children. Newbery-Award winning author Patricia MacLachlan pays loving tribute to the classic novel by Gertrude Chandler Warner in this story of the Alden children's origins and the challenges they faced before their boxcar adventures.
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  • The Pumpkin Head Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Tim Gregory

    Audio CD (Oasis Audio, Dec. 14, 2012)
    Every fall at the Beckett farm, visitors come to buy pumpkins and go on hayrides. Best of all, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny get to dress up in costumes and help with the fun. But something is haunting the farm . . . a mysterious ghost with a glowing pumpkin head!
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  • The Mystery at the Calgary Stampede

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (INDPB, Sept. 1, 2015)
    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?
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  • The Growling Bear Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Tim Gregory

    Audio CD (Oasis Audio, April 28, 2015)
    The Aldens love exploring the many hiking trails around Yellowstone, especially Lost Cabin Trail. But suddenly, the trail is closed because of bear activity, and then the map disappears! Could someone be trying to keep the Aldens away from the trail? It’s a mystery — and the Boxcar Children are going to solve it!
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  • The Vanishing Passenger

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Jan. 1, 2006)
    The famous mystery writer, Gilbert Finch, is coming to Greenfield to speak at the library, and the Aldens can't wait to meet him. When they go with Grandfather to pick Finch up at the train station, he is nowhere to be found.
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  • Spooktacular Special

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Robert Papp

    Paperback (INDPB, Sept. 1, 2013)
    A ghost mystery in their very own boxcar, a zombie, and a pumpkin-headed creature provide plenty of spooky fun for the Aldens in these three adventures! Includes three Boxcar Children Mysteries: #100 The Mystery of the Haunted Boxcar, #124 The Pumpkin Head Mystery, and #128 The Zombie Project.
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