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  • The Mystery Girl

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 1992)
    The Aldens spend their vacation in Elmford and get jobs at the old general store! But the girl they work with won’t answer any questions about herself. What is she hiding?
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  • The Ghost-Hunting Special

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Sept. 1, 2015)
    A new spooky 3-in-1 bind-up―perfect for Halloween! Includes three ghostly Boxcar mysteries. The Mystery of the Midnight Dog (#81): A small Southern town is full of stories―including one about a ghostly dog that walks in the night! The Ghost at the Drive-In Movie (#116): Strange things are happening at an old outdoor movie theater that’s rumored to be haunted! The Return of the Graveyard Ghost (#133): Legend has it that a tomb at the cemetery will give some visitors good luck―and bad luck to others!
    U

  • The Mystery of the Pirate's Map

    Gertrude Chandler Warner, Charles Tang

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 1999)
    Benny finds a bottle at the beach with a scrap of a pirate map inside! The Aldens are excited to search for buried gold, but they aren’t the only ones on the treasure hunt.
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  • Hidden in the Haunted School

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (INDPB, Sept. 1, 2016)
    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?
    O

  • The Growling Bear Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 1997)
    The Aldens are on the hunt for the legendary gold in the lost cabin at Yellowstone! But when their treasure map disappears, it seems someone doesn’t want them on the trail.
    O

  • The Radio Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are actors in a live mystery show being broadcast on an old-fashioned AM radio station. But that's not the only mystery the Boxcar children are part of―it's starting to look like the radio station is haunted!
    O

  • The Mystery of the Secret Message

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 1996)
    A photograph of the statue of a Revolutionary War hero contains a secret message.
    O

  • The Sword of the Silver Knight

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (INDPB, May 1, 2005)
    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.
    O

  • Tree House Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 1990)
    From a high perch Benny discovers a clue to a hidden room with contents that surprise everyone.
    O

  • The Mystery of the Stolen Dinosaur Bones

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (INDPB, March 1, 2015)
    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?
    O

  • The Mystery Bookstore

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 1995)
    The Boxcar Children help Olivia Chase, the mystery writer, open a new bookstore.
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  • The Poison Frog Mystery

    Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Jan. 1, 2000)
    A zookeeper at the Aldens’ local zoo is stealing the animals! How can the children stop a thief who has keys to all the cages?
    O