Boxcar children
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Author
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
The New York Times–bestselling tale of four orphaned siblings who will do anything to stick together, featuring more than thirty original illustrations.
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden take care of one another. They have no parents, no other family—except for a grandfather they don't care to see—and no home . . . until the night they find the boxcar. Old, rusty, lonely, and abandoned in the woods, it's
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
The spooky old house on Surprise Island intrigues Benny.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 4
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
[1958]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 5
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
[1960]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children are taking a vacation on an uninhabited South Seas island. They soon suspect someone else is there too, someone who may not want them around!
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1990.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children are spending the summer in an enormous New England farmhouse. Near the house there is an old woodshed that holds a surprising secret that dates from the Revolutionary War.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 9
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
[1964]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 10
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
[1965]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
11) Caboose mystery
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 11
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
[1966]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 12
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
[1967]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1990, c1968
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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.
15) Bicycle mystery
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 15
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
[1990], c1970
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While on a bicycle trip to their aunt's farm, the four Aldens help solve a mystery.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 16
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
1971
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 19
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1991, c1976
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Two brothers take summer jobs at a department store where a series of peculiar events brings them under suspicion.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 20
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 21
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 22
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The Alden children save an old woman's house, land, and all the animals in her animal shelter from greedy contractors.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 23
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Someone is trying to put Aunt Jane's motel out of business, but the Alden children aren't going to let that happen.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 24
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Alden children hunt for their late grandmother's necklace that has been missing for years.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 25
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Aldens search for carousel horses that have disappeared from an amusement park.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 26
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 27
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 28
Publisher
A. Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While helping run Jerry Taylor's general store, the Alden children investigate his mysterious employee Nancy.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 29
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
1992.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 30
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
31)
Mystery of the singing ghost , Boxcar children volume 31
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32)
The mystery in the snow , Boxcar children volume 32
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33)
The pizza mystery , Boxcar children volume 33
Author
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 34
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
©1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When their grandfather arranges for them to spend two week 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.
35)
The mystery at the dog show , Boxcar children volume 35
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36)
The castle mystery , Boxcar children volume 36
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37)
The mystery of the lost village , Boxcar children volume 37
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38)
The mystery of the purple pool , Boxcar children volume 38
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Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 39
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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.
40)
The canoe trip mystery , Boxcar children volume 40
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41)
The mystery of the hidden beach , Boxcar children volume 41
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42)
The mystery of the missing cat , Boxcar children volume 42
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43)
The mystery on stage , Boxcar children volume 43
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44)
The dinosaur mystery , Boxcar children volume 44
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45)
The mystery of the stolen music , Boxcar children volume 45
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Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 46
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar children investigate when ice cream and other items start disappearing from their favorite ice cream parlor.
47)
The mystery of the hot air balloon , Boxcar children volume 47
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48)
The mystery bookstore , Boxcar children volume 48
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49)
The mystery of the stolen boxcar , Boxcar children volume 49
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Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 50
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
51)
The mystery on the train , Boxcar children volume 51
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52)
The mystery of the lost mine , Boxcar children volume 52
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53)
The guide dog mystery , Boxcar children volume 53
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54)
The hurricane mystery , Boxcar children volume 54
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55)
The mystery of the secret message , Boxcar children volume 55
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56)
The firehouse mystery , Boxcar children volume 56
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57)
The mystery in San Francisco , Boxcar children volume 57
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58)
The mystery at the Alamo , Boxcar children volume 58
Author
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 59
Publisher
A. Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar children investigate the disappearance of a student's research paper from an observatory, and the subsequent disappearance of another student.
60)
The soccer mystery , Boxcar children volume 60
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61)
The growling bear mystery , Boxcar children volume 61
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62)
The mystery of the lake monster , Boxcar children volume 62
Author
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 63
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
64)
The black pearl mystery , Boxcar children volume 64
Author
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 65
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
66)
The panther mystery , Boxcar children volume 66
Author
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 67
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 68
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Aldens investigate when the arrival of several suspicious characters in Greenfield coincides with a mystery involving a popular boy actor.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 70
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 71
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Aldens try to help a visiting Russian gymnast who is surrounded by mysterious people and events and who seems to have a secret.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 74
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The Aldens investigate when exotic and endangered animals begin to disappear from the zoo where their new friend Lindsey works.
75)
The mystery of the empty safe , Boxcar children volume 75
Author
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 76
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While visiting a small town in Alabama, the Aldens hear mysterious howls at midnight, leading them to wonder if an old local legend about a ghost dog is true.
82)
The summer camp mystery , Boxcar children volume 82
Author
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 83
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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.
84)
The haunted clock tower mystery , Boxcar children volume 84
Author
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 85
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
87)
The mystery of the spider's clue , Boxcar children volume 87
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88)
The mystery of the mummy's curse , Boxcar children volume 88
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89)
The mystery of the star ruby , Boxcar children volume 89
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90)
The stuffed bear mystery , Boxcar children volume 90
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91)
The mystery at Skeleton Point , Boxcar children volume 91
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Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 92
Publisher
A. Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 93
Publisher
A. Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 94
Publisher
A. Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
©2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Alden children help out at the Greenfield Ice Cream Barn and while learning to make ice cream and create new flavors, they help solve a mystery before the Barn gets shut down.
95)
The midnight mystery , Boxcar children volume 95
Author
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 96
Publisher
A. Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 97
Publisher
A. Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 98
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 99
Publisher
A. Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 100
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 101
Publisher
A. Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Aldens investigate when a new store called the Game Spot opens in town and the neighboring shops are robbed.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 105
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Series
Boxcar children volume 107
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
108)
The creature in Ogopogo Lake , Boxcar children volume 108
Author
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 109
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Aldens investigate when an old wooden mask they have found is stolen.
111) The Seattle puzzle
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 111
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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?" -- p. [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
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
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 118
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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 , Boxcar children volume 119
Author
120) The vampire mystery
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 120
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children have been chosen to compete against another team to look for clues on a game show.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 124
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The Alden siblings visit the Beckett pumpkin farm in the fall, where they try to solve the mystery of a creature with a glowing pumpkin head that is warning guests to stay away.
125) The cupcake caper
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 125
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
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 Boxcar Children follow clues to a cupcake contest, where they must use their mystery-solving skills to find a thief.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 126
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Alden kids investigate a series of break-ins and vandalization at the local recycling center, where Mrs. MacGregor has recently shown them they can find a lot of great things.
127) Monkey trouble
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 127
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"The Alden children help solve a case surrounding missing vegetables and vandalism in the community garden"--
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 131
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 137
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
c2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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!
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 143
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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?