Boxcar children
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Summer vacation on an almost private island gives the Aldens a challenge. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer on their own private island. There is a mysterious stranger on the island with a secret--but that's not the only surprise in store for the Boxcar Children.
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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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"The Aldens spend the summer on their aunt's ranch! The ranch is a beautiful place, but it's also the source of trouble between Aunt Jane and Grandfather. As the Boxcar Children explore the land, they make an amazing discovery. Will it help mend Aunt Jane and Grandfather's relationship?"--Publisher's description.
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Boxcar children volume 5
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English
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The Alden children are excited to see their friend, Mike, while visiting their aunt, but when Mike is blamed for burning his house down, the siblings want to help Mike clear his name.
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Boxcar children volume 7
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Albert Whitman
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English
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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!
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Boxcar children volume 10
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English
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Grandpa Alden and the Alden children encounter danger, excitement, adventure, and mystery in a quiet island fishing village.
11) Caboose mystery
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Boxcar children volume 11
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English
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When Grandfather rents two cabooses, Benny Alden and his family embark on an exciting adventure.
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Boxcar children volume 12
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 13
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 14
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English
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The Alden children are helping their new neighbors build a tree house when they discover an attic window that not even their neighbors knew about.
15) Bicycle mystery
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While on a bicycle trip to their aunt's farm, the four Aldens help solve a mystery.
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Boxcar children volume 19
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A. Whitman
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English
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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
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 21
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 22
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Albert Whitman
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English
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The Alden children save an old woman's house, land, and all the animals in her animal shelter from greedy contractors.
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Boxcar children volume 23
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English
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Someone is trying to put Aunt Jane's motel out of business, but the Alden children are not going to let that happen.
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Boxcar children volume 24
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English
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The Alden children hunt for their late grandmother's necklace that has been missing for years.
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Boxcar children volume 25
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English
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The Aldens search for carousel horses that have disappeared from an amusement park.
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Boxcar children volume 26
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Albert Whitman
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 27
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 28
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A. Whitman & Co
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English
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While helping run Jerry Taylor's general store, the Alden children investigate his mysterious employee Nancy.
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Boxcar children volume 29
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English
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The Aldens are on a cruise in the Caribbean! No sooner has the cruise begun than things start to go wrong. The ship's radio breaks. It appears someone has fallen overboard — but it turns out to be a false alarm. And then there's engine trouble! Is someone deliberately tampering with the ship? It's a mystery — good thing the Boxcar Children are on board!
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Boxcar children volume 30
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A. Whitman
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English
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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
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Scholastic Inc
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 32
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A. Whitman
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English
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The lodge is having its annual winter carnival, and the Boxcar Children sign up to compete in events like skiing, skating, sledding, and building snow and ice sculptures. But no sooner has the competition begun than the children have a mystery to solve!
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Boxcar children volume 33
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 34
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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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Boxcar children volume 35
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A. Whitman
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English
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The Alden children suspect someone of trying to sabotage the local dog show.
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Boxcar children volume 36
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 37
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 38
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English
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While staying at a hotel in New York City, the Aldens investigate a series of annoying pranks plaguing the management and guests.
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Boxcar children volume 39
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A. Whitman
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 41
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A. Whitman
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English
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While visiting the Florida Keys, the Aldens encounter suspicious characters, strange incidents at night, and a plot to steal valuable coral.
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Boxcar children volume 42
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A. Whitman
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English
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The mysterious disappearance of a reclusive neighbor's cat involves the boxcar children in some complicated detective work.
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Boxcar children volume 43
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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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Boxcar children volume 44
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A. Whitman
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 45
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An orchestra is coming to town! The children are excited to hear the orchestra play, to meet the musicians, and to learn how to make their own instruments. The orchestra is also displaying a very valuable, old piece of music. But when it mysteriously disappears, it's up to the Boxcar Children to find it!
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Boxcar children volume 46
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English
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The Boxcar children investigate when ice cream and other items start disappearing from their favorite ice cream parlor.
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Boxcar children volume 47
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A. Whitman
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 48
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 49
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A. Whitman & Co
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English
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The Alden children plan to ride in their boxcar at the Greenfield Founders' Day Parade, but the newly refurbished boxcar is stolen a couple of days before the big event.
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Boxcar children volume 50
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A. Whitman
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 51
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Scholastic
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English
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The Boxcar children uncover a mystery on a train trip from Boston to San Francisco.
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Boxcar children volume 52
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A. Whitman
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English
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On a camping trip to Arizona with their grandfather, the Alden children search for a lost gold mine.
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Boxcar children volume 53
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A. Whitman
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English
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When they help out at a guide dog training school, the Alden children meet several people who seem obsessed with a particular dog named Ginger.
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Boxcar children volume 54
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A. Whitman
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English
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While visiting a friend of their grandfather's on Sullivan's Island, off the coast of South Carolina near Charleston, the Boxcar Children encounter mysterious activities related to rumors of a buried pirate treasure.
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Boxcar children volume 55
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A. Whitman
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 56
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A. Whitman
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English
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The Alden children draw upon their resourcefulness to save the neighborhood firehouse from being torn down, while they also face a series of mysterious incidents connected with it.
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Boxcar children volume 57
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A. Whitman
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English
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While sightseeing in San Francisco, the Boxcar children uncover a mystery involving fishing boats and sabotage.
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Boxcar children volume 58
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The Aldens are asked to be extras in a movie while visiting the Alamo but things are not picture perfect. They have to discover who stole a precious ring from the beautiful star, Claire, and they find out many people are jealous of her.
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Boxcar children volume 59
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At an astronomy conference, the Boxcar Children meet Mark who has made an important discovery. Then someone steals Mark's papers.
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Boxcar children volume 60
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Mysterious events are happening in the soccer league the Boxcar children are playing in.
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Boxcar children volume 61
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Albert Whitman
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English
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When the Aldens visit Yellowstone they discover a map showing the way to an old cabin where gold is supposedly hidden, but they encounter lots of interference in their attempts to hike the trail.
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Boxcar children volume 62
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 63
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English
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At the request of their distant relative Althea, the Boxcar Children arrive at her old Virginia mansion and investigate the mysterious incidents happening there.
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Boxcar children volume 64
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A. Whitman
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English
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While visiting their cousin's pineapple plantation in Hawaii, the Aldens hear a local legend about a black pearl with a curse on it and investigate mysterious incidents on and around the plantation.
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Boxcar children volume 65
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A. Whitman
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 66
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A. Whitman & Co
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English
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When the Alden children and their grandfather visit Everglades National Park in Florida to solve the mystery of a missing ranger, they discover that a panther provides a clue.
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Boxcar children volume 67
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 68
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A. Whitman
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English
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The Aldens investigate when the new coach of their community basketball league has her Most Valuable Player trophy stolen.
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Boxcar children volume 69
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Albert Whitman & Company
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 70
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 71
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A. Whitman
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 72
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A. Whitman
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English
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The Alden children help out a storeowner at the Hope Harbor Mall and discover that someone is tampering with the merchandise shipments.
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Boxcar children volume 73
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Albert Whitman
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English
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The Aldens try to help a visiting Russian gymnast who is surrounded by mysterious people and events and who seems to have a secret.
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Boxcar children volume 74
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Albert Whitman
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English
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The Aldens investigate when exotic and endangered animals begin to disappear from the zoo where their new friend Lindsey works.
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Boxcar children volume 75
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Albert Whitman & Co
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English
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The Aldens start a business producing birthday parties and find themselves investigating a series of robberies taking place during their parties.
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Boxcar children volume 76
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Albert Whitman
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 77
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English
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While visiting the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Aldens see a mysterious wild horse that may be a ghost.
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Boxcar children volume 78
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Albert Whitman & Co
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English
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The Aldens, while testing the latest version of their favorite computer game, are surprised to find messages directed specifically at them.
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Boxcar children volume 79
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Albert Whitman
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 80
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Albert Whitman
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 81
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Albert Whitman & Company
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 82
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Albert Whitman & Company
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English
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The Aldens are spending a week at Camp Seagull on beautiful Claw Island. But as soon as camp begins, they realize that someone is not playing fair. Everything begins to go wrong for the Aldens they lose their luggage, Henry misplaces the camp flag, and the campers on the other team use one of Jessies ideas to score points for themselves. Are some campers so desperate to win the Olympics that they are willing to cheat? The Boxcar Children are...
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Boxcar children volume 83
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Albert Whitman Co
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English
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A series of practical jokes at a restored nineteenth-century farmhouse makes the Aldens wonder if the ghost of its builder is at work.
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Boxcar children volume 84
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Albert Whitman
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 85
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A. Whitman & Co
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 86
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English
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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
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English
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When an elderly friend is injured, the Alden children offer to help him with his window-washing business in their small town of Greenfield and agree to help him solve a riddle that has arrived in a mysterious invitation.
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Boxcar children volume 88
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English
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Bad luck hits the Greenfield Museum with the addition of an ancient mummy exhibit. Annotation. The Aldens are helping the museum curator set up an exhibit about life in ancient Egypt. But the longer the Aldens are around the exhibit's mummy, the more things go wrong. Has the museum been struck by a curse from the ancient mummy?
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Boxcar children volume 89
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A. Whitman
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English
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The Aldens take part in a hunt at a gem mine and discover that someone is out to sabotage the contest.
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Boxcar children volume 90
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English
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The Boxcar children, while participating in the "Teddy bear festival," help recover a valuable teddy bear that disappeared from the toy hospital.
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Boxcar children volume 91
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A. Whitman & Co
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English
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The Boxcar children are repairing the mansion known as Skeleton Point and they discover a ghost.
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Boxcar children volume 92
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Albert Whitman & CO
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English
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The Boxcar children have to solve the mystery of the strange notes concerning a new painter at the art gallery.
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Boxcar children volume 93
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The Alden children are searching for a rare comic book of their favorite superhero, Captain Fantastic. They finally find the comic and something else, too--a strange note inside, signed by the comics creator. The Aldens realize the note is a fake.
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Boxcar children volume 94
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English
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The Children are helping out at the Greenfield Ice Cream Barn by putting up posters and creating new flavors, and they even get to ride in the ice cream wagon pulled by Butterscotch the horse, but ice cream isn't the only thing getting mixed up at the shop: someone wants to shut down the Ice Cream Barn.
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Boxcar children volume 95
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English
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The children are staying at the home of a famous inventor who was known for her one-of-a-kind clocks, but the clocks aren't the only sound in the house at midnight: someone or something is making a mysterious tapping sound.
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Boxcar children volume 96
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English
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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?
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Boxcar children volume 97
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A. Whitman & Co
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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
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English
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Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, known as the Boxcar children, are visiting their friend Fran in Wisconsin and they can't wait to hear the tale of the runaway ghost.
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Boxcar children volume 99
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English
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The Alden's neighbor, Lina wants the Alden children to help find a treasure hidden in her attic.
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Boxcar children volume 100
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English
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The Alden children have discovered a ghost in the old boxacar that once was their home.
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Boxcar children volume 101
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A. Whitman & Co
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English
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The Alden children visit a farm in Iowa for its wonderful corn maze festival and try to discover who is damaging the maze at night.
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Boxcar children volume 102
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 103
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Albert Whitman
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English
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The Aldens help out at a medieval fair and try to find a valuable sword which has been stolen from the fair.
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Boxcar children volume 104
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English
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The Aldens investigate when a new store called the Game Spot opens in town and the neighboring shops are robbed.
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Boxcar children volume 105
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English
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The Aldens try to solve a series of mysteries which took place in a old hotel in Kansas which they visit.
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Boxcar children volume 106
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Albert Whitman
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 107
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A. Whitman
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 108
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 109
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Albert Whitman
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English
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The Boxcar children must track down an instrument thief in time to save Greenfield's music festival from disaster.
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Boxcar children volume 110
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English
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When their newfound treasure is stolen, the Aldens try to track down the thief who stole their Native American mask.
111) The Seattle puzzle
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Boxcar children volume 111
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English
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When the Alden children accompany their grandfather on a trip to Seattle, they discover clues throughout the city, seemingly planted just for them.
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Boxcar children volume 112
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English
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When the Boxcar Children provide backstage help for the re-opening of an old dusty theater, they learn that the theater is rumored to have ghosts, disappearing props, and even a haunted seat.
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Boxcar children volume 113
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Albert Whitman & Co
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English
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"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.
114) A Horse Named Dragon
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Boxcar children volume 114
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The Aldens are spending a week at a rescue ranch that takes in horses whose owners can no longer care for them. The children help with chores, and Jessie looks after a horse named Dragon. But soon two of the oldest horses are missing from the pasture.
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Boxcar children volume 115
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The Aldens sign up for the Great Detective Race, a contest being held by a local radio station in which contestants much search all over Greenfield for clues that, when solved, will eventually lead to a grand prize. But a saboteur is planting false clues to mislead participants, and it's up to the Aldens to find out who and why.
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Boxcar children volume 116
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Albert Whitman & Co
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English
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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?
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Boxcar children volume 117
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Albert Whitman
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 118
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Albert Whitman & Co
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 119
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Albert Whitman & Co
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English
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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, it's clear that the Aldens have a dog-gone mystery to solve!
120) The vampire mystery
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Boxcar children volume 120
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English
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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
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Albert Whitman
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 122
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Albert Whitman & Co
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English
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It's a big week at Cogwheel Stadium--the Clayton Cogs are playing for the pennant! But the other team's batters seem to know the pitches too well, and it's clear someone in the stadium is stealing the Cogs' pitcher's signals. Now the Boxcar Children must find out who is spying for the other team!
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Boxcar children volume 123
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Albert Whitman & Co
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English
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The Boxcar children are on an exciting show in which a camera crew follows them around Philadelphia as they search for clues, but someone is giving them the wrong directions.
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Boxcar children volume 124
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English
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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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Albert Whitman & Co
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English
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 126
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Albert Whitman & Co
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English
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The Alden siblings volunteer at the local recycling center, where they find plenty of things that can be reused, but when the center is vandalized, they must investigate to solve the mystery.
127) Monkey trouble
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Boxcar children volume 127
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Albert Whitman
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English
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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
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Boxcar children volume 128
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Albert Whitman & Co
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English
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While staying at the Winding River Lodge, the Alden siblings investigate tales of a zombie haunting a lake in the woods.
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Boxcar children volume 129
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Albert Whitman
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English
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The four Alden children, aged six to fourteen, uncover a mystery while volunteering at a food pantry for the needy.
130) The garden thief
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Boxcar children volume 130
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Language
English
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The Alden children discover another mystery when they agree to help injured Mr. Yee tend to his plot in the community garden and find out that vegetables are going missing and plots are being vandalized.
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Boxcar children volume 131
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Language
English
Description
"The Aldens visit the shore in New Jersey and help out at an amusement pier that is rumored to be unsafe"--
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Boxcar children volume 132
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
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.
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The return of the graveyard ghost , Boxcar children volume 133
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Boxcar children volume 134
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
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"--Provided by publisher.
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Boxcar children volume 136
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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!
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Boxcar children volume 137
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Edition
Unabridged.
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
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Edition
Unabridged.
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?
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Boxcar children volume 139
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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
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
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?
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Boxcar children volume 141
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
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
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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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Boxcar children volume 143
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
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?
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Boxcar children volume 144
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English
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"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?"--
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Boxcar children volume 145
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
Description
"Cousin Alice is running for mayor, and the Boxcar Children must find out which of her opponents is using sneaky tricks to win the race!"--Provided by publisher.
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Boxcar children volume 146
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
Description
A new doughnut shop has opened across town.
147) The robot ransom
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Boxcar children volume 147
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English
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Jessie and Henry's robotics team is competing in a big tournament. But when their robot is stolen, the Aldens have a high-tech mystery to decode!
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Boxcar children volume 148
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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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Boxcar children volume 149
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English
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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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Boxcar children volume 150
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
Description
"The Aldens find a hidden time capsule! Inside is a journal with clues to a treasure hunt. Who wrote the journal? And after a hundred years, can the Boxcar Children find the treasure?"--Back cover.
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Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
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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Boxcar children volume 152
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
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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Boxcar children volume 154
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
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!
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Boxcar children volume 155
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
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?" --
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Boxcar children volume 156
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
Description
The Aldens try out a Halloween escape room. When eerie events start scaring people away, the children find a much bigger puzzle to solve.
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Boxcar children volume 157
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
Description
Jessie is studying water pollution for her science fair project. But when the stream she is studying starts to disappear, the Boxcar Children have a much bigger mystery to solve!
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The Great Greenfield Bake-Off , Boxcar children volume 158
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The beekeeper mystery , Boxcar children volume 159
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Boxcar children volume 160
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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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Boxcar children volume 161
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...
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Secret of Superstition Mountain , Boxcar children volume 164
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Boxcar children volume Prequel
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Before they were the Boxcar Children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden lived with their parents on Fair Meadow Farm
Although times are hard, the Aldens are happy—"the best family of all," Mama likes to say. One day, a blizzard hits the countryside, and a traveling family needs shelter. The Aldens take them in, and the strangers soon become friends. But things never stay the same at the farm, and the spring and summer bring events
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Albert Whitman & Company
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First edition
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English
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When a traveling theater production comes to town, Jessie is excited to write a profile of its star, but when the performer goes missing days before the show is set to make its debut, Jessie realizes that something big is going on behind the scenes.
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Jessie files volume 1
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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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...