Boxcar children
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Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny Alden are brothers and sisters - and they're orphans. The only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. One night, during a storm, the children find an old red boxcar that keeps them warm and safe. They decide to make it their home.
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Boxcar children volume 2
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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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The children are spending the summer on their own private island but there is a mysterious stranger on the island.
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Boxcar children volume 3
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Relates the exploits of the four Alden children as they locate a missing man.
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Boxcar children volume 4
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The Aldens visit their mysterious Aunt Jane at her run-down ranch and make a surprising discovery!
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Boxcar children volume 5
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IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
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The Alden children are visiting Aunt Jane when a nearby house burns down. Their friend Mike is blamed for starting the fire! Can the Aldens help find the real criminal?
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Boxcar children volume 6
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IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
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The four Alden children and their new friend Lars uncover a mystery during a trip to an island in the South Seas.
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Boxcar children volume 7
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IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
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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 8
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A mysterious woman, a dog barking every night at midnight, and a puzzling note in the sand all add up to a mysterious summer in a lighthouse.
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Boxcar children volume 9
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
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When the Alden family climbs to the top of Old Flat Top Mountain, they encounter a mysterious mountain cave, a perilous rockslide, and a secret treasure.
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Boxcar children volume 10
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Recounts the adventures of the Alden children as they solve the mystery of the old schoolhouse in Port Elizabeth.
11) Caboose mystery
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Boxcar children volume 11
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When the Aldens spend the summer riding on a train, they get to live in a train car once again - this time, they're staying in Caboose No. 777. The number is hard to forget, and indeed, the children meet people at each stop who seem to know it well. It turns out Caboose No. 777 has an unusual past - one that comes with its very own mystery!
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Boxcar children volume 12
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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.
15) Bicycle Mystery
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Boxcar children volume 15
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The Aldens are making the journey to their Aunt Janes house on an overnight bicycle trip. But on their first night, the children are caught in a rainstorm and have to take shelter in an old abandoned house, when a most unusual mystery a lost dog finds them!
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Boxcar children volume 17
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The Aldens find a mystery when a visitor comes. Who put the coins in a hiding place behind the wall?
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Boxcar children volume 18
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
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The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river.
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Boxcar children volume 20
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IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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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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Someone is trying to put Aunt Jane's motel out of business, but the Alden children aren't going to let that happen.
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Boxcar children volume 24
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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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IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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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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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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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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The Aldens are on a cruise in the Caribbean! No sooner has the cruise begun than things start to go wrong. The ships radio breaks. It appears someone has fallen overboard but it turns out to be a false alarm. And then theres engine trouble! Is someone deliberately tampering with the ship? Its a mystery good thing the Boxcar Children are on board!
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Boxcar children volume 30
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At the same time that the Alden children's efforts to raise money for new hospital 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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The Boxcar Children are excited because their cousins are moving to Greenfield. They decide to fix up the house that cousins Joe and Alice have bought. Theres just one problem: it seems to be haunted by a ghost that sings! Is someone trying to keep Joe and Alice from moving in?
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Boxcar children volume 32
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IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
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When the Alden children accompany their grandfather to the Snow Haven Lodge, a series of odd occurrences threaten to disrupt the annual winter games.
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Boxcar children volume 33
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IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
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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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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.
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Boxcar children volume 35
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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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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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The Boxcar Children learn lots of interesting things about the Navajos but best of all is a legend about an ancient Native American village that once existed nearby. Curious, the children begin digging there and uncover some valuable artifacts. But it seems someone wants the village to stay buried!
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Boxcar children volume 38
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Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and they’re going on an exciting trip to New York City! The children have a great time visiting the Empire State Building and ice skating at Rockefeller Center. But they discover something very strange at the hotel swimming pool: Someone has dyed the water bright purple! Who would do that? And why?
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Boxcar children volume 39
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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 40
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IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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While canoeing and backpacking near Timberwolf Lake, the Aldens receive strange warnings to stay away from the area and stumble upon clues to a missing cache of stolen coins.
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Boxcar children volume 41
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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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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 Aldens become involved in a community theater production of "The Wizard of Oz," which is systematically and mysteriously being sabotaged.
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Boxcar children volume 44
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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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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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The Alden children are thrilled when a famous orchestra comes to their town to perform, and when an original Mozart score turns up missing, they solve the mystery of its disappearance.
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Boxcar children volume 46
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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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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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The Boxcar Children and their grandfather are going to New Orleans. The Aldens like exploring the city. Most of all, they like helping Grandfather's friend clean up her old, dusty bookstore. They discover lots of interesting things in the store, especially a beautiful set of fairy tales. But then mysterious things start to happen. One of the books in the set is missing! Someone is after something the Boxcar Children have. Will they be able to...
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Boxcar children volume 49
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Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they’re fixing up their boxcar so they can ride it in the big Greenfield Founders Day parade. There’s just one problem: Someone has stolen the boxcar . . . with their dog, Watch, in it! If only they can find the missing boxcar, it will lead them to Watch. Can the Boxcar Children solve their most important mystery ever?
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Boxcar children volume 50
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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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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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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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The Aldens travel in an RV to the Arizona desert and meet a new friend who tells them the legend of the Lost Dutchman's Mine.
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Boxcar children volume 53
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When the Aldens visit a guide dog school mysterious things begin to happen. Is someone after one of the dogs? The Boxcar Children are determined to find out!
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Boxcar children volume 54
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IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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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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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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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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Aunt Jane's friend Charlie takes the Aldens fishing, but it appears that someone wants Charlie out of the fishing business.
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Boxcar children volume 59
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The Boxcar children investigate the disappearance of a student's research paper from an observatory and the subsequent disappearance of another student.
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Boxcar children volume 60
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The Aldens are excited to be playing in their summer soccer league, until someone begins sabotaging the teams.
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Boxcar children volume 61
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IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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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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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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Cousin Althea may lose her house in an auction. Can the Boxcar Children help her?
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Boxcar children volume 64
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While visiting Hawaii, the Aldens and cousin Soo lee wonder why everyone is silent when the black pearl story is told.
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Boxcar children volume 65
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Someone has stolen jewelry from an antique store, and now Bennys cereal box is missing!
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Boxcar children volume 66
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
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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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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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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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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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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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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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IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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The Aldens watch their gymnast friend practice for the big competition, but when things start going wrong at the gym they must solve the mystery.
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Boxcar children volume 74
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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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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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IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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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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While visiting the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Aldens see a mysteriious wild horse that may be a ghost.
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Boxcar children volume 78
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The Aldens are playing a test version of their favorite game: Ringmaster. But, the characters in the game are giving them strange clues! Is someone using the computer game to tell them something is wrong?
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Boxcar children volume 79
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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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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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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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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
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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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The Aldens are spending a weekend at Goldwin University for Grandfathers college reunion. The children are fascinated by the mysterious clock tower overshadowing campus and they soon learn that the tower might hold the key to a valuable secret from the past! But there are strange lights coming from the clock tower at night. Is it haunted? Or is someone else searching for the secret of Goldwin University?
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Boxcar children volume 85
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The Aldens are helping restore an old estate. The house is bursting with the collections of its mysterious and eccentric former owner. As the children explore, they come across hidden rooms, secret passageways, and strange noises coming from the walls. Whats the secret of the Bugbee House?
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Boxcar children volume 86
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The Aldens are helping to map out a new trail on Blizzard Mountain. As they travel through the frozen wilderness, they learn that theres treasure buried somewhere on the mountain! The children begin to search for it, but someone or something is after them. Is Blizzard Mountain haunted, or is someone after the treasure?
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Boxcar children volume 87
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When their friend Sam gets a letter full of riddles from an eccentric millionaire, the Aldens are eager to help him crack the code. If Sam can solve the puzzle, he will inherit the millionaire's money! But Sam isn't the only one in town to receive a letter - and whoever solves the mystery first will win the prize!
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Boxcar children volume 88
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The Greenfield Museum is holding a special exhibit all about ancient Egypt, and the main attraction is a 4,000-year-old mummy! But ever since the mummy arrived, nothing's gone right for the museum or its workers. Could the spooky sarcophagus be behind all the bad luck?
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Boxcar children volume 89
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The Boxcar Children have entered the Ruby Hollow Gem Mines annual gem-hunting competition. With a little instruction and the right gear, the Aldens have everything they need to become real rock hounds! They have a natural talent for rock-finding, and its not long before Jessie makes a fabulous find. But before she can enter her ruby in the competition, it disappears! Could there be a thief at the mine? Now, instead of digging for rocks, the...
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Boxcar children volume 90
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When the Aldens visit Peggy and Doc Firmin's farm, they're in for a treat: a behind-the-scenes look at a real teddy bear workshop! But a very rare and valuable bear has disappeared from the toy hospital. Now it's up to the children to track down the teddy thief!
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Boxcar children volume 91
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The Aldens agree to help Grandfather's friend fix up Skeleton Point, an old mansion. Skeleton Point is filled with old skeletons belonging to its former owner, and townspeople have seen the skeletons walking through the house.
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Boxcar children volume 92
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The town of Greenfield is having an art contest to celebrate the work of local artists. The Boxcar Children are getting to know the artists and the gallery owner and learning all about art. But could the gallery be filled with stolen paintings?
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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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The Aldens are helping out at the Greenfield Ice Cream Barn. They are learning to make ice cream and creating some new flavors. But they soon notice that the ice cream isnt the only thing getting mixed up at the Ice Cream Barn. It appears that someone wants to shut the shop down! Can the Boxcar Children sort out this sticky mess before the Ice Cream Barn gets licked?
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Boxcar children volume 95
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The Alden children are staying at the home of a famous inventor known for her one-of-a-kind clocks. The clocks sound loudly at every hour, especially at midnight! But the clocks arent the only noise. Is the house haunted by the ghost of the inventor? The Aldens are determined to find out!
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Boxcar children volume 96
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When the Aldens go to their favorite Chinese restaurant, Benny cant wait for the delicious fortune cookies! But when he opens his cookie, he finds a handwritten riddle! One cookie leads to another, and the Aldens soon realize theyve bitten into another mystery!
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Boxcar children volume 97
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Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are actors in a live mystery show being broadcast on an old-fashioned AM radio station. But that's not the only mystery the Boxcar children are part of—it's starting to look like the radio station is haunted!
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Boxcar children volume 98
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When the Aldens visit their friend Fran in Wisconsin, they can't wait to hear her tell the story of the runaway ghost. Fran's family ghost hasn't been spotted in years, but the Aldens still shiver at the spooky tale of the ghost's bell clanging after dark. Then Violet hears a mysterious ringing in the middle of the night and the children start to wonder--could the runaway ghost be back?
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Boxcar children volume 99
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The Alden's neighbor, Lina, thinks there's treasure hidden in her attic and she wants the Boxcar Children to help her find it. Of course, the children are eager to help search—but it appears they aren't the only ones looking for the treasure.
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Boxcar children volume 100
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The Aldens' boxcar is the perfect place for games, picnics, sleepovers, and fun. But is it also the perfect place for ghosts? When strange things start happening there, Benny is convinced that the boxcar is haunted. Will the Aldens be able to scare away the spook...or is it good-bye, boxcar?
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Boxcar children volume 101
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The Aldens find themselves right in the middle of an Iowa cornfield and a brand new mystery The farm where the children are visiting is famous for its wonderful corn maze, and every year visitors come to walk through the maze and enjoy the Corn King Days festival. But the maze is being vandalized at night, and the festival is in danger of being shut down. Can the Boxcar Children catch the culprit and save the festival?
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Boxcar children volume 102
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The Alden children knew they would be investigating a mystery at Eton Place, but they had no idea there would be a ghost there, too An old family friend, Norah Eton, believes there is a valuable piece of jewelry hidden somewhere on her property, but she only has one small clue to help the Aldens find it. Will they be able to find the treasure, or will the ghost of the Chattering Bones scare them away first?
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Boxcar children volume 103
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A Medieval Fair has come to town, and the Aldens get grandfather's permission to volunteer their time. Benny becomes a page to the Silver Knight, a top suspect when the valuable antique sword used in the fair goes missing.
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Boxcar children volume 104
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When a new store called the Game Spot opens in their town, the Aldens are thrilled. But it's not fun and games when the other stores at Crossroads mall are robbed. What's more, letters are disappearing from the sign in front of the shopping center!
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Boxcar children volume 105
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The Aldens visit an old Kansas inn that's full of secrets! Nobody knows why a famous photographer visited the inn just to take a single picture. And what about the other legendary guest--a heroic young stranger who'd come west on an "orphan train?"
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Boxcar children volume 106
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The famous mystery writer, Gilbert Finch, is coming to Greenfield to speak at the library, and the Aldens can't wait to meet him. When they go with Grandfather to pick Finch up at the train station, he is nowhere to be found.
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Boxcar children volume 107
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The Aldens are helping one of Grandfather's friends break a world record by building the world's largest yo-yo! As they help with the project, strange things begin to happen. First someone follows them, and then the plans for the yo-yo turn up missing. Someone is trying to sabotage the yo-yo before it's launched.
It seems there are a few people in Greenfield who don't want this yo-yo completed. The Boxcar Children will piece the evidence together...
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Boxcar children volume 108
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The Aldens are visiting Grandfather's friend, Amy, at the Ogopogo Retreat in Canada. Amy rents cabins to tourists who hope to see the mysterious underwater creature, the Ogopogo, swimming in the lake. Henry, Jesse, Violet, and Benny can't wait to try to spot the Ogopogo from their cabin. Amy tells the children about a riddle that an old friend left for her in one of the cabins that could lead to a small treasure. The children need to find the treasure,...
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Boxcar children volume 109
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The entire town is excited about the summer music festival. The largest attraction this year will be the popular Greenfield Four. The day before the show, The Greenfield Four arrive at the rehearsal hall to find all of their instruments missing!
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Boxcar children volume 110
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The Aldens are preparing for a yard sale when they find an old wooden mask in the trash behind a neighbor's house. Violet notices that the mask looks like a Native American mask that she had read about. When the children go to the library to learn more about the mask, they discover that they have found an old Native American mask from the Hopi tribe. When the children learn there will be an Intertribal Pow-Wow at the park over the weekend, they plan...
111) The Seattle Puzzle
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Boxcar children volume 111
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The Aldens are on vacation in Seattle! On their first day of sightseeing, they start the day at the Hungry Heart Diner where a mystery falls right into their laps! Benny finds a riddle taped to the bottom of their table.
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Boxcar children volume 112
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The Aldens are visiting Aunt Jane in Elmford. She tells the children that she has tickets for them to see a mystery play at the Trap-Door Theater. A theater patron who loved mysteries left her life savings to improve the theater and to hold a yearly contest with a cash prize awarded to the best mystery playwright in town. The Aldens can't wait to find out everything there is to know about the old Trap-Door Theater. But there is more than one mystery...
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Boxcar children volume 113
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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 fun new treasure-hunting game.
114) A horse named Dragon
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Boxcar children volume 114
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IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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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?
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Boxcar children volume 115
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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When a local radio station holds a detective contest, the Aldens enthusiastically sign up, but when some of the clues turn out to be fake, they have a real mystery on their hands.
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Boxcar children volume 116
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The Aldens love to visit their friend's drive-in movie theater, where they eat popcorn and watch movies under the starry night sky. But when the sound system mysteriously malfunctions, the kids discover that some of the employees have a secret to hide.
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Boxcar children volume 117
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IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
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When they take their dog, Watch, for obedience training, the Alden children discover that some of the dogs in the class have vanished and decide to try to solve the mystery of their disappearance.
120) The vampire mystery
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Boxcar children volume 120
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
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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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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 123
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IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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The Boxcar Children have been choosen to compete against another team to look for clues on a game show.
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Boxcar children volume 124
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IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
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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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IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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The Alden children set out to solve the mystery of who is trying to steal Mama Tova's secret cupcake recipe.
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Boxcar children volume 126
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IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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The Aldens are volunteering at the local recycling center, where they find plenty of things that can be reused, including a pinata that Benny takes home. But when the center is vandalized, the Boxcar children have a mystery to solve. Is there treasure amidst the junk?
127) Monkey trouble
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Boxcar children volume 127
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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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IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
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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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There's going to be a free Thanksgiving dinner for the whole town of Greenfield except the turkey is missing! The Aldens are helping out at a new food pantry, collecting donations and putting up signs. But someone keeps moving the signs, and when the main course for the big town dinner disappears, the Boxcar Children have a mystery to solve!
130) The Garden Thief
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Boxcar children volume 130
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Something strange is happening in the community garden! Who's stealing all the veggies?
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Boxcar children volume 131
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IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
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"The Aldens visit the shore in New Jersey and help out at an amusement pier that is rumored to be unsafe"--Provided by publisher.
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Boxcar children volume 132
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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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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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Boxcar children volume 133
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IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 134
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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Boxcar children volume 135
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IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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Visiting a re-creation of a frontier town where they enjoy many cowboy-themed activities, the Aldens are on the case when a vandal commits dangerous pranks that threaten to ruin the Wild West show.
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Boxcar children volume 136
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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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"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.
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Boxcar children volume 137
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IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 138
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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 140
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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
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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
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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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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
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Cousin Alice is running for mayor in her town, and the Aldens are helping with her campaign! But Alice's campaign posters are torn down and painted over, and the same thing happens to her opponent! Then posters for a third candidate appear around town, but nobody has ever seen him in person. Will the town elect a mystery man for mayor? The Aldens are on the case!
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Boxcar children volume 146
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A hip new doughnut shop known for its bizarre recipes is opening up in Greenfield. At first, the owners of the other doughnut shop in town, Delilah's, aren't worried. Their shop has been a fixture downtown since just after World War II. But when the new shop starts making doughnuts that look just like some of Delilah's greatest hits, the Boxcar Children must figure out if it's just a coincidence or if someone from the new shop is stealing Delilah's...
146) The Robot Ransom
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Boxcar children volume 147
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Henry and Jessie have signed up to be in a robotics competition with a team from school. But someone from another team isn't playing by the rules. Can the Aldens use their sleuthing skills and what they've learned about technology to find the culprit and save the day?
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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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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?|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...
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Boxcar children volume 150
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The Boxcar Children stumble across a 100-year-old time capsule with a mysterious journal inside. It contains clues that lead the children around Greenfield and through the history books in search of a lost treasure. But questions remain. Who wrote the journal? And after 100 years, will there be enough evidence to find the hidden treasure?
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Boxcar children volume 151
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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
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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
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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
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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! 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...
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Boxcar children volume 155
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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?
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
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The Aldens are visiting a small town known for its fall festival, and while Grandfather is off taking in the fall colors, the children try out the town's newest attraction—a Halloween escape room! The Aldens love solving the puzzles to get out of the room, and they don't mind the spooky theme. The problem is, someone—or something—is making things downright scary for other customers! The Aldens are visiting a small town known for its fall festival,...
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Boxcar children volume 157
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Jessie wants her science fair project to make a difference. So when she gets the chance to test a local creek for pollution, she can't wait to get started. But when things start going wrong with her experiment, Jessie and her siblings don't just have an experiment to investigate, they have a mystery to solve! Jessie wants her science fair project to make a difference. So when she gets the chance to test a local creek for pollution, she can't wait...
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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...
160) Raptor Rescue, The
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Boxcar children volume 161
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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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Boxcar children volume Prequel
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IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
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In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard.
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A dramatic disappearance: a Boxcar Children book
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