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'The Boxcar Children' entire series
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Mystery in the Sand
by David Cunningham and Gertrude Chandler WarnerHenry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer living in a mobile home on the beach. One morning Benny finds a valuable gold locket in the sand and decides to try to find its owner. Soon, the Boxcar Children are caught up in a puzzle that involves shadowy figures on the beach at midnight and the mysterious Miss Smith who seems to live alone in the big Tower House nearby....
Mystery Behind the Wall
by David Cunningham and Gertrude Chandler WarnerWhen the boxcar children find an old journal behind the closet wall, they never dream it will lead them on a search for a valuable coin collection.
Mountain Top Mystery
by David Cunningham and Gertrude Chandler WarnerHenry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer mountain climbing in New England. A dangerous rockslide.. .a mountain cave.. .a secret treasure....There are many adventures in store for the Boxcar Children in the Mountain Top Mystery.
The Lighthouse Mystery
by Gertrude Chandler Warner and David CunninghamHenry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer in a lighthouse on the New England coast. Jessie sees a mysterious woman walking on the grounds of the lighthouse late at night. Watch, Jessie's dog, wakes up growling almost every evening-at midnight. And Henry finds a puzzling note in the sand.... Many more strange things will happen before the Boxcar Children can solve The Lighthouse Mystery.
Houseboat Mystery
by Gertrude Chandler Warner and David CunninghamHenry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending a vacation traveling down the river on a houseboat. Throughout their journey, the Boxcar Children have the feeling they're being watched. Little do they know, someone is looking for something on their houseboat-and he'll stop at nothing until he gets it!
Caboose Mystery
by Gertrude Chandler Warner and David CunninghamHenry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer traveling on a train-in their own caboose, number 777. At one train stop, a man startles the Boxcar Children when he runs away after hearing the number of their caboose. It isn't long before the Aldens learn the mysterious history behind caboose Number 777-a history that involves a circus clown, a high wire artist, and a valuable necklace. Come aboard and join the Boxcar Children in the Caboose Mystery.
Bus Station Mystery
by Gertrude Chandler Warner and David CunninghamThe boxcar children are bound for the Science and Hobby Fair, but when a storm hits, they're forced to stay in a bus station with a mystery nearby.
Bicycle Mystery
by Gertrude Chandler Warner and David CunninghamWhenever the Aldens-Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny-start a trip, they expect some sort of adventure or mystery. It all began when they ran away from an orphanage and made a home for themselves in an old boxcar. Of course the best part of that adventure was finding Grandfather Alden. When the bicycle trip was first planned, Benny hoped it would mean another adventure. But he didn't dream that on a rainy morning in an empty old farmhouse a mystery would find him. That's the way it happened, and the Aldens found themselves in the middle of a puzzle before they knew it.
Benny Uncovers a Mystery
by Gertrude Chandler Warner and David CunninghamWhen a valuable vase disappears, the manager suspects the boxcar children, but who is sending the salespeople mysterious notes?