Gertrude Chandler Warner
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First published in 1924, "The Box-Car Children" is the beloved children's classic by American grade school teacher and author, Gertrude Chandler Warner. It is the story of four orphaned siblings, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, and their adventures living in an abandoned boxcar in the forest. The children are having fun while living in the boxcar at first, though several adults in the community are aware of their situation and are keeping an eye...
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Boxcar children volume 88
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Bad luck hits the Greenfield Museum with the addition of an ancient mummy exhibit. 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 23
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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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 aren't going to let that happen.
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Boxcar children volume 34
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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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 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...
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Boxcar children volume 119
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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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.
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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?. --Provided by publisher.
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Boxcar children volume 85
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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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.
9) The spy game
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Boxcar children volume 118
Accelerated Reader
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.
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Boxcar children volume 122
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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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 89
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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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 125
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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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.
13) Superstar Watch
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Boxcar children volume 121
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English
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The Wundermutt dog food company is searching for a very special dog to be in their commercials, and the Aldens bring their dog, Watch, to the tryouts! But plenty of other dog owners are hoping their dogs get the job too – including a dog that's already famous. Does Watch have what it takes to be a star?
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Boxcar children volume 26
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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The zoo is wonderful — it has seals and giraffes and elephants and tigers, and Benny's favorite, a little monkey named Amos. It also has a mystery. Someone is mixing up signs, switching off electricity, and endangering the animals' lives. If the Boxcar Children want to save the animals, they'll have to solve the mystery — and fast!
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Boxcar children volume 47
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IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
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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 83
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English
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The Alden children are going back in time by helping at an old Victorian house that has been turned into a museum. But rumor has it that the place is haunted by the spirit of practical joker Horace Wagner! Is there really a ghost?
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Boxcar children volume 86
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English
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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 there's 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?