Gertrude Chandler Warner
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Four orphaned siblings, determined to stay together as a family, decide to inhabit an abandoned boxcar and turn it into their new home in the woods. When one of the siblings falls ill, the others go out to seek a doctor to save their sister. Meanwhile, their wealthy grandfather has offered a sizable reward to anyone who has information about his grandchildren, hoping that they can all be reunited once more. As the children continue to evade being...
Author
Series
The boxcar children great adventure volume 1
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
138 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After finding a statue in an old trunk, the children travel across the country with the statue and six mysterious boxes in an attempt to make sure the treasures all stay where they belong.
Author
Series
The boxcar children great adventure volume 3
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
129 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After solving riddles from the secretive Reddimus Society to figure out their destination, the four Alden siblings fly to China, where they deliver an artifact at the Great Wall, but when they are next rushed to an elephant sanctuary in Thailand, the Aldens suspect they have been tricked and take extra precautions against their enemies.
Author
Series
The boxcar children great adventure volume 2
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
140 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The orphaned Alden siblings travel to Egypt to return a lost artifact to its rightful location.
Author
Series
The boxcar children great adventure volume 4
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
145 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Following clues provided by the secretive Reddimus Society, the four Alden siblings travel to a dingo sanctuary in Australia and to Shakleton's hut in Antarctica to deliver the fifth and sixth artifacts, and then they work to unmask the traitor traveling with them.
Author
Series
Boxcar Children great adventure volume Book 5
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
135 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this all-new very special miniseries, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations--all around the world! The final leg of the Aldens' journey brings them to South America and to the Salt Flats in northern Argentina. But when they hit a dead end, they realize someone has tricked them in order to delay their plans! Returning to Buenos Aires, the Aldens connect with the Silvertons...
Author
Series
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
[1966]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
128 p. illus. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Years ago, a man vanished from the yellow house on Surprise Island. Why? The Aldens have found a clue to the mystery!
The Boxcar Children Series was created by Gertrude Chandler Warner, a teacher, when she realized that there were few, if any, books for children that were both easy and fun to read. She drew on her own experiences in writing the mysteries. As a child, she had spent hours watching trains near her home, and often dreamed about what it...
Author
Series
The Boxcar children mysteries volume 135
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
113 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"--
12) The garden thief
Author
Series
The boxcar children mysteries volume 130
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Helping Grandfather's friend, Mr. Yee, who has broken his arm and cannot tend a beloved vegetable plot, the Alden children begin investigating when they discover that vegetables have gone missing and that someone is vandalizing the garden.
Author
Series
The boxcar children volume 7
Publisher
A. Whitman
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar Children are spending the summer in an enormous New England farmhouse. There's an old woodshed near the house that holds a surprising secret--a secret that dates from the Revolutionary War. Suddenly their summer becomes an adventure.
Author
Series
Boxcar children mysteries volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In this story about the boxcar children, Benny's curiosity while on vacation in a fishing village leads to the capture of a swindler.
Author
Series
The Boxcar children mysteries volume 134
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
110 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The winter sports season is here, and the Aldens are excited about all the snow activities--especially snowboarding. But soon they find themselves in the middle of a mystery surrounding a star athlete and a stolen snowboard"--
Author
Series
The Boxcar children volume 20
Publisher
Abdo, Spotlight
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Alden children travel on a Mississippi paddle-wheel steamer to visit an old family friend in his cabin near Hannibal, Missouri, and try to discover who is responsible for the mysterious activities near the house.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo, Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny have a fun new job: fixing up an old castle! The spooky old place will be turned into a museum, but first the Aldens must figure out why so many odd things keep happening. Keys go missing, strange music comes from a deserted tower, and soon the Boxcar Children discover the castle has a amazing secret!" --p. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When the Alden children see odd lights coming from a closed amusement park and they receive a phone call warning them to stay away, they are determined to figure out what is going on at the park"--