Boxcar children
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Boxcar children volume 1
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English
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Four orphaned children run away and live in a boxcar, until they are found by their grandfather. Includes a biography and photographs of the author.
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Boxcar children volume 2
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English
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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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English
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Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of the yellow house in the third book in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.
A mystery surrounds the old yellow house on Surprise Island! Years ago, a man vanished from the house, and no one knows how or why. Now a long-lost clue leads the Aldens to investigate the...
A mystery surrounds the old yellow house on Surprise Island! Years ago, a man vanished from the house, and no one knows how or why. Now a long-lost clue leads the Aldens to investigate the...
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Boxcar children volume 4
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English
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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's Jane's and Grandfather's relationship?
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Boxcar children volume 5
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English
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The Boxcar Children's friend Mike is wrongly accused of starting a fire. Can they discover who is really behind Mike's mystery?
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Boxcar children volume 6
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English
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Benny's friend accompanies the Aldens to the South Seas for a vacation on a supposedly deserted island where they find an unusual mystery.
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Boxcar children volume 7
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Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
[1962]
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English
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The Alden children find a hidden cave in the old woodshed, resolve the problems that have plagued the Alden farm and patch up the misunderstanding between Aunt Jane and Andy Bean.
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Boxcar children volume 8
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A. Whitman
Pub. Date
1990, ©1963.
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English
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Benny's curiosity is aroused when an unidentified midnight visitor is seen at a deserted seashore cottage.
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Boxcar children volume 9
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English
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Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of a hidden cave in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.
A rockslide strands the Aldens on a mountain! But being stuck on Old Flat Top isn't all bad. As the children wait for rescue, they discover that a secret cave has opened up—one that just might hold legendary...
A rockslide strands the Aldens on a mountain! But being stuck on Old Flat Top isn't all bad. As the children wait for rescue, they discover that a secret cave has opened up—one that just might hold legendary...
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Boxcar children volume 10
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English
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Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of an old schoolhouse in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.
The Aldens' friend Max says nothing interesting happens in Port Elizabeth. But when the children visit the small fishing village and come across a man snooping around the local library, they prove that...
The Aldens' friend Max says nothing interesting happens in Port Elizabeth. But when the children visit the small fishing village and come across a man snooping around the local library, they prove that...
11) Caboose Mystery
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Boxcar children volume 11
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English
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Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of a curious train caboose in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.
The Aldens take a train journey! And at every stop, someone has something to say about the train car the children are riding in. It turns out Caboose Number 777 has an unusual past—one that comes...
The Aldens take a train journey! And at every stop, someone has something to say about the train car the children are riding in. It turns out Caboose Number 777 has an unusual past—one that comes...
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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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Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of their snowbound cabin in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.
A sudden snowstorm traps the Aldens in a mountain cabin! The cabin is cozy, but the children hear strange noises at night and find a coded message carved into the closet door. Can the children crack...
A sudden snowstorm traps the Aldens in a mountain cabin! The cabin is cozy, but the children hear strange noises at night and find a coded message carved into the closet door. Can the children crack...
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Boxcar children volume 14
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English
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Six children help solve the mystery of a missing spyglass that has kept two brothers feuding for years.
15) Bicycle Mystery
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Boxcar children volume 15
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English
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Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of an abandoned farmhouse in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.
The Boxcar Children go on an overnight bicycle trip to Aunt Jane's! But when a rainstorm hits, they are forced to take shelter in an abandoned farmhouse. As the children wait out the storm, a most unusual...
The Boxcar Children go on an overnight bicycle trip to Aunt Jane's! But when a rainstorm hits, they are forced to take shelter in an abandoned farmhouse. As the children wait out the storm, a most unusual...
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Boxcar children volume 16
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English
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A friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand are ingredients for the Aldens' latest mystery.
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Boxcar children volume 17
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English
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Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery behind the wall in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.
When the Boxcar Children find a mysterious journal hidden behind the wall of the guest room, it leads them on a search for a valuable coin collection. But what happened to the journal's owner, and what is she...
When the Boxcar Children find a mysterious journal hidden behind the wall of the guest room, it leads them on a search for a valuable coin collection. But what happened to the journal's owner, and what is she...
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Boxcar children volume 18
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English
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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 19
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English
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When Benny and Henry get summer jobs at a department store in town, they don't expect to be solving mysteries at work. But when an expensive vase disappears, the salespeople receive strange notes, and the jewelry display is tampered with, it's up to Benny to uncover the truth!
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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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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 aren't 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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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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The Aldens are going camping! But after they hear loud music in the middle of the night, notice their lantern is missing, and find a frightening note, the Boxcar Children must find out who is behind the pranks to save their vacation.
28) The mystery girl
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Boxcar children volume 28
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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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While on a cruise with their grandfather, the Alden children help discover who is behind the mysterious troubles of the ship--disconnected phone lines, engine trouble, a man overboard--and still have fun sightseeing, eating, and swimming. --from Goodreads.com.
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Boxcar children volume 30
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A. Whitman
Pub. Date
©1992.
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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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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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English
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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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English
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The Aldens visit their old friends, the Piccolos, at their pizzeria. When they learn the restaurant isn't doing well, they offer to help. But the oven doesn't work, the electricity shuts off, and then someone hands out fake coupons! Who wants to shut down Piccolos' Pizzeria?
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Boxcar children volume 34
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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 35
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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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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 40
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English
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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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The Aldens are spending a week at Camp Coral in Florida. They love studying fish, learning how to windsurf, and exploring the ocean. But then a portion of coral reef is destroyed. The Boxcar Children are determined to find the culprit!
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Boxcar children volume 42
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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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English
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The Aldens are starring in The Wizard of Oz—and even Benny and Watch have roles! But as the children get ready to perform, mysterious things start to happen. Can the Boxcar Children find out what's going on and save the show before opening night?
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Boxcar children volume 44
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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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English
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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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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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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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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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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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Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are on a train from Boston to San Francisco. Even though they used to live in a boxcar, this is the first time they've ridden a real, moving train. And they find a mystery to solve even before they leave the station. Is someone trying to steal a young woman's portfolio? Could it be the porter? Or is it the tall, bearded man who always wears sunglasses -- even at night? What's in the portfolio, anyway? Can the Boxcar...
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Boxcar children volume 52
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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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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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The Aldens are delighted to learn that their grandfather's friend, Mrs. Ashleigh, has a pirate for an ancestor! When they visit her in Charleston, South Carolina, a hurricane helps them uncover some crooks--and the pirate's treasure! Illustrated.
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Boxcar children volume 55
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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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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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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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English
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While sightseeing at the Alamo, the Boxcar children investigate the disappearance of a priceless ring from the Alamo museum.
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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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English
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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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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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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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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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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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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 Boxcar Children have joined a community basketball league and are thrilled when they find out that Buzz and Tipper Nettleton are coaching their team. But when Tipper's "Most Valuable Player" trophy goes missing, it's up to the Alden children to find out who's behind the trouble.
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Boxcar children volume 69
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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English
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The Aldens enjoy playing their favorite computer game, Ringmaster. They get a chance to "test out" Ringmaster II before it's released to the public. But some of the clues in the game are strange. Is it a bug, or is someone trying to tell them something?
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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.