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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 6
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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 9
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When the Alden children climb 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 30
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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 15
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While on a bicycle trip to their aunt's farm, the four Aldens help solve a mystery.
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Traveling with Dr. Iris Perez to Iceland to investigate activities attributed to local superstitions, the Alden siblings learn the legend of the mischievous huldufolk elves before uncovering clues that offer scientific insights into the strange phenomena.
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"The Aldens are spending their first week of summer at Camp Quest in Colorado. The children are excited to learn about fossil hunting and paleontology from renowned scientist Dr. Iris Perez. But strange events at the camp make them wonder if the legends of a bigfoot-like creature roaming the valley might be more fact than fiction."--Provided by publisher.
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Boxcar children volume 8
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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 37
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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.
11) The robot ransom
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Boxcar children volume 147
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Jessie and Henry's robotics team is competing in a big tournament. But when their robot is stolen, the Aldens have a high-tech mystery to decode!
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Boxcar children volume 148
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"The Aldens are helping out at a harvest festival in a town at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. But something in the hills is scaring people away! Are the local rumors about a werewolf true?"--Back cover.
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Boxcar children volume 44
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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 136
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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"--
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 138
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"During auditions for the show 'Pop Star Sensation' at the local mall, one of the judges, a famous pop star, disappears, and the Aldens must find out where she went"--
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Boxcar children volume 139
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"The Aldens visit a dinosaur dig in Montana and soon become involved in a mystery involving missing dinosaur bones"--
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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 when strange things start happening there, Benny is convinced that the boxcar is haunted.
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Boxcar children volume 25
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The Aldens search for carousel horses that have disappeared from an amusement park.
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