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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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they set out on their own in the first book in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are brothers and sisters. They're orphans too, and the only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. When the children find an abandoned boxcar in the woods, they...
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are brothers and sisters. They're orphans too, and the only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. When the children find an abandoned boxcar in the woods, they...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 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 Surprise Island in the second book in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.
The Aldens spend the summer on Grandfather's island! Joe, the island's friendly handyman, helps them with anything they need, but as the children continue to explore their summer home,...
The Aldens spend the summer on Grandfather's island! Joe, the island's friendly handyman, helps them with anything they need, but as the children continue to explore their summer home,...
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 84
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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The Aldens accompany their grandfather to his class reunion and investigate the possibility of a buried Civil War treasure, and of a ghost in the bell tower, at Goldwin University.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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The Aldens are helping restore an old estate. The house is bursting with the collections of its mysterious and eccentric former owner. As the children explore, they come across hidden rooms, secret passageways, and strange noises coming from the walls. Whats the secret of the Bugbee House?
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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The Alden children are helping their neighbors build a tree house. From the tree house, the children discover they can see into the attic of the house next door... and they notice a window that not even their neighbors know about! Does the old house have a secret?
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Henry, Jesse, Violet, and Benny Alden discover that a mystery surrounds the run-down yellow house on Surprise Island. The children find a letter and other clues that could lead them on the trail of a man who vanished from the house. Join the Boxcar Children in their graphic novel adventure to solve the Yellow House Mystery!
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 130
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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The Alden children discover another mystery when the agree to help injured Mr. Yee tend to his plot in the community garden and find out that vegetables are going missing and plots are being vandalized.
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 131
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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The Aldens visit the shore in New Jersey and help out at an amusement pier that is rumored to be unsafe--
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 151
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When the Alden siblings go camping on Padre Island, they help save a rare type of sea turtle from a mysterious sabotager.
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 145
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When Cousin Alice runs for mayor, the Aldens help out her campaign and investigate when one of her opponents uses sneaky tricks to win the race.
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 150
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When the Alden siblings find a hidden time capsule, they uncover clues to a treasure hunt more than a century old.
16) Monkey trouble
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 127
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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While spending two days touring a zoo to see the baby animals, the four Alden children, aged six to fourteen, help catch an escaped monkey, participate in a photography contest, and investigate a missing camera.
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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 mysteries volume 146
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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While helping out their friends Dawn and Steve, the Aldens investigate the new donut shop that is stealing recipes from a longtime store in Greenfield.
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 155
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English
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When a local antique shop owner loses his memory after an accident, the Alden siblings help piece together the man's past to uncover who is holding a grudge against him.
20) Mystery ranch
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The Alden children head to their aunt's ranch for the summer and make an amazing discovery! Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this early reader allows children to start reading with a Boxcar Children classic.