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: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
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When their favorite pizza restaurant almost goes out of business, the Alden children try to help their friends stay open while they find out who is behind all their problems.
The Boxcar Children are helping at a pizzeria, but it seems that someone is trying to shut it down. Can they find out who is causing trouble? Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this early reader allows children to start reading by themselves with...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
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People say nothing interesting happens in the village of Port Elizabeth but, on a visit there, the Boxcar Children find a big mystery at the schoolhouse. Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this early reader allows children to start reading by themselves with a Boxcar Children classic.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
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Violet and Jessie begin an adventure when they journey to Centerville to keep Aunt Jane company on the family ranch.
The Boxcar children, now living with their grandfather, spend the summer on their Aunt Jane's ranch. Their aunt seems quite unhappy until at the end of the summer a surprise discovery brings happiness to all.
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Boxcar children volume 7
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IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
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The Alden children are staying at the New England farmhouse where their grandfather grew up. There are many stories and legends about the old farm, and there's a woodshed near the house that holds a surprising secret... a secret that dates all the way back to the Revolutionary War!
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Boxcar children volume 98
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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A family ghost may be back in Wisconsin! Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny discover a mystery that comes with its very own ghost story! When the children visit an old farmhouse, they learn the legend behind a painting there. Long ago, when a traveling artist painted a scene from the farm, he saw something that shouldn't have been there -- the family cow, who had run away years before. Did the artist see a ghost? And now the owner of the house has discovered...
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Boxcar children volume 100
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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The Aldens' boxcar is the perfect place for games, picnics, sleepovers, and fun. But is it also the perfect place for ghosts? When strange things start happening there, Benny is convinced that the boxcar is haunted. Will the Aldens be able to scare away the spook...or is it good-bye, boxcar?
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Boxcar children volume 44
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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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 109
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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The Boxcar children must track down an instrument thief in time to save Greenfield's music festival from disaster.
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Boxcar children volume 120
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
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When the Aldens agree to watch the house of a local author who has written a book about a vampire, they end up investigating activities that are suspiciously similar to those in his book.
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Boxcar children volume 115
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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A local radio station is holding the Great Detective Race, and the Boxcar Children have entered the contest! They solve riddles and search all over town for clues leading to the grand prize. But when some of the clues turn out to be fake, it's clear that someone is playing unfairly! Who could be trying to ruin the race - and why?
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Boxcar children volume 112
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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The Aldens investigate the rumors of ghosts, disappearing props and a haunted seat in the Trap-Door Theater.
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Boxcar children volume 111
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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When the Alden children accompany their grandfather on a trip to Seattle, they discover clues throughout the city, seemingly planted just for them.
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Boxcar children volume 110
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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The Aldens investigate when an old wooden mask they have found is stolen.
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Boxcar children volume 85
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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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.
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Boxcar children volume 131
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
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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.