Box Car Mysteries

The Alden children are searching for a rare comic book about their favorite superhero, Captain Fantastic. When they finally find the comic, they discover that Captain Fantastic has a real-life enemy. Who would want to sabotage a superhero? The Aldens will need their super power of investigation to catch this comic book culprit!

The Aldens are on vacation in Seattle! On their first day of sightseeing a mystery falls right into their laps when Benny finds a riddle taped to the bottom of a table. What does the riddle mean, and where will it take them? Follow Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny as they crack the mysterious riddle on their way through the Emerald City.

The Alden children knew there was a mystery at Eaton Place, but they had no idea there would be a ghost there, too! A family friend believes there is a valuable piece of jewelry hidden on her property, but she only has one clue to help them find it. Will they find the treasure? Or will the ghost of the Chattering Bones scare them away first?

The Aldens are preparing for a yard sale when they find an old wooden mask in the trash behind a neighbor’s house. Violet notices that the mask looks like a Native American mask she had read about. When the mask is stolen, the children begin to think their newfound treasure may be worth a lot to someone. Can the Aldens find the thief and the mask before it’s too late?

Jessie wants her science fair project to make a difference. So when she gets the chance to test a local creek for pollution, she can't wait to get started. But when things start going wrong with her experiment, Jessie and her siblings don't just have an experiment to investigate, they have a mystery to solve!

The Boxcar Children and their grandfather are going to New Orleans. The Aldens like exploring the city. Most of all, they like helping Grandfather's friend clean up her old, dusty bookstore. They discover lots of interesting things in the store, especially a beautiful set of fairy tales. But then mysterious things start to happen. One of the books in the set is missing! Someone is after something the Boxcar Children have. Will they be able to solve this new, exciting mystery?

The Alden children are going back in time by helping at an old Victorian house that has been turned into a museum. But rumor has it that the place is haunted by the spirit of practical joker Horace Wagner! Is there really a ghost?

The Boxcar Children are spending their vacation on a farm. They learn to do everything from milking cows and making homemade jam to raising a barn. Then one day they spot a beautiful horse locked up in a stable. Who is the mystery horse? And why is it hidden?

The Boxcar Children are helping harvest honey at a farm one of Grandfather’s friends owns. They're excited to learn about bees and eat fresh honey. But then several mishaps occur - is someone trying to ruin the harvest?

Something strange is happening in the community garden! Who's stealing all the veggies?

The Aldens find themselves right in the middle of an Iowa cornfield and a brand-new mystery! The children visit a farm that’s famous for its wonderful corn maze. Every year the maze is open to visitors, and there’s even a festival! But who is damaging the maze at night? Can the Boxcar Children catch the culprit and save the festival?

The Aldens visit an old Kansas inn that’s full of secrets! Nobody knows why a famous photographer visited the inn just to take a single picture. And what about the other legendary guest - a heroic young stranger who’d come west on an “orphan train”? A long-lost riddle just might solve all these mysteries!

It’s spring, and all the baby animals are being born - a perfect time to visit the zoo. The Aldens and their friends are taking pictures there for a photo contest. But when cameras go missing and a girl is accused of cheating, the Boxcar Children must find out just who is monkeying with the contest!

The Aldens love exploring the many hiking trails around Yellowstone, especially Lost Cabin Trail. But suddenly the trail is closed because of bear activity, and then the map disappears! Could someone be trying to keep the Aldens away from the trail? It's a mystery - and the Boxcar Children are going to solve it!

This volume includes: The Ghost in the First Row, The Box That Watch Found, and A Horse Named Dragon.

The boxcar children are trying to track down a dinosaur-bone thief! But another set of tracks in a cave leads to a whole new mystery....

When a traveling theater production comes to town, Jessie is excited to write a profile of its star, a talented performer who grew up in Greenfield and is making a big splash around the world. But when the performer goes missing days before the show is set to make its debut, Jessie realizes that something big is going on behind the scenes. If she wants to score a celebrity interview, she’s going to have to solve a mystery first.

Clayton Hollow does the best snowboarding tricks! But someone's playing a trick on him by stealing his snowboard. Can the Aldens help him?

The Aldens are helping Greenfield’s most popular band get ready for a music festival. A big-time music producer will be there to watch the show, and everyone in Greenfield is hoping the band will be famous soon. The day before the festival, the band’s instruments are stolen! Can the Aldens find the instruments - and the thief - before the big show?

When the Boxcar Children help out in a local garden, they dig up one strange thing after another! First, the tomato plants seem to move every day. How can that be? Then the Aldens follow the clues to an unsolved bank robbery, and it's clear that a very big mystery is growing in Greenfield.