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Charming adventure story
The story (and series) centers on a family of four orphaned siblings, 14 year-old Henry, 12 year-old Jessie, 10 year-old Violet and 5 year-old Benny.The four have runaway and are attempting to live on their own in order to avoid being split up or sent to live with their mean grandfather.They locate an abandoned boxcar in the woods and set up housekeeping there.They manage quite well until Violet falls ill causing them to ask the local doctor for all.In the end though all is well.
So simple and so wonderful!
These books are wonderful. My son who loves sci-fi, dragons and lego, thinks these wonderful books are AWESOME! They capture his attention like no others. As I read these to aloud to him, he laughs, asks questions and wishes he could be there. Although the writing is very simple, the ideas behind them are not. When I first started reading this series to him he said to me,"Mom while you are reading I always feel like I am there with the children doing what they are doing." "YEAH!" Great stories about children who are THINKING and I love my son to want to emulate that!

If I were king of the forest...
I used to like these books. Now I think they are stupid. Especially Benny. He is so stupid. And he's really annoying. There has to be at least five billion books in the series. Anyone that has all of the books in the series must really, really, really, really, really love them. Why do they call their grandfather "Grandfather"? Violet's like "Oh Grandfather! You can have all of my internal organs if you want." Then Benny's like "What's green?" Then their Grandfather is always taking them on these pointless trips for no reason whatsoever. You would think that they would either run out of places to go or get tired of going on the trips. I would be suprised if they had a week at home in one year. Why do they call them the Boxcar Children? In some books they probobly don't even have the word boxcar in some of the books. Don't they ever go to school? Acually I wouldn't be suprised if Benny didn't go to school considering he's so stupid and annoying. They are so cheesy. No family gets along that well and never fights. If there was a family like that it would be a miracle. And I'm talking about ones with more than one child. And nobody has that perfect of a life. I bet they never had one problem or something bad happening to them in the hole series. If I never liked these books then I would have given this series one star. ... Read more

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The Boxcar Children
A wonderfully told story. Our 6 year old son can't stop listening to it! We even ordered the same one as a birthday gift for a friend.

Best book ever
The book "The Boxcar Children" by Gertude Werner, is a really interesting book.This is about four orphans who ran away.Their names are Henry,Jessie,Violet, and Benny.These four children ran away and came to a bakery to sleep in for the night.The owners decided to keep

1# Boxcar Children Makes a Good Read
You can find this book is the adventures. Wow! this book is amazing!
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book #8
I love this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Read more

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Great series!
My kids, 9, 6, and 3, love these books, which is a surprise since they don't contain any electronics, fantasy adventures, or magic.They beg me to read "just one more chapter!" everytime.So refreshing to read about kids interacting with nature and who are so polite to adults.Definitely a good purchase.

Generally okay, but mixed
Warner's second in the Boxcar series is pretty much more of the same. Gone however is any real novelty or discovery.
So many surprises!
When I say "So many surprises," I really mean it!For example, the children find Indian artifacts, when they never thought they would.Benny and his friend found a mini-cave.I like this book because it had so many surprises!
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MYSTERY RANCH
I love this book it kept me on the edge of my seat. i recomend this book to people who like mysteries.

It's not so mysterious
Why isn't this book as good as the rest? I hated it when i was little, much as I loved the rest of the original series. Years have passed since then and I read it again and it's not so bad. But the other reviewers are correct in the fact that this is no mystery, really. What a flop!
This is the most boring book I have ever read! I loved the boxcar children books, and all of them I would rate better the 3 stars, but this one was so borring. MYSTERY ranch? What MYSTERY? The was no mystery in this book at all. The whole thing was just so borring. It's the worst boxcar book I have ever read, and I have read about 42 of their so far 87 books! It's just so borring. ... Read more

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The Alden children go camping and solve a mystery
In this third entry in the Boxcar Children series the Alden children (Henry 16, Jessie 14, Violet 12 and Benny 7), ask their grandfather about the mysterious yellow house on their island.He tells them a story about the long missing Bill McGregor, husband of the family housekeeper.The children and their cousin Joe and his new bride Alice decide to locate the missing manwhen they uncover an overlooked clue to his whereabouts.The six set out to Maine following the clue and along the way have many adventures.
yellow house mystery
in book number three of the boxcar series, the children find themselves yet another mystery.they find a yellow house that they are forbidden to go into because the man who lived there vanished.the boxcar children are on their way to solving the mystery....but when they solve it, can they heal a broken heart?

Great Kid's Book!
I love the Boxcar Children books - these are great adventures for kids. The entire series is worth reading. ... Read more

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It's hard to believe, but....
I find myself amazed that I, childhood (and lifelong) fan of the Bobbsey Twins, Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, the Hardy Boys and others... I somehow missed the Boxcar Children until now.Don't let this happen to you!
Benny, Jessie, Henry and Violet teach School?
Schoolhouse Mystery was good. When Benny's friend Max challenges him to go to a little town that he says has no mystery, they ask Elizabeth Gray, who owns the schoolhouse, she lets Benny, Jessie, Violet and Henry be schoolteachers. One day in school, Benny's student Isabelle tellls him about TheMoney Man, Mr. Fred Willet, he had traded antiques for money or nice andshiny things. In the schoolhouse there is a painting of George Washington,and on one of his buttons, instead of a button, there is a space. At theend, when John Carter and Benny discover that there is a secret place inthe chimney, that Freddy Willet has 3 names and stole schoolroom books andlibrary books. At the end, Freddy gets aressted. If you like mysteries,then this book is for you!

I reccomend highley
This is one of the greatest boxcar children books ever! The kids have a great adventure! ... Read more

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MountainTop Mystery(Number 9)
The boxcar children are on another adventure. This time they go hiking. Benny suddenly finds a hole. Is it just a hole or is it a cave? Find out when you read this book.

An adventure with mysterious twists and turns
The Boxcar children embark on another adventure only to run into trouble and then mystery atop a New England mountaintop. The mystery comes in the form of the whereabouts of a long-lost treasure that they learn about from an old Indian woman who says her grandfather hid it. The story takes atouching twist when the children meet a young Indian boy who also islooking for the treasure that he thinks belongs to him as the last memberof the tribe to possess the secret goods. You'll be surprised by whoeventually finds the treasure and what happens to each of the characters.

It stunk
It really stunk. I've read other Boxcar Children books, but this stunk ... Read more

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my review
This book was easy and fun to read!I reccomend it to any person or child!

one of the best bokshave ever read
The Boxcar Children and the Mystery of the Tree Housewas a very good book to read.When the Boxcar Children get new neighbors they help them build a tree house.The neighbors have insisted on getting a spy glass for the tree house.When they find the missing spy glass they look through it and find a mysterious room from the people that were there before them.Read this book when you get the chance to you'll love it.

My Daughter Thinks this is Pretty Good
My daughter told me about this book and how she thinks it deserves "4 stars". She said that this book was about the Aldens (also known as the Boxcar Children) and how they get new neighbors. They make friends withthe neighbors and start to build a treehouse. They discover somethingmysterious while looking out of the treehouse. She wants me to read thebook to find out what happens. The book didn't deserve a five-star ratingbecause she found it not to be as exciting as she hoped it would be. ... Read more

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A great mystery for kids
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are taking a trip downriver in a houseboat! But along the way, many mysterious things happen. The Aldens have solved mysteries before, but can they sove this one? I would recommend this book for kids ages 5-14.

A good review
This was a good book to read.I read this book recently.I have never lived on a houseboat but I have been in several boats.This book was completely different from the previous book in the series.The first book was good because I was in the age group when I had the book read to me by my school teacher.

Wonderful for younger kids!
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are taking a trip downriver in a houseboat! But along the way, many mysterious things happen. The Aldens have solved mysteries before, but can they sove this one? I would recommend this book for kids ages 5-9. They can follow the Aldens along for all of their mysteries, making friends, and giving help to everyone! ... Read more

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The Lighthouse Mystery
The Lighthouse Mystery The Lighthouse Mystery
The story is an adventure because a family moves to a lighthouse for vacations.They tried to be friends with every body,and they tried to solve a mystery.This is a very exciting book.I liked it because it has a lot of things that are cool.So Cool!
This book is exciting! It takes my breath away! SO cool! ... Read more

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True Boxcar Children Style...
I felt that this book was written in the true Boxcar Children style. This is one of the original books in the series and has the same wonderful story line. I love the Boxcar children stories and recommend this one along withall the others. ... Read more

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Go Mike
This, along with The Woodshed Mystery, was my favourite book (not just Boxcar Children, but books in general) for some time. It brings back to life the definite promise of adventure from the third book that slumbered through the fourth, and is one of the most well-laid-out and realistic of the series. At least I've always thought so. :) This Book Was Great!
This book was a great book.When Mike's house burns down the Alden children hear a rumor that Mike burned his own house down! But the Alden children know he didn't do it. The only reason why I didn't like it is because they only mentioned Snowball once, and I LOVE HORSES and all other animals.

This book was a very interesting book.
One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery.No one knew them.No one where they had come from.Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar.Now they have a home with theirgrandfather and are spending the summer out west on Mystery Ranch.Theexcitement begins when they meet their old friend, Mike.When Mike isblamed for starting a fire, the Boxcar Children know he's innocent.Butcan they discover who's really behind Mike's Mystery-before it's too late? I really enjoyed this book there is a lot of mystery in this book.I thinkthat this book is definitely worth reading."The four Alden childrencould hardly wait to get back to Mystery Ranch."That's probably theonly thing about the book that I don't like.Which is those fake names ofranches or towns or something like that. ... Read more

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The Boxcar Children(1)
If you love a mystery that's exciting, suspencful, and humorous, then you will love this book right away. This fantastic novel is about how four young children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, survive in an old abandoned boxcar after their parents had just died. They go about life in secrecy from their grandfather who they have always thought of as terrible, even though they have never met him before. Living on berries, bread, milk and trash from a nearby dump they make the best out of their suroundings to enjoy life. Together, they create a pool, refrigerator, and many more luxerious appliances.
A Deer-iffic Book
If you love snow, this book is for you. I'll leave the mystery up to you. Anyways, they visit a cabin. Then, after Tom Nelson finds his recipie for his father's secret buns he names it after Benny. Benny's Buns. The recipieis in the book.

Bound for fun
The Snow Boun Mystery is actually my favorite Boxcar Children Book, I'm not kidding either! Once when I ran out of books to read and my Mother refused to take me to the librarie I read the whole book twice. Since I've been reading other childrens mysteries the book is harder for me toremember.Ifeel like reading it right now! some things I remember are thatthe Aldens Grandfather ,James Alden, has a friend who allows the Aldenchildren his log cabin for some time. Also I remember a grocery store abouta mile away and a nice family in which lives there , On the way to bringfood to the Aldens one person gets stuck th others get to the Aldens andthey get they get that person safe and sound where the family stays untllthe storm wore off.There is also apart about finding letters in the attick,apart about Viiolet disapearing, and a part abouta closet near the fireplace. I don't want to give all of it away but, it's just hard not todo.Thankyou for your time to read all about this fabulousbook! ... Read more

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Benny Uncovers a Mystery
In general, the Boxcar Children series has one flaw - although I don't think I've ever read the kids' ages mentioned, there are clues to them in things like the fact that they get jobs, and that Henry is going to college in the fall.They all, however, tend to speak like very young children, which I find a little patronizing to the reader.
The big job ( a kids review )
I think this book is about four children who want jobs and they find one.The two boys went to their job and found a mystery about somebody stealing jewelry.My favorite part was when they uncovered the mystery.I think kids 7 and up should read this book.

A GOOD book
This book was very good, but I think it needed more action in it. It got kind of boring, but it was a good book. It needed some more story to it to. ... Read more

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why i liked The Mystery Behind the Wall
There are many different Resons why i liked this book.one reason is because it has great characters the Two main characters are boys who become good friends over vaction.They become good friends because one of the boys is staying at the others house and they find something verry intresting behind the wall in the Guest room and they start trying to find out what it exacle is so they find out that there are a lot more clues, and they don't give up they keep trying to find out all the clues. Another resons why i thought it was a great book is because it gave great Clues and very intresting ones because the clues were'nt in ovyouse places they took a day or too to find the clue. I was always woundering whats going to happen next and if they where going to find out the Mystery at the very end. The reson why i rated this book 3 stars because it was'nt my favoirt book i've ever read but it's near to my favourts.i got really into the book and really enjoyed it. I saggest this book to people who like Mystery books they would really like the Mystery Behind The Wall.

the best boxcar children book ever!!!!!!!!!!!!
okay, if you are looking for the best boxcar children book ever, this is it!!!!!! i LOVED this book! o wish i still had it! (PARENTS: DO NOT CONVINCE YOUR CHILDREN TO GET RID OF THEIR FAVORITE CHILDHOOD BOOKS!!!!!!!!!) this book is wonderful. i still remember the first time i read it: SPOILERS! and they finally figured out that behind the house meant behind the house PICTURE, which was in the little girl's room, if i remember correctly. and there was the whole coin collection! i love those alden kids! they are so self-reliable! yes, i am 19, almost 20, and haven't probabley read this book in seven years, but i still remember it, thats how good this ONE boxcar children book was!

The Box Car Children Rock!
Henry, Jeessie, Violet, and Benny's parn\ents died and they end up living in a box car from an old train.They could have gone to their grandpa, but they thought he was mean.Then finally when Henry was working, he heard that his grandpa was looking for them.So Henry told the news to the lthers and they decided to go and live with their grandfather.One day Benny found a diary and the mystery began.They found out that the diary was a little girl's.They found the diary behind the wall with some coins. How Benny found was by having an idea to put a hole in the wall and a bell to wake Benny or Rory up. That's when Benny found the dairy when he was working on his idea. ... Read more

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A real shame
This is the first of the shameful series of Boxcar Children books that were written long after the author's death. The first 19 are wonderfully written classics of children's literature. The rest, for the most part, are pointless fluff, not engaging for parents or most children. If you are reading them all to your children, and in order, they will also become very confused here: Throughout Warner's original series, the characters aged and matured quite a bit. Starting with this book, they are inexplicably returned to and perpetually stuck at their original ages.

The Haunted Cabin Mystery
The children went to visit their grandpa's friend. He lived in a Haunted cabin! I thought it was a little scary. It was still good. ... Read more

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The Aldens take a trip
The Alden children (Henry 16, Jessie 14, Violet 12 and Benny 7) decide to take a trip to a nearby town.While they were waiting to change buses along the way they met the mysterious station manager, Frank and soon found themselves involved in the local problems.A factory was destroying the nearby river and tearing the town apart.Would the Aldens and the town be able to find a way to keep the needed jobs without destroying the river?
Very Very Bad Book
I thought this book Was so boring! There wasn't even to solve.If you read this book prepared to be bored.

Not so great. At all.
These books really have no meaning. There isn't any depth to the characters or plot. I wouldn't recommend these books to anyone. ... Read more

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We really liked this book alot!
This mystery kept us guessing. We were worried about the Alden's new friendMiguel.

It was one of the best books I've ever read.
I liked this book because I enjoyed the part when they found a sword from a war.Somebody kept messing up the books the children organized.The kids worked for hours and hours cleaning up.The book made me want to keep reading!

The Aldens discover a deserted library and solve the mystery
I dont know what you mean ... Read more

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