Box Car Mysteries

Three complete stories in one collection! Includes Monkey Trouble, The Zombie Project, and The Great Turkey Heist.

The Alden children were searching for a home–and found a life of adventure! Embark on an exciting journey with the Boxcar Children in this Step 2 leveled reader, as they spend a summer on their aunt's ranch, unraveling mysteries along the way. Perfect for early readers learning to read simple...

When an oil spill takes place off the coast of Connecticut, the Aldens are happy to volunteer to help clean up the animals affected, including a rare species of shore bird. But could more have been done to prevent the spill? As the Aldens take up the case, it leads them on an adventure to help other endangered animals around the world.

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are helping out at a pizzeria that is run by their old friends the Piccolos, who have been having lots of trouble keeping their business going. Working at the little restaurant is lots of fun, but the children wonder...is someone deliberately trying to shut down the Piccolos' pizzeria?

The Boxcar Children are spending the summer in a tiny, quiet New England fishing village. The little schoolhouse doesn’t have a proper teacher, so the Aldens are teaching! There’s also a very old library where nobody ever goes—nobody, that is, except for a mysterious stranger. For such a small town, Port Elizabeth has a lot of secrets!

This bundle includes The Great Detective Race, The Ghost at the Drive-In Movie, and The Mystery of the Traveling Tomatoes.

This bundle includes The Mystery of the Grinning Gargoyle, The Mystery of the Missing Pop Idol, and The Mystery of the Stolen Dinosaur Bones.

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny chart a course for China to return the Reddimus Society's fourth artifact! Along the way they meet old friends and make new ones, but a thief threatens to ruin their trip. Then, after an unexpected stop in Thailand, they meet a suspicious man claiming to work for the Reddimus Society. The Aldens wonder if someone close to them is working for the other side. Who can the Boxcar Children trust to help them?

The Aldens have joined Dr. Iris Perez as she investigates legendary creatures around the world. In this adventure, the children investigate what might be living in the deep trench off the coast of Puerto Rico. From manatees to mermaids to sea monsters, creatures of the sea have been attracting tourists to the area for years. But when a man on a nearby island goes missing, it’s up to the Aldens to sort out fact from fiction.

The Aldens visit the spooky town of Sleepy Hollow, where someone - or something - is scaring visitors. Could the legendary headless horseman be real?

When Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny boarded a train to help the Reddimus Society return a stolen treasure, they didn't plan on traveling around the world. But after a close call with the society's archrivals - the Argents - it's now up to the Boxcar Children to return the remaining six artifacts to their rightful homes. As the children travel through Egypt, Kenya, England, and Italy, can they stay one step ahead of those trying to sabotage their plans?

Benny and Henry are working all summer at Furman’s, the biggest store in town, but they hadn’t expected that solving mysteries would be part of their job! When an expensive vase disappears, the salespeople receive odd notes, and the jewelry display is tampered with, it’s up to Benny to uncover the truth!

The Boxcar Children stumble across a 100-year-old time capsule with a mysterious journal inside. It contains clues that lead the children around Greenfield and through the history books in search of a lost treasure. But questions remain. Who wrote the journal? And after 100 years, will there be enough evidence to find the hidden treasure?

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 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. Can the Aldens help Dr. Iris figure out who - or what - is causing such a stir?

The Alden family is spending sunny days at the shore and summer nights in the mobile home right on the beach! One morning Benny finds a gold necklace in the sand, and a search for its owner begins a trail of clues that leads to Tower House, the strange old mansion nearby. What will the Boxcar Children find there?

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!

The Aldens are excited to visit their friend, Seymour Curtis, who lives on a farm that's rumored to be haunted! When they arrive, they learn that valuable antiques have gone missing. Is the thief someone who Seymour knows? Or is it a ghost seeking revenge? The Boxcar Children have another mystery to solve!

The Boxcar Children are helping a friend find out more about their family's history. But what they find is a mystery going back generations! Can the Aldens help their friend unlock secrets of the past - and present?

The children investigate some mysterious happenings in their hotel in New York City.