Kaleidoscope Eyes
In 1968, with the Vietnam War raging, thirteen-year-old Lyza inherits a project from her deceased grandfather, who had been using his knowledge of maps and the geography of Lyza's New Jersey hometown to locate the lost treasure of Captain Kidd.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: novels in verse, maps, research, treasure troves, single-parent families, new jersey, family, detective and mystery stories, buried treasure, vietnam war, 1961-1975, family life, mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction, families [X], mystery fiction
Powerless
Soon after moving to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Daniel learns that his new friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen, unless he can use his brain power to protect them.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: supernatural, bullying, moving, household, schools, families [X], pennsylvania, bullies, moving, school stories, family life, family, detective and mystery stories, paranormal fiction, mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction, mystery fiction
The Mystery Horse
When their grandfather arranges for them to spend two week at Sunny Oaks, the four Alden children enjoy settling into the routines of farm life but become suspicious about a mysterious horse locked in the stables.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans, family, farm life, horses, families [X], mystery and detective stories [X], boxcar children (fictional characters), mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories
The Yellow House Mystery
The Boxcar children travel to Maine, take canoes into the wilderness and live in a house exactly like the one on Surprise Island, except the Maine house is brown, not yellow.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 63
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), canoes and canoeing, orphans, brothers and sisters, detective and mystery stories, mystery fiction, mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction, spanish language materials, boxcar children (fictional characters), siblings, bilingual books, detective and mystery fiction, families [X], missing persons, family life, readers (publications), adaptations, family
Utterly Me, Clarice Bean
When someone steals the winner's trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective, to solve the crime.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 48
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
subjects: bean, clarice (fictitious character), schools, contests, family life, humorous stories, family, mystery and detective stories [X], school stories, england, humorous fiction, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, families [X], mystery fiction
Blue Bay Mystery
A graphic adaptation of Gertrude Chandler Warner's story in which the Alden children find an unusual mystery when they spend a vacation on a supposedly deserted South Seas Island.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 43
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 340
subjects: islands, vacations, mystery and detective stories [X], oceania, boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans, family life, boxcar children (fictional characters), easy reading materials, mystery fiction, cartoons and comics, mystery graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, detective and mystery stories, family, families [X], warner, gertrude chandler, mystery comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels
The Boxcar Children
One night, during a storm, the children find an old red boxcar that keeps them warm and safe.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 175
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans, family, brothers and sisters, mystery and detective stories [X], boxcar children (fictional characters), siblings, brother and sisters, orphans and orphans homes, families [X], family life, readers (publications), homeless persons, grandfathers, detective and mystery stories, detective and mystery fiction
Misty Gordon And The Mystery Of The Ghost Pirates
While assisting her father, an estate and antiques dealer, teenaged Misty discovers a journal and pair of glasses that allow her to see ghosts, including those of pirates who founded her New England town and who are seeking a golden statue with mystical powers.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: ghost stories, pirates, eyeglasses, antiques, family life, new england, families [X], ghosts, mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction, ghost stories, mystery fiction, electronic books, electronic books
A Pup's Tale
Martha the dog recounts her early days as a canine criminal after having been adopted by a thief and her partner before being captured by the police and brought to a shelter, where she ultimately met Helen.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: martha (fictional character : meddaugh), dogs, family life, radio and television novels, mystery fiction, martha (fictitious character : meddaugh), mystery and detective stories [X], detective and mystery stories, family, families [X], pets, animals, radio and television novels, mystery fiction
Bus Station Mystery
The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river.
FIC
year: 1991
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 450
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), storms, orphans, mystery and detective stories [X], boxcar children (fictional characters), pollution, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, brothers and sisters, family life, siblings, families [X]
Mountain Top Mystery
A graphic novel adaptation of the Boxcar Children book in which the Aldens solve a mystery and find long-lost treasure which belongs to an old Native American woman.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 41
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans, family, mystery fiction, brothers and sisters, mountaineering, mystery and detective stories [X], warner, gertrude chandler, families [X], family life, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, native americans, boxcar children (fictional characters), siblings, detective and mystery stories, indians of north america
The Luck Of The Buttons
In Iowa circa 1929, spunky twelve-year-old Tugs vows to turn her family's luck around, with the help of a Brownie camera and a small-town mystery that only she can solve.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: friendship, luck, families [X], photography, depressions, iowa, family life, historical fiction, mystery and detective stories [X], historical fiction, mystery fiction
Mystery Ranch
A graphic novel adaptation of Gertrude Chandler Warner's story in which eccentric Aunt Jane needs help on her ranch, so the Aldens, affectionately known as the Boxcar Children, get help from a private detective.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), mystery and detective stories [X], boxcar children (fictional characters), mystery fiction, suspense, mystery, orphans, family life, cartoons and comics, mystery graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, detective and mystery stories, family, families [X], warner, gertrude chandler, mystery comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, ranches, readers (publications), adaptations, brothers and sisters, ranch life, aunts, detective and mystery fiction, mystery fiction
Mystery In The Sand
A graphic novel adaptation of the Boxcar Children mystery involving a friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand.
FIC
year: 1971
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction, warner, gertrude chandler, boxcar children (fictional characters), orphans, family life, mystery graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, boxcar children (fictitious characters), beaches, brothers and sisters, siblings, detective and mystery stories, families [X]
Mike's Mystery
Henry, Jessie, Benny, and Violet Alden meet Mike Wood and a strange chain of events begins.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 41
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 370
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans, family life, mystery and detective stories [X], families [X], readers (publications), detective and mystery stories, detective and mystery fiction, adaptations, brothers and sisters