The Giant Yo-yo Mystery
When the Aldens help a friend of their grandfather's to build the world's largest yo-yo, they soon discover that more than one person is trying to prevent them from finishing the job--and for more than one reason.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: yo-yos, world records, brothers and sisters, orphans [X], boxcar children (fictitious characters), mystery and detective stories [X], boxcar children (fictional characters), siblings, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories
Mike's Mystery
An adaptation of Gertrude Chandler Warner's story about the Alden children--Henry, Jesse, Violet, and Benny--who go on a summer trip to visit Aunt Jane and help their friend Mike find out who started the fire that burned down his house.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 370
subjects: warner, gertrude chandler, boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans [X], family life, mystery and detective stories [X], cartoons and comics, boxcar children (fictional characters), mystery graphic novels, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, family, families, mystery comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels
The Mystery Of The Haunted Boxcar
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny begin to dig into the past of the old boxcar turned playhouse in their back yard and discover clues about why it is being haunted.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), brothers and sisters, orphans [X], mystery and detective stories [X], boxcar children (fictional characters), mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, family, families, family life
The Hockey Mystery
The Alden children investigate when it appears that someone is trying to sabotage their friend professional hockey player Kevin Reynolds's plans to build an ice skating rink in Greenfield.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550
subjects: hockey, skating rinks, ice skating, brothers and sisters, orphans [X], mystery and detective stories [X], hockey stories, skating, siblings, mystery fiction [X], boxcar children (fictitious characters), detective and mystery stories
The Game Store Mystery
After the Aldens arrive for the opening of the new game store, someone robs the coffee shop at the end of the mall.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), brothers and sisters, burglary, orphans [X], theft, boxcar children (fictional characters), siblings, mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, stealing
The Home Run Mystery
The Aldens discover that one of Pikesville's little league coaches has been cheating all season, which is somehow related to a plan to raze the town's historic baseball field.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
subjects: mystery and detective stories [X], baseball, boxcar children (fictitious characters), cheating, sports, baseball stories, brothers and sisters, orphans [X], sports stories, athletics, boxcar children (fictional characters), mystery fiction [X], cheating (education), detective and mystery stories, mystery fiction, sports stories
Kiss In The Dark
After coping with a murder, Scarlett makes a fresh start at the elite boarding school run by her grandmother.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mystery and detective stories [X], friendship, boarding schools, orphans [X], murder, england, schools, school stories, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, homicide, private schools, mystery fiction
Kisses And Lies
Orphaned British teenager Scarlett Wakefield postpones her romance with the handsome son of the school groundskeeper in order to travel to Scotland with her American sidekick, Taylor, in search of clues to the murder of a boy who dropped dead after kissing Scarlett.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mystery and detective stories [X], friendship, wealth, orphans [X], murder, england, scotland, homicide, mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction
The Clue In The Recycling Bin
The Alden kids investigate a series of break-ins and vandalization at the local recycling center, where Mrs.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: boxcar children (fictional characters), siblings, orphans [X], recycling centers, mystery fiction [X], boxcar children (fictitious characters), brothers and sisters, thieves and criminals, robbers and outlaws, mystery and detective stories [X], detective and mystery stories
The Haunted Clock Tower Mystery
The Aldens go with their grandfather to his class reunion and investigate if a buried Civil War treasure is at Goldwin University.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510
subjects: buried treasure, siblings, orphans [X], mystery fiction [X], boxcar children (fictitious characters), brothers and sisters, mystery and detective stories [X], boxcar children (fictional characters), detective and mystery stories
The Reptile Room
The Baudelaire children, endure a car accident, a terrible odor, a deadly serpent, a long knife, a large brass reading lamp, and the reappearance of a person they'd hoped never to see again.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1040
subjects: mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction [X], ghosts stories, detective and mystery stories, orphans [X]
The League Of Beastly Dreadfuls
Anastasia, nearly eleven, is snatched from her elementary school and sent to live at a former insane asylum with two great aunts she had never met after being told that her parents died in a tragic vacuum cleaner accident.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: mystery and detective stories [X], shadows, kidnapping, aunts, orphans [X], humorous stories, shades and shadows, humorous fiction, mystery fiction, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, electronic books
The Detective's Assistant
"In 1859, eleven-year-old Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: lincoln, abraham, sex role, orphans [X], aunts, mystery and detective stories [X], chicago (ill.), pinkerton's national detective agency, gender role, mystery fiction, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, electronic books
The Mystery Of The Missing Pop Idol
"During auditions for the show 'Pop Star Sensation' at the local mall, one of the judges, a famous pop star, disappears, and the Aldens must find out where she went"--.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: missing persons, singers, siblings, orphans [X], mystery and detective stories [X], brothers and sisters, mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction
The Mystery Of The Stolen Snowboard
"The winter sports season is here, and the Aldens are excited about all the snow activities--especially snowboarding.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: mystery and detective stories [X], brothers and sisters, snowboarding, orphans [X], mystery fiction [X], siblings, mystery fiction