The Animal Shelter Mystery
When the Greenfield Animal Shelter is forced to close, the Boxcar Children offer to care for the abandoned animals.
FIC
year: 1991
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans, family [X], mystery fiction, families, family life, animal shelters, brothers and sisters, mystery and detective stories [X], boxcar children (fictional characters), siblings, detective and mystery stories, mystery fiction [X]
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 [X], detective and mystery stories, buried treasure, vietnam war, 1961-1975, family life, mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction, families, mystery fiction [X]
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, pennsylvania, bullies, moving, school stories, family life, family [X], detective and mystery stories, paranormal fiction, mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction, mystery fiction [X]
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 [X], spanish language materials, boxcar children (fictional characters), siblings, bilingual books, detective and mystery fiction, families, missing persons, family life, readers (publications), adaptations, family [X]
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 [X], mystery and detective stories [X], school stories, england, humorous fiction, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, families, mystery fiction [X]
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 [X], families, pets, animals, radio and television novels, mystery fiction [X]
The Lighthouse Mystery
The Alden children, spending the summer in a lighthouse on the New England coast, notice strange things are happening after dark and decide to investigate the mystery.
FIC
year: 1991
copies: 52
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans, family [X], lighthouses, mystery and detective stories [X], boxcar children (fictional characters), mystery fiction, mystery fiction [X], warner, gertrude chandler, family life, mystery graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, vacations, detective and mystery stories
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 [X], families, 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 [X]
The Great Train Mystery
When they travel by train across America, Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa find themselves facing mysterious mishaps, spooky surprises, and treacherous tunnels.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: family [X], detective and mystery stories, mystery fiction, railroad trains, family life, mystery and detective stories [X], families, railroad stories, railroads, trains, mystery fiction [X]
The Sleepy Hollow Mystery
"In the town of Sleepy Hollow, the Aldens discover an old legend that's come back to life! Their friend's ghost-tour business is being disrupted by a spooky figure on horseback who throws pumpkins in the streets and frightens everyone.
FIC
year:
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: orphans, haunted places, boxcar children (fictitious characters), detective and mystery stories, boxcar children (fictional characters), family [X], siblings, brothers and sisters, mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction [X]
One False Note #2 The 39 Clues
Amy and Dan Cahill are in the lead to find thirty-nine clues that safeguard a great power, and are in possession of a coded sheet of Mozart's music that will help them find the next clue while their relatives follow in close pursuit.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 199
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: mozart, wolfgang amadeus, family [X], cryptography, genealogy, mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction, code and cipher stories, mystery fiction [X]
Black Circle
Siblings Amy and Dan Cahill continue their global search for the clues that will unlock the Cahill family's secret power while also working to evade Irina Spasky.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 150
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: families, cryptography, genealogy, family [X], mystery and detective stories [X], code and cipher stories, mystery fiction [X]