Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Series: The Boxcar Children Mysteries #4
Narrator: Aimee Lilly
Unabridged: 1 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Published: 10/09/2012
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Mystery & Detective
The Boxcar Children Series was created by Gertrude Chandler Warner, a teacher, when she realized that there were few, if any, books for children that were both easy and fun to read. She drew on her own experiences in writing the mysteries. As a child, she had spent hours watching trains near her home, and often dreamed about what it would be like to live in a caboose or freight car. In each story, she chose a special setting and introduced unpredictable, unusual or eccentric characters, to help highlight the Aldens’ independence and resourcefulness. Miss Warner lived in Putnam, Massachusetts until her death in 1979.
This book starts out with a bang, naturally, as Grandfather comes in and slams the door. And then slams another door. And he only said ‘hello,’ to Benny, instead of his normal, long-suffering pandering! That’s how Benny knows something is wrong. He immediately goes to Jessie and Violet with this dis......more
I needed a good middle grade book to read so l picked this up off are book self and read this yesterday!!! Halfway through l realized I read this already!! It was a 3.5 stars!!☺️......more
The big "mystery" was that they saw a guy at the train station and didn't know who he was. But still a solid way to kill 45 minutes.......more
This book was slow. I remember reading them when I was younger and being so engaged. However, this book did not age well because URANIUM.......more