Central Kansas Library System

Summer vacation on an almost private island gives the Aldens a challenge. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer on their own private island. There is a mysterious stranger on the island with a secret--but that's not the only surprise in store for the Boxcar Children.

"Hidden behind the wall of their guest room, a mysterious journal leads the Aldens on a search for a valuable collection"--

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden are on another summer trip to visit Aunt Jane at Mystery Ranch. They're thrilled to find their friend Mike Wood lives in the bustling new town near the ranch. But one night, Mike's house burns down and he is blamed for starting the fire!

The Boxcar children must track down an instrument thief in time to save Greenfield's music festival from disaster.

When the children uncover a strange puzzle in a friend's back yard, it's the start of a "spy game" leading to gold. But first they must make sense of an old photo and a riddle, and learn just who is behind this mystery within a mystery.

The Aldens investigate the rumors of ghosts, disappearing props and a haunted seat in the Trap-Door Theater.

While visiting a recent purchase of Grandfather's, a ghost town in the Rocky Mountains, the Aldens encounter a mystery involving a run-down motel and a woman who may be a ghost.

The Aldens are excited to meet their favorite celebrity-Walter the Cat, who makes the funniest videos on the Internet! And when this celebrity cat inherits a million dollars from his owner, he becomes even more famous! But someone seems to be angry about the will and is stealing things from Walters house. Is this cat too famous for his own good?

"The Alden children are fixing up an old castle that will be turned into a museum, but they have to solve the mystery hidden within the castle's walls"--

The Alden children uncover a plot to sabotage the Greenfield Bears baseball team. Includes baseball puzzles and activities.