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When Henry's magic teacher, The Amazing Arthur, goes missing right before the Greenfield Magic Shop's annual magic show, Henry and his siblings look into Arthur's disappearance.

The Boxcar Children have long been known for being creative and resourceful. This hardcover book is filled with fun how-to guides for everyday adventures. It includes tips and tricks for mystery solving (how to make invisible ink and create secret codes), travel (how to pack a suitcase; how to take great snapshots), and enjoying the great outdoors. Each of the four Boxcar Children has his or her own section—practical advice from Jessie, a

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The Mystery of the Pirate's Map

Benny finds a bottle at the beach with a map inside. The Aldens find out that it could lead to buried gold, but they're not the only ones looking for the hidden fortune. Who will be the first to solve the mystery of the pirate's map?

The Amusement Park Mystery

The Aldens visit their cousins Joe and Alice, who live near a wonderful amusement park. It has everything they could ask for — a beautiful merry-go-round,

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The Boxcar Children have been choosen to compete against another team to look for clues on a game show.

The Boxcar Children
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, four orphaned siblings, suddenly appear in a small town. The children make a home for themselves in an abandoned red boxcar they discover in the woods. Ambitious and resourceful, the plucky children make a happy life for themselves—until Violet gets too sick for her brothers and sister to care for her.

Surprise Island
Adventure abounds as Henry, Jessie, Violet,...

The Aldens' dog, Watch, comes across a box with a note inside and soon the children are looking all over town for cleverly hidden boxes.

When the camp flag goes missing and contest ideas are stolen, the Boxcar Children decide that someone isn't playing fair at the Camp Seagull Olympics.

While visiting their cousin's pineapple plantation in Hawaii, the Aldens hear a local legend about a black pearl with a curse on it and investigate mysterious incidents on and around the plantation.

The Aldens investigate when the new coach of their community basketball league has her Most Valuable Player trophy stolen.

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. They untangle the mystery of the two houses. Relates the exploits of the four Alden children as they locate a missing man. The Boxcar children are determined to solve the mystery that surrounds an old yellow house on their grandfather's property. Strange things have happened...