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The Boxcar Children determine to solve the mystery that surrounds an old yellow house on their grandfather's property.

hgcslibrary | Nov 29, 2009 |

I stopped reading the Boxcar Children series after about the 90th book... it was just a bit much. But especially the first ten or twenty were absolutely fantastic. (

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yrthegood1staken | Sep 22, 2008 |

Lexile: 440
Reading Recovery: 18
DRA: 18
Fountas Pinnel Guided Reading: J

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Boxcar Children Originals by Warner (3)

Boxcar Children Mysteries (Book 3)

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The Yellow House Mystery

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Bear Trail, Maine, USA

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Four lively children lived with their grandfather Alden in a big house.

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The Alden children discover a tin box in a chimney at the yellow house on Surprise Island. The box contains a message which leads them to Bear Trail in Maine with their cousin Joe and his new wife Alice in an attempt to find Bill McGregor, the husband of their housekeeper Mrs McGregor who went missing years ago. They find Bill living as a hermit in the woods and he returns home with them to be reunited with his wife.

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2 hours, 47 mins.
2 cassettes
Performance by Phyllis Newman

In this third book from the series, Grandpa Alden tells Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny of the curious circumstances in which the yellow house became vacant over forty years ago. Determined to solve the mystery, the children uncover a trail of clues that leads them to memories of their boxcar days.

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