Gertrude Chandler Warner

A #1 Amazon New Release in Children's Train Books! Four young orphans discover an abandoned boxcar and move in, embarking on a life of self-reliance and hard work - but they also enter a world of freedom and adventure. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are afraid of the grandfather they've never met, and to escape his custody they set out on their own, working odd jobs to make money for necessities. When Violet falls ill, they're forced to take her...

A friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand are ingredients for the Aldens' latest mystery.

The Alden children have another mystery to solve when they visit a castle and must figure out which of the guests has stolen the Stradivarius violin.

While visiting the seaport town of Ragged Cove, Massachusetts, the Alden children find the ship's log of the Flying Cloud, shipwrecked in 1869, supposedly during a mutiny.

The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river.

At an old library, the Alden children discover a boy who needs their help and a stranger who is after a valuable object they found in the library.

While visiting a Navaho Indian reservation in New Mexico, the Aldens try to save a forest under threat of development by proving it is the site of a lost, buried village, but someone is sabotaging their dig.

The mysterious disappearance of a reclusive neighbor's cat involves the Boxcar children in some complicated detective work.

The Boxcar children uncover a mystery on a train trip from Boston to San Francisco.

The Alden children are thrilled when a famous orchestra comes to their town to perform, and when an original Mozart score turns up missing, they solve the mystery of its disappearance.