When the Aldens have the chance to work at a candy factory, they try to find out who is sabotaging the candy and why.

The Aldens investigate when a new store called the Game Spot opens in town and the neighboring shops are robbed.

When their favorite author fails to arrive as scheduled to speak at the local library, the Alden children investigate how he could board a train and never be seen again.

"What will the Aldens discover on a vacation to a deserted island? Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this early reader allows children to start reading with a Boxcar Children classic"--Publisher's description.

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

While visiting an old mansion, the Aldens investigate the possibility that it may be haunted. Includes games and activities after text.

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

While the Aldens are visiting a friend of Grandfather's at the beach, Benny finds a long-lost piece of a map to a legendary pirate treasure, a discovery that brings unwanted attention from fortune hunters.

When the Alden children accompany their grandfather to the Snow Haven Lodge, a series of odd occurrences threaten to disrupt the annual winter games.