The Alden children take a trip back in time when their Aunt Jane surprises them with a visit to Wagner Farmhouse. When strange things happen at the house, the Aldens wonder if the ghost of practical joker Horace Wagner really haunts the house.
Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in Putnam, Connecticut, on April 16, 1890, to Edgar and Jane Warner. Her family included a sister, Frances, and a brother, John. From the age of five, she dreamed of becoming an author. She wrote stories for her Grandfather Carpenter, and each Christmas she gave him one of these stories as a gift. Today, Ms. Warner is best remembered as the author of The Boxcar Children Mysteries.
