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Houseboat Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #12)

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The Houseboat Mystery was the first book that I read in The Boxcar Children Mysteries series. I began reading these books when I was nine and continued to do so throughout my fourth grade year. These are excellent books for children in this age group. Boys and girls alike should enjoy them. I'm twenty five now and can still remember these fascinating stories. I remember that after I had read all of the books in this series that my school library had to offer, I was stuck on mystery books. I read mystery titles from other authors that my library had in stock, but none compared to these. I wish that I could thank the author personally.

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are taking a trip downriver in a houseboat! But along the way, many mysterious things happen. The Aldens have solved mysteries before, but can they sove this one? I would recommend this book for kids ages 5-9. They can follow the Aldens along for all of their mysteries, making friends, and giving help to everyone!

We purchased this to continue to complete our BC Mysteries collection. Even though the books were written decades ago, our family loves the simplicity of the adventures that are described in the book. They can't wait to solve the mystery before the characters!

This is the first Boxcar Children book I read back in the mid 70's. It has always been my favorite of the original 19 by Gertrude Chandler Warner. My mother had brought home the original book (The Boxcar Children), and I wouldn't read it. I found this title in the school library. It was the houseboat that had me intrigued. After reading that book I had to read all of the original books. I am now 46 years old and own the original 19 and have re-read them many times.

This was a good book to read. I read this book recently. I have never lived on a houseboat but I have been in several boats. This book was completely different from the previous book in the series. The first book was good because I was in the age group when I had the book read to me by my school teacher.

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are taking a trip downriver in a houseboat! But along the way, many mysterious things happen. The Aldens have solved mysteries before, but can they sove this one? I would recommend this book for kids ages 5-14.

This book was incredably interesting but i do like the one titled "The Amusement Park Mystery" better.I belive someone other than herself wrote that story after the origional author passed away.I hope the new mystery writers keep on writing the box car mysteries cuz i wanna be a writer!!