Benny and his friend Mike are in trouble when they are curious about a uranium mine.
Mike's Mystery: The Boxcar Children Mysteries #5
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Benny and his friend Mike are in trouble when they are curious about a uranium mine.
About the Author
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.
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This review is from: Mike's Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #5) (Paperback)
WHAT A BORE! I don't know if Ive read a more boring book! LIke I said such a disappointment! YOU KNOW WHY YOU CAN GET THIS BOOK USED FOR ONE PENNY AND YOU KNOW WHY THE WANT TO GET RID OF THIS BOOK AND IF YOU BY THIS BOOK YOU'LL BE SORRY YOU DID! THEY MADE SOME SILLY KID THAT WAS BENNY'S FRIEND AND THEY ALWAYS GOT IN AN ARGUMENT ABOUT THE KID'S BAD GRAMMER! IT WAS RIDICULOUS HOW WEIRD THIS BOOK WAS! SO DON'T READ THIS BOOK THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE!
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Mike's Mystery,
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This review is from: Mike's Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #5) (Paperback)
ISBN 0807551414 - The Boxcar Children series became a quick favorite for me when I discovered them - decades after their first publication! The language is a bit stilted, I assume that's partially because the books were written in the 1950s and 1960s and people simply spoke more correctly.
The children return to the ranch they own to visit Aunt Jane and see all the changes that have taken place in the past year. The first person they run into is Mike Wood, a boy they met on Surprise Island. Benny and Mike immediately take to bickering with one another again, but they're all on the same side when Mike's house is burned to the ground. It appears to be arson and a rumor starts that Mike was the cause of the fire, but the children know better - and they want to catch the man who did it before he causes even more destruction. It's nice to see that the author has connected two previous books (Surprise Island (Boxcar Children) and Mystery Ranch (Boxcar Children)) to this one, for the continuity and because kids will enjoy recognizing characters beyond the Alden children. Illustrations by Dirk Gringhuis are nice, not spectacular. For funny, and one thing kids might miss, there's some astonishment that the kids are being picked up at the train station by Maggie, driving a car, as if cars - and women driving them! - are very unusual. The copyright is 1960, so they probably were less common, but it's still amusing. Mike's Mystery shares a message about helping others, as well as being fun entertainment. RL3, ages 7-12. - AnnaLovesBooks
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Mike's Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #5) (Paperback)
This, along with The Woodshed Mystery, was my favourite book (not just Boxcar Children, but books in general) for some time. It brings back to life the definite promise of adventure from the third book that slumbered through the fourth, and is one of the most well-laid-out and realistic of the series. At least I've always thought so. :)We met Mike in "Surprise Island", and here he is back again in the little town that has sprung up around the Aldens' uranium mines. But when his house burns down suspiciously, a mystery follows. I think much of the reason I liked this so much was because the two youngest children, Benny and Mike, were really the main ones solving the mystery, with a bit of help here and there from the elder ones. Definitely give your children this book. I know they will love it.
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The four Alden children could hardly wait to get back to Mystery Ranch. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Aunt Jane, Miss Alden, Surprise Island, Uncle Bob, The Empty Room New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The four Alden children could hardly wait to get back to Mystery Ranch. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blue hat, pink house Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Jane, Miss Alden, Surprise Island, Uncle Bob, The Empty Room New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Surprise Party, A Lift-up Pop-up Book by David A. Carter on page 85
- Surprise Island (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #2) by Gertrude Chandler Warner in Front Matter
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