The Mystery at the Ballpark (Boxcar Children Special) [Hardcover]

Gertrude Chandler Warner (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Boxcar Children Special

The Alden children uncover a plot to sabotage the Greenfield Bears baseball team. Includes baseball puzzles and activities.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

Jessie and Violet are selected to play on the local baseball team, Henry gets a job helping the coach, and even Benny has a special role--as batboy. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 124 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807553409
• ISBN-13: 978-0807553404
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,171,036 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good lessons learned in an exciting mystery, July 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Mystery at the Ballpark (Boxcar Children Mystery & Activities Specials #4) (Boxcar Children Special) (Paperback)

This mystery is great - the people,the incidents,the end result are all very captivating.It's exciting and fast-paced,and the lessons are clearly understood(but are not preached!) throughout the book.I liked this book a lot,and hope you would enjoy it too!

4.0 out of 5 stars Complex and Interesting, June 2, 2011

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This review is from: Mystery at the Ballpark (Boxcar Children Special (Pb)) (Hardcover)

In this story Jessie and Violet get to play on a baseball team while Henry helps out and Benny is the batboy. Then a bat is stolen, and returned. Then a glove is stolen, and not returned. Then Stockings, the teddy bear mascot of the team, is stolen and Benny is very upset. Who is the thief? The Boxcar children spend a lot of time talking about the problems, and in the last chapter they solve the mystery.

4.0 out of 5 stars The Ballpark Mystery, November 28, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Mystery at the Ballpark (Boxcar Children Mystery & Activities Specials #4) (Boxcar Children Special) (Paperback)

The setting is at the wonderful ballpark, where you practice at day and play games at dark. This book is for all you Sherlock Holmes, baseball playing kids out there. In this book there's a mystery here, there, and everywhere. In this exciting mystery the four boxcar children
find out that one of there baseball gloves is missing.Also at the end the story turns out to be another mystery solved by the boxcar children.So as you go to the library check this book out. You'll enjoy it without a dbought.