The Mystery in the Fortune Cookie (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #96) [Paperback]

Gertrude Chandler Warner (Creator)

Book Description

Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Boxcar Children

When the Aldens go to dinner at a local Chinese restaurant, Benny can't wait for his favorite part of the meal--dessert. But when Benny opens his cookie, instead of a fortune, he finds a handwritten riddle!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6-Gertrude Chandler Warner's Boxcar Children series are serviceable mysteries for beginning chapter book readers who require limited vocabulary and short sentences. This predictable episode opens in a bookstore run by friends of the Boxcar children, Martin and Dottie. A customer lingers in the store, attempting to buy books by a popular mystery writer whose disappearance has never been explained. When this causes mild-mannered Martin to become angry and order the man from the store, the four children are alerted that something is going on. At a Chinese restaurant, the Alden children open fortune cookies with handwritten riddle clues inside, which eventually lead them to suspect that Martin is trying to get full control of the bookstore and cheat Dottie out of her share. In the end, there are several revelations that will surprise only the most credulous readers. Narrator Aimee Lilly has a pleasant voice and tries to distinguish the various characters. However, Henry and Benny's voices have an unpleasant, grating tone. Libraries with a high demand for the Boxcar Children series might consider this audiobook, but youngsters looking for an exciting audio mystery will need to look elsewhere.
Kathy Mortensen, Adams Elementary School, Midland, MI
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Benny finds a riddle in his fortune cookie.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807555401
• ISBN-13: 978-0807555408
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,121,902 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.