The Bus Station Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #18) [Paperback]

Gertrude Chandler Warner (Author), David Cunningham (Illustrator)

Book Description

Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Boxcar Children

A puzzle in relationships concerns two boys ejected from the bus station.

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A puzzle in relationships concerns two boys ejected from the bus station.

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807509760
• ISBN-13: 978-0807509760
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #6 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Series > Mystery & Detective > The Boxcar Children
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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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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Aldens take a trip, October 19, 2006

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Jeanne Tassotto (Trapped in the Midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bus Station Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #18) (Paperback)

The Alden children (Henry 16, Jessie 14, Violet 12 and Benny 7) decide to take a trip to a nearby town. While they were waiting to change buses along the way they met the mysterious station manager, Frank and soon found themselves involved in the local problems. A factory was destroying the nearby river and tearing the town apart. Would the Aldens and the town be able to find a way to keep the needed jobs without destroying the river?

This 1974 entry into the long running Boxcar Children series of mysteries was one of the last to be written by the series originator, Gertrude Chandler Warner, who had begun the series in the 1940's with the idea of combining simple vocabulary with high interest plots aimed at beginning readers. Her idea and characters were a great success and have been enjoyed by generations of young readers since. The mysteries involved are slight, the characterizations do not go into depth and the solutions are simplistic to a sophisticated reader but to the target audience of beginning readers they are thrilling. The cliff hanging style of writing keeps them turning page after page to see what is next until they reach the end of these chapter books.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review by 9 Year Old Lily, February 9, 2011

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This review is from: The Bus Station Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #18) (Paperback)

The Boxcar Children Bus Station Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner is book that you have to pay a lot of attention to; otherwise you have no idea what they are talking about!

One day Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny take the bus to a science and hobby fair in Oakdale. While they wait at the bus station, they meet two strange boys, and the bus station owner, Frank. The owner of a paint factory, across from Frank's house, is hurting the river and wants to destroy Frank's house to turn it into a parking lot! What will they do!

Almost every time I read a chapter, I would end up reading two! It was a very exciting book (at least to me). It was also kind of like Scooby Doo.

The main message of the book, was probably that you should help your environment and to not pollute.' cause It's bad for you and nature!

4 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Very Bad Book, June 20, 1999

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This review is from: Bus Station Mystery (Turtleback)

I thought this book Was so boring! There wasn't even to solve.If you read this book prepared to be bored.