The return of the graveyard ghost

Title:

Author:

Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979.

ISBN:

9780807569351

9780807569368

Publication Information:

Chicago : Albert Whitman, 2013.

Physical Description:

103 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Series:

Boxcar children mysteries ;

Reading Level:

580 L Lexile

Subject Term:

Boxcar children (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction.

Siblings -- Fiction.

Orphans -- Fiction.

Cemeteries -- Fiction.

Genre:

Mystery fiction.

Added Author:

VanArsdale, Anthony

Summary:

Taking a shortcut through the Greenfield Cemetery, the Aldens stumble across a local superstition which maintains that visitors are required to leave gifts or suffer the wrath of a malevolent ghost, a suspicious tradition that prompts the children to expose the truth.

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One stormy afternoon, the Aldens take a shortcut through the Greenfield Cemetery and discover a strange local superstition! According to legend, it's good luck to leave presents in a certain spot in the cemetery--and bad luck to anyone who doesn't. But since there's no such thing as ghosts, there must be a reason for this weird tradition. The Boxcar Children are determined to find out what it is.

Author Notes

Gertrude Chandler Warner grew up in Putnam, Connecticut. She wrote The Boxcar Children because she had always dreamed about what it would be like to live in a caboose or a freight car--just as the Aldens do. When readers asked for more adventures, Warner wrote more books--a total of nineteen in all. After her death, other authors have continued to write stories about Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden, and today The Boxcar Children® series has more than one hundred books.

Tim Jessell is the illustrator of numerous books for children, including The Secrets of Doon. He lives in Oklahoma.

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Horn Book Review

The four Alden children discover a thief in Sunriver, Oregon, and uncover the truth about rumors of a ghost at their local cemetery. The mysteries are direct and simply told, but, like the other recent books in the series, they are characterized by formulaic writing, flat characters, and limited internal logic. These installments are unlikely to create new fans. [Review covers these Boxcar Children titles: Mystery of the Fallen Treasure and The Return of the Graveyard Ghost.] (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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