"Years ago, a man disappeared from the yellow house on Surprise Island. Why? The Aldens have found a clue to the mystery! Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this new version introduces young readers to a Boxcar Children classic." --

After a series of strange events, the Alden children must solve a mystery to help their friend Mike and his family.

The Boxcar Children are spending the summer in an enormous New England farmhouse. Near the house there is an old woodshed that holds a surprising secret that dates from the Revolutionary War.

The Aldens' friend Max says nothing interesting happens in Port Elizabeth. But when the children visit the small fishing village and come across a man snooping around the local library, they prove that every town has its mysteries.

The Alden family rents a houseboat to drift down the river, and encounters a mystery in the little towns along the river, involving a fast black car.

While on a bicycle trip to their aunt's farm, the four Aldens help solve a mystery.

A young Canadian visitor helps the Alden family solve a mystery involving a lost coin collection.

Two brothers take summer jobs at a department store where a series of peculiar events brings them under suspicion.

The hike was only supposed to take a day, but a sudden rock slide changes everything. Now the Aldens are trapped on a mountain!