| Children's |
| Mystery |
Summary
Summary
The Boxcar Children are trying to track down a dinosaur bone thief! But another set of tracks in a cave leads to a whole new mystery...
Author Notes
Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in Putnam, Connecticut on April 16, 1890. Due to her poor health, she never finished high school and studied with a tutor. During World War I, a shortage of teachers prompted the local school board to hire her to teach first grade, a position she held for over 30 years. She wrote the first Boxcar book in 1924, while home recuperating from an illness, but the version most people are familiar with was originally published in 1942. The Alden children became so popular that she wrote 19 adventures about them including Surprise Island, Mystery Ranch, and Snowbound Mystery. She died at age 89 August 29, 1979, but the Boxcar Children are still being written about by a team of writers faithful to her vision.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (1)
Horn Book Review
The four Alden children solve tame mysteries at a dinosaur dig in Montana (Bones) and at an audition for an American Idolesque television talent show (Pop Idol). With contrived plots and slight character development dependent on familiarity with the long-running franchise, these latest volumes are unlikely to make converts. [Review covers these Boxcar Children Mysteries titles: The Mystery of the Missing Pop Idol and The Mystery of the Stolen Dinosaur Bones.] (c) Copyright 2016. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
