Gertrude Chandler Warner

"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." --

The children are spending the summer on their own private island but there is a mysterious stranger on the island.

Violet and Jessie begin an adventure when they journey to Centerville to keep Aunt Jane company on the family ranch.

While on a camping trip with their grandfather, the Alden children try to find out about the loud music and missing food that threatens to scare away other campers.

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

The children, who are spending the summer in a lighthouse on the New England coast, are disturbed by a mysterious woman walking the lighthouse grounds. Jessie's dog Watch wakes up growling almost every evening at midnight, and Henry finds a puzzling note in the sand.

Six children help solve the mystery of a missing spyglass that has kept two brothers feuding for years.

When their favorite pizza restaurant almost goes out of business, the Alden children try to help their friends stay open while they find out who is behind all their problems.

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

At the same time that the Alden children's efforts to raise money for a new hospital wing are being sabotaged by nasty tricks, they find their attempts to befriend the new girl Beth frustrated by her strange behavior.