Mystery Ranch
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Mystery Ranch by Gertrude Chandler Warner
One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from.Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer out west on their Aunt Jane's ranch.
Aunt Jane, their grandfather's sister, is a very unhappy woman who hasn't spoken to her brother in years. The Boxcar Children try to help her, but it isn't until the end of the summer that they learn Aunt Jane's secret -- and make a surprising discovery about Mystery Ranch.
American author Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890-1979) wrote several stories for children, and her 1924 book, The Box-Car Children, was so successful that she published 18 sequels. The series' popularity has continued to grow: there are currently 150 other books, written by many authors, as well as two animated films. Warner was also a school teacher who read the original story to her classes and rewrote it many times to make sure that it would be both engaging and easy to read. She noted that the book raised a storm of protest from librarians who thought the children were having too good a time without any parental control! That is exactly why children like it!
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780807553916 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807553913 |
| Title | Mystery Ranch |
| Author | Gertrude Chandler Warner |
| Series | The Boxcar Children Mysteries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House Children's Books |
| Year published | 1989-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |