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The Boxcar Children—Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny—now live with their grandfather and are invited to the Crooked House in the snowy countryside, the childhood home of their housekeeper, Mrs. McGregor. The Alden family, who run the house, cannot afford to keep it and hope the old riddle tied to the house might unlock a treasure that could pay for its upkeep. The Boxcar children and their grandfather set out to solve the riddle, racing against time to find the treasure that could save the house.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Gertrude Chandler Warner
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