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The Boxcar Children are a group of six children, each about 10 years old, who love to explore. They live in a boxcar that they bought from the scrap yard. The children are on a camping trip when they discover a cryptic note about a missing family heirloom. They take it back to their home where it turns out to be a key to a locked safe, and they find the key to the family’s long-lost treasure. As they investigate the mystery, they discover the secret of their ancestors’ past. The children and their parents solve the mystery and the family’s history comes to light. The story is told in a series of letters that the children write to their uncle, who is the only one who knows the whole story.
First publish date: 2020
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Gertrude Chandler Warner
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