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When an elderly friend is injured, the Alden children offer their help with his window‑washing business in the small town of Greenfield. While assisting him, they discover a mysterious invitation containing a riddle that they must solve.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Gertrude Chandler Warner
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