The Boxcar Children are spending the summer in an enormous New England farmhouse. Near the house there is an old woodshed that holds a surprising secret that dates from the Revolutionary War.

Benny's friend accompanies the Aldens to the South Seas for a vacation on a supposedly deserted island where they find an unusual mystery.

The entire town of Yellow Sands is left puzzled by a mysterious fire.

The radio mystery: The Alden children are helping out at a radio station, and they're going to be actors in a live mystery show. But when strange things keep happening, people in town say the station is haunted. The mystery of the runaway ghost: Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, known as the Boxcar children, are visiting their friend Fran in Wisconsin and they can't wait to hear the tale of the runaway ghost. The finders keepers mystery: The Aldens'...

The Aldens are spending spring break on a beach, but they aren't just soaking up the sun. They're protecting an endangered species! Their job is to mark sea turtle nests so the eggs can be moved to a safe place to hatch, but someone is digging up the eggs without permission. Can the Boxcar Children figure out what's going on and help save the sea turtles?

When the Boxcar children help out in a local garden, they dig up one strange thing after another! First, the tomato plants seem to move every day. Find out how that can be.

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

"Jessie and Benny are participating in the Great Greenfield Bake-Off, a local baking competition for kids. But ingredients get mixed up during the competition and then the power goes out. Is someone trying to put an end to the contest?" -- provided by the publisher.

Four orphaned and homeless siblings happen upon an abandoned boxcar, which, with a little creativity and hard work, they gradually furnish with all the comforts of home. Fearful that they will be sent to live with the reputedly cruel grandfather they have never met, the children keep their new home a secret.

A series of practical jokes at a restored nineteenth-century farmhouse makes the Aldens wonder if the ghost of its builder is at work.