Meet Samantha, An American Girl
In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 89
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
Samantha Learns A Lesson
Samantha is determined to help nine-year-old Nellie, attending school for the first time, with her school work and learns a great deal herself about what it is like to be a poor child and work in a factory.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 62
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
The Bfg
Enjoy the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of another world.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 386
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: giants, orphans [X], fantasy, compact discs, audiobooks, children's stories, humorous stories, dreams, fantasy fiction
Maniac Magee
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe and inspire everyone around him.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 413
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
Happy Birthday, Samantha!
When Samantha's tenth birthday party is spoiled by the boy next door, Aunt Cornelia and her young twin sisters try to ease Samantha's disappointment by inviting her and Grandmary to visit them in New York City.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 55
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
Samantha Saves The Day
While spending the summer at Grandmary's home on Goose Lake, Samantha and the twins Agnes and Agatha decide to visit the island where Samantha's parents were drowned during a storm.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
Peppermints In The Parlor
Sent to San Francisco to live with her beloved aunt and uncle, newly orphaned Emily Luccock expectantly enters theironce-happy mansion, Sugar Hill Hall, only to find unimaginable horrors.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 76
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 960
subjects: orphans [X], old age, horror stories, horror, mystery and detective stories, horror tales, horror fiction
The Twin In The Tavern
A young orphan, afraid of being sent to the workhouse, finds himself at the mercy of the unsavory owner of a tavern in Alexandria, Virginia, while he tries to solve the mystery surrounding his past and a missing twin.
FIC
year: 1995
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
The Canoe Trip Mystery
While canoeing and backpacking near Timberwolf Lake, the Aldens receive strange warnings to stay away from the area and stumble upon clues to a missing cache of stolen coins.
FIC
year: 1994
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
The Chocolate Sundae Mystery
The Alden children investigate when strange happenings hit their favorite ice cream shop and threaten the future of the business.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: ice cream parlors, brothers and sisters, mystery and detective stories, ice cream shops, siblings, audiobooks, mystery fiction, orphans [X], boxcar children (fictional characters), children's audiobooks, mystery fiction
The Deserted Library Mystery
At an old library, the Alden children discover a boy who needs their help and a stranger who is after a valuable object they found in the library.
FIC
year: 1991
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 540
The Ghost Ship Mystery
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, visiting a New England fishing village, decide to investigate the truth behind the legend of a ghost ship that townspeople claim sank off the coast and reappears on stormy nights.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans [X], family, shipwrecks, mystery and detective stories, brothers and sisters, boxcar children (fictional characters), mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, families
Houseboat Mystery
A graphic novel adaptation of the Boxcar Children mystery in which the Alden children solve the mystery of a stolen vase and a speeding black car while taking a houseboat trip with their grandfather.
FIC
year: 1967
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), brothers and sisters, orphans [X], houseboats, mystery and detective stories, boxcar children (fictional characters), warner, gertrude chandler, family life, mystery graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels
The Mystery Girl
While helping run Jerry Taylor's general store, the Alden children investigate his mysterious employee Nancy.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans [X], family, mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, families, boxcar children (fictional characters), detective and mystery stories, family life, detective and mystery stories
The Mystery In Washington, Dc
Spring special." The Alden children suspect that the other guests are somehow involved when things begin to disappear at the bed and breakfast where they are staying in Washington, D.
FIC
year: 1994
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans [X], family, mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, washington (d.c.), boxcar children (fictional characters), hotels and motels, detective and mystery stories