Years ago, a man disappeared from the yellow house on Surprise Island. Why? The Aldens have found a clue to the mystery! Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this new version introduces young readers to a Boxcar Children classic.

"In the town of Sleepy Hollow, the Aldens discover an old legend that's come back to life! Their friend's ghost-tour business is being disrupted by a spooky figure on horseback who throws pumpkins in the streets and frightens everyone. Has the headless horseman returned to haunt the town? The Boxcar Children must find out before the ghost tours are ruined!"--Jacket flap.

"During auditions for the show 'Pop Star Sensation' at the local mall, one of the judges, a famous pop star, disappears, and the Aldens must find out where she went"--

The Boxcar Children investigate a mysterious ghost with a glowing pumpkin head at a friend's farm.

"The Aldens visit the shore in New Jersey and help out at an amusement pier that is rumored to be unsafe"--

Summer vacation on an almost private island gives the Aldens a challenge. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer on their own private island. There is a mysterious stranger on the island with a secret--but that's not the only surprise in store for the Boxcar Children.

The Aldens search for carousel horses that have disappeared from an amusement park.

Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny are spending the summer in an enormous New England farmhouse where their grandfather grew up. The children must find out the truth about a devastating fire and a secret dating back to the Revolutionary War.