Lyons Regional Library

One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny are orphans.They discover an old red boxcar that provides them shelter from the storm.

Grandpa Alden's sister, Jane, is not feeling very well, and it's the Alden girls who go to care for her. Soon a mystery begins to unfold and the clues are everywhere; from the stranger on the train, to the beautiful yellow rocks on Aunt Jane's ranch. When Henry and Benny come out to join the girls, the four children find themselves unravelling the intriguing mystery.

Raisin Hell is a profitable crop! said the man with the shotgun, and Templar was beginning to believe him. The sheriff offered Templar $50 a week; the saloon owner offered him $75. Templar had gotten drunk, and laid out almost every able bodied man in tow. But there was one more offer to come. A very rich man would pay him $5000 for one month's service as a bodyguard. When Templar gasped at the price, the rich man looked at him earnestly and said,...

The Boxcar Children, now living with their grandfather, spend the summer on their Aunt Jane's ranch. Their aunt seems quite unhappy until at the end of the summer a surprise discovery brings happiness to all.

Mystery ranch: The Alden's visit their mysterious Aunt Jane at her run-down ranch and make a surprising discovery! Mike's mystery : A nearby house burns down while the Boxcar Children are staying with their Aunt Jane and their friend Mike is blamed for starting the fire! Blue Bay mystery : The Alden's are excited to visit a deserted South Seas island. But soon they discover clues that they are not alone. Is someone on the island watching them?