boxcar children (fictitious characters)

The Aldens investigate to see if a ghost has stolen valuable statues from their grandfather's Skeleton Point mansion.

The Boxcar Children, suspicious when someone steals the note they found inside the pages of a "Captain Fantastic" comic book, team up with the superhero's creator to find out who is selling fake copies of the comics.

When their grandfather arranges for them to spend two week at Sunny Oaks, the four Alden children enjoy settling into the routines of farm life but become suspicious about a mysterious horse locked in the stables.

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

At the same time that the Alden children's efforts to raise money for a new hospital wing are being sabotaged by nasty tricks, they find their attempts to befriend the new girl Beth frustrated by her strange behavior.

The Alden children save an old woman's house, land, and all the animals in her animal shelter from greedy contractors.

The Alden children suspect someone of trying to sabotage the local dog show.

The Alden children investigate when Mrs. Murray's jewels are stolen during a party for the Starlight Skating Troupe.

While visiting a Navaho Indian reservation in New Mexico, the Aldens try to save a forest under threat of development by proving it is the site of a lost, buried village, but someone is sabotaging their dig.

While on a cruise with their grandfather, the Alden children help discover who is behind the mysterious troubles of the ship--disconnected phone lines, engine trouble, a man overboard--and still have fun sightseeing, eating, and swimming.