| The Mystery of the Midnight Dog Contributor(s): Warner, Gertrude Chandler (Created by) |
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ISBN: 0807554766 ISBN-13: 9780807554760 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2001 * Out of Print * Annotation: 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 used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they're vacationing in North Carolina! When the Aldens first arrive in Elbow Bend, they meet Kate Frances, who tells them all sorts of ghost stories about the town! The scariest tale is about a ghost dog who howls at midnight and appears to warn people of danger! The Aldens think it is just a story until they hear dogs all over Elbow Bend howling at midnight. Does the ghost dog really exist or is someone playing a trick on them? The Boxcar Children are determined to find out. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00012008 |
| Age Level: 7-10 |
| Grade Level: 2-5 |
| Lexile Measure: 590(Not Available) |
| Series: Boxcar Children Mysteries |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.29" W x 7.58" L (0.22 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular |
| Features: Illustrated, Price on Product |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 46483 Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Aldens are visiting Grandfather's good friend, Mrs. Wade, in a small town called Elbow Bend. According to Mrs. Wade's granddaughter, the town has many ghost tales and there is a favorite tale concerning a dog. One night, at midnight, they hear dogs howling all over Elbow Bend. Watch howls as well, and Benny sees a ghostly white dog in the woods |
Contributor Bio(s): Warner, Gertrude Chandler: - Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in 1890 in Putnam, Connecticut, where she taught school and wrote The Boxcar Children because she had often imagined how delightful it would be to live in a caboose or freight car. Encouraged by the book's success, she went on to write eighteen more stories about the Alden children. |
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