We begins with 4 children named Henry ,Jessie, Violet and Benny. They have recently lost both there parents and were living in a box car. Until there grandfather found them in a wooded area. He decided to bring them house to his wife Isabel. They tried to settle the children into there home, The children met there 2 dogs Ruff and Tumble and a black cat with green eyes called Midnight. the part of the house the children are in belonged to his grandfathers mother . A woman who made unusual clocks. They were all cuckoo clocks but they all had different animals sounds. the clocks would all chime at midnight and at 12 noon. As the children went to sleep .They suddenly heard noises. but the grandparents secured the house. The children were all stunned to see the front door open. No one was there . Now the children are frightened and is there something else going on the house? This is a very good middle grade read , I highly recommend ,it was very entertaining and full of surprises
Book 95 of the Boxcar Children. This was a fun low key mystery. Aside from crazy clocks and inventions galore, the children chase around several suspects. The “happen to pull the exact right book and open to the exact random right spot” I think was the low point in this one. Aside from that it was pretty standard to what we have seen lately from plot line. Overall a solid read and worth the time.
SYNOPSIS: "The Alden children are staying at the home of a famous inventor known for her one-of-a-kind clocks. The clocks sound loudly at every hour, especially at midnight! But the clocks aren't the only noise. Is the house haunted by the ghost of the inventor? The Aldens are determined to find out!"
One of my favorite childhood series. I read over a hundred of them. The first 50 or so were in order; after that I read whatever book I could get my hands on :)
Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny are orphans. Determined to make it on their own they set out to find a safe place for them. They lived in an old box car in the woods because they didn't have any family left that they knew about. One day the oldest one named Henry saw an add for a race and he decided to go there. The coach's last name was Aladin just like their last name. Then the man went over to Henry and realized that was one of his missing grandchildren, so they went and got the rest of the children and they all lived together. I liked this book because it has a lot of action in it and it is a mystery book.