The Mystery at the Crooked House - The Boxcar Children Mysteries

Brief Description: The Aldens learn that their housekeeper, Mrs. McGregor, has to sell her childhood home, the Crooked House, because she and her sister Madeline cannot afford to keep it. They travel to visit the house, now a bed-and-breakfast run by Madeline, one last time. While there, the Aldens learn that there is a riddle surrounding the house, and if they can solve it, there might be a treasure to be found! Illustrations. Jacket Description/Flap: Mrs. McGregor has to sell her childhod home unless the Aldens can solve a riddle. Brief Description: While staying at the Crooked House, the family home of their housekeeper Mrs. McGregor, the Aldens try to solve a riddle that will lead them to a hidden treasure. Publisher Marketing: The Aldens learn that their housekeeper has to sell her childhood home, the Crooked House, because she cannot afford to keep it. The Aldens learn that there is a riddle surrounding the house, and if the can solve it, there might be a treasure to be found!

Contributor Bio:  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 its success, she went on to write eighteen more stories about the Alden Children.