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The Hurricane Mystery (Boxcar Children Mysteries, 54) by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Features
School Binding
Reader Reviews
The Hurricane Mystery (Box Children Mysteries), October 20, 2002
Reviewer:
debra speyer levin
from Merion Station, Pennsylvania United States
This book is about four children and a dog who help an elderly woman fix her house which was partly destroyed during a hurricane. While helping her fix her house, they discovery pirate?s gold in a gate on the front yard of the house. The children are brother and sisters. They are Benny Alden who is six years old, Violet Alden who is 10 years old, Jessie Alden who is 12 years old and Henry Alden who is fourteen years old. The dog?s name is Watch Alden. He is a terrier. The elderly woman?s name is Mrs. Ashleigh. The children were know as the boxcar children. They were called this because after their parents died, they didn?t realize that their grandfather James was looking for them, and they lived in a box car until their grandfather found them. The grandfather took the children back to live with him and brought the boxcar with him so the children would feel comfortable. While fixing the house, the children hear tales that the island that the house was on contained pirate?s buried treasure. The house was located on Sullivan Island which is off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. The gate to Mrs. Ashleigh?s fence was known as the Pirate?s Gate. It was called that because her great great great great grandfather who?s name was Mr. Fitzhugh was supposed to have been a pirate. During the hurricane, the gate landed in a neighbors yard. When the children looked for the gate, they saw that the neighbor who?s name is Jackie James was trying to put the gate in her car. The children quickly told her that the gate belonged to Mrs. Ashleigh and they had the gate brought back to Mrs. Ashleigh?s yard. Because the gate had been broken, Mrs. Ashley arranged for a gate repairman named Mr. Farrier to fix the gate. During the time that this was being done, the children found some papers in Mrs. Ashleigh?s home which contained a treasure map. They took the map outside the house to try to follow it and find the treasure. While Benny was holding the map, someone came and stole the map. The theif was wearing a grey jacket. While the children were looking at more papers in Mrs. Ashleigh?s home, they found information about the gate. It turned out that Mr. Fitzhugh ordered the maker of the gate to make it hollow. The children thought that gold was inside the gate. When Mr. Farrier brought back the gate, the children told him what they thought. Instead of attaching the gate to the fence, he brought it back into Mrs. Ashleigh?s house. The children now decided to set a trap to catch the thief who stole the treasure map. They put the gate against the fence and went into Mrs. Ashleigh?s house. In the meantime, a hurricane began and Mrs. Ashleigh closed all the windows and doors. The children could not see outside. After the storm passed, they told their grandfather about their plan. When they looked outside, the gate was missing. As they looked around, they saw that someone was taking it. Watch ran and grabbed the person?s leg. It turned out to be Mike Carsen. He was the same person in the grey jacket. The other person helping him was Jackie James. They were trying to steal the gate so they could sell it. Mrs. Ashleigh decided to donate the gate to a museum on the island. The gate was displayed at the museum information about how it was found and how the children solved the mystery.
--This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition.
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