The Yellow House Mystery (Boxcar Children Series, No 3) by Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Yellow House Mystery (Boxcar Children Series, No 3) by Gertrude Chandler Warner

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Great mystery for children, September 20, 2002 Reviewer: Mary Marnie Brown-Hair-Blonde from hanging over Carl's shoulder This was the first real mystery story I ever read, when I was about eight or nine years old, and I madly adored it, except that for some reason the part about the grating brick freaked me out. It has never scared any other child I know who read the book, but for some reason after reading that I couldn't go to sleep for a long time many nights! It really is a well-thought-out mystery - I always thought it was, but after it scared me I didn't dare to read it again for years! But last week I read it again, and enjoyed it very much again. Of course nothing is as exciting to the adult mind in such a book as it is to a child, but I can still see the appeal in the story and get pleasure from reading it all the same. Basically the story is... Grandfather's "Surprise Island" has a little yellow house on it. The children sense there is a mystery about it, so they ask Grandfather to tell them about it. He says that a man named Bill lived there with his wife. He disappeared one day, presumably with a large amount of money, and no one was ever able to find where he went. But the Boxcar children are always ready for a challenge and they set off to look for Bill. Excellent story that all boys and girls should read or have read to them. --This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition