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Surprise Island

Gertrude Chandler Warner

1949·young adult

Part of Boxcar Children series

Literary Fiction Mystery

classics espionage tense undercover mission

Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer on their own private island. There is a mysterious stranger on the island with a secret -- but that's not the only surprise in store for the Boxcar Children.

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Surprise Island

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Part of Boxcar Children series

Year

1949

Audience

young adult

Literary Fiction Mystery

Tags

classics espionage tense undercover mission

Description

Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer on their own private island. There is a mysterious stranger on the island with a secret -- but that's not the only surprise in store for the Boxcar Children.

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