The Garden Thief

Grandfather's friend, Mr. Yee, has broken his arm and can't tend to his beloved vegetable plot in the community garden. The Alden children gladly offer their services to help him with his prize-winning veggies. But they soon learn something mysterious is afoot at the community garden. Vegetables go missing, and it appears someone is intentionally vandalizing the garden plots. Luckily for the local community gardeners, the Boxcar Children are on the case!

Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 03/01/2012
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.77w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9780807527511

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 150211 / Garden Thief


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 05/01/2012 pg. 122
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 67 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed

About the Author
Gertrude Chandler Warner grew up in Putnam, Connecticut. She wrote The Boxcar Children because she had always dreamed about what it would be like to live in a caboose or a freight car--just as the Aldens do. When readers asked for more adventures, Warner wrote more books--a total of nineteen in all. After her death, other authors have continued to write stories about Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden, and today The Boxcar Children(R) series has more than one hundred books.

Tim Jessell is the illustrator of numerous books for children, including The Secrets of Doon. He lives in Oklahoma.