Mystery Ranch [Audiobook] [Unabridged] (Audio Cassette)

by Gertrude Chandler Warner (Author), Phyllis Newman (Reader)

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Audio Cassette
Publisher: Listening Library (Sep 30 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0807273430
ISBN-13: 978-0807273432
Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 13 x 3.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 159 g

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This is item 4 in The Boxcar Children Series.

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Grandpa Alden's sister, Jane, is not feeling very well. She's very tired, quite cross, and she doesn't seem to like anyone, including Grandpa Alden. So when Aunt Jane ends up all alone on her ranch out west, it's the Alden girls who go to care for her and try to bring her out of the doldrums.

Soon a mystery begins to unfold and the clues are everywhere; from the stranger on the train, to the beautiful yellow rocks on Aunt Jane's ranch. When Henry and Benny come out to join the girls, the four Alden children find themselves unraveling the intriguing mystery - with some amazing results!

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Two young girls travel to the family ranch to care for an ailing aunt during their summer vacation and uncover a mystery. Book available.

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3.0 out of 5 stars It's not so mysterious, Sep 28 2002

By	Mrs Baldwin (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mystery Ranch (Paperback)

Why isn't this book as good as the rest? I hated it when i was little, much as I loved the rest of the original series. Years have passed since then and I read it again and it's not so bad. But the other reviewers are correct in the fact that this is no mystery, really.

As for the purpose of this book in the scheme of the entire series, it's actually very important. This book is the important link between books 3 and the rest of the series. This book introduces Aunt Jane, a very important role in the future of the children, and it sets the groundwork for book 5, "Mike's Mystery", which takes place on the same ranch some time later. And book 5 is the springboard for Mike to be more important in later adventures. So there is a purpose to this book.

I can't really recommend it though. But any child who wants to read the whole series should not skip this book - it's still part of the experience, no matter how dull it may seem, and it's really not THAT bad.

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1.0 out of 5 stars What a flop!, April 26 2002

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This review is from: Mystery Ranch (Paperback)

This is the most boring book I have ever read! I loved the boxcar children books, and all of them I would rate better the 3 stars, but this one was so borring. MYSTERY ranch? What MYSTERY? The was no mystery in this book at all. The whole thing was just so borring. It's the worst boxcar book I have ever read, and I have read about 42 of their so far 87 books! It's just so borring.

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1.0 out of 5 stars I'll never forget the boringness--oops, I already did. Zzzz, Aug 21 2001

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This was the book where the Boxcar Children ate peas for dinner and went to bed at 8:00. They took an entire chapter to plan what they were going to do that day, instead of just doing it. I think this is the right book, but I don't remember because they were all so boring I forgot them. If you are looking for a series for your children to read, I would advise you to keep this out of children's reach. They may need psychiatric treatment after reading this bore of a lifetime. Nothing worth your time is in this book, except that going to bed at 8:00 was a good laugh. --Andy, 12 years old

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3.0 out of 5 stars Your child could do worse than read this book,strictly "okay
"The Mystery Ranch" is part of the Boxcar Children series. In my opinion,it is not as well thought out as the first book,though my 5you loved the whole thing. Read more

Published on Aug 12 1999