Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Movie Star Mystery - The Boxcar Children Mysteries Gertrude Chandler Warner

Jacket Description/Back: One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they have become friends with a famous movie star!While Tate Radison was filming his last movie, a lot of odd things happened. No one knows who was responsible for the canister of film disappearing or for the other problems. Now Tate wants to keep his presence in Greenfield a secret to avoid any more mishaps. But soon a note arrives in his mailbox, and the troubles start again. Why would someone want to ruin Tate's career? It's another mystery for the Boxcar Children!Brief Description: The Aldens investigate when the arrival of several suspicious characters in Greenfield coincides with a mystery involving a popular boy actor. Jacket Description/Flap: A reporter finds Tate, a young movie star hiding out in Greenfield. Who leaked Tate's whereabouts?Table of Contents: 1. Who's in This Old House? -- 2. They're Going to Rob That Bank! -- 3. Ice Cream and a Fire Alarm -- 4. A New Friend for Watch -- 5. The Movie Star in Disguise -- 6. A Mysterious Letter -- 7. The Red Feather Clue -- 8. Lights Out! -- 9. A Movie Star Trap -- 10. Caught in the Act.

Contributor Bio:  Warner, Gertrude Chandler Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in 1890 in Putnam, Connecticut, where she taught school and wrote The Boxcar Children because she had often imagined how delightful it would be to live in a caboose or freight car. Encouraged by its success, she went on to write eighteen more stories about the Alden Children.