Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Mystery at the Ballpark - The Boxcar Children Mystery & Activities Specials Gertrude Chandler Warner

Brief Description: The Alden children uncover a plot to sabotage the Greenfield Bears baseball team. Includes baseball puzzles and activities. Jacket Description/Flap: Jessie and Violet are selected to play on the local baseball team, Henry gets a job helping the coach, and even Benny has a special role--as batboy. Publisher Marketing: Jessie and Violet are selected to play on the local baseball team, Henry gets a job helping the coach, and even Benny has a special role--as batboy. But at this ballpark, there's more than just a game going on--there's a mystery.

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.