18 books like The Boxcar Children spooktacular special
The Zombie Project
While staying at the Winding River Lodge, the Alden siblings investigate tales of a zombie haunting a lake in the woods.
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The Vampire Mystery
When the Aldens agree to watch the house of a local author who has written a book about a vampire, they end up investigating activities that are suspiciously similar to those in his book.
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The Ghost Town Mystery
While visiting a recent purchase of Grandfather's, a ghost town in the Rocky Mountains, the Aldens encounter a mystery involving a run-down motel and a woman who may be a ghost.
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The Ghost of the Chattering Bones
While vacationing at a friend's country home, the four Alden siblings try to find a long-missing, priceless brooch and investigate the existence of a ghostly stream.
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Zombie Halloween
What Happens to This House on Halloween?
Kenny Manzetti was the new kid in town. His family moved back in to an old house to help take care of his grandfather. Everyone in his new neighborhood is obsessed with zombies--even Grandpa Mo. But then a new family moves in next door and their choice in furniture is...interesting.
Kenny is convinced that there is something strange about the new…
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The Ghost in the First Row
The Aldens are visiting Aunt Jane in Elmford where they will see a mystery play at the Trap-Door Theater. Each day at rehearsal something strange happens to the front-row seat once occupied by the theater's benefactor. Is the benefactor's ghost about?
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The Return of the Graveyard Ghost
Taking a shortcut through the Greenfield Cemetery, the Aldens stumble across a local superstition which maintains that visitors are required to leave gifts or suffer the wrath of a malevolent ghost, a suspicious tradition that prompts the children to expose the truth.
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The Mystery of the Singing Ghost
While helping fix up the old house their cousins have bought, the Aldens hear stories about its being haunted and find evidence suggesting that there may be a ghost there.
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The Mystery of the Runaway Ghost
When the Aldens visit their friend Fran in Wisconsin, they can't wait to hear her tell the story of the runaway ghost. Fran's family ghost hasn't been spotted in years, but the Aldens still shiver at the spooky tale of the ghost's bell clanging after dark. Then Violet hears a mysterious ringing in the middle of the night and the children start to wonder--could the runaway ghost be back?
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The Mystery of the Midnight Dog
While visiting a small town in Alabama, the Aldens hear mysterious howls at midnight, leading them to wonder if an old local legend about a ghost dog is true.
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Zombiefied!
The fourth and final book in this hilariously spooky and spookily hilarious middle-grade series!Trick or treat?!It's Benjamin Roy's first Halloween as a zombie and he's keen to see if being a real ghoul gets him more candy. But it doesn't take long before the tricks become dangerous and the treats turn deadly. Then when the only bridge out of town is destroyed, and corpses start creeping from…
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The Mystery at Skeleton Point
While Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny help a friend fix up an old mansion filled with skeletons belonging to the doctor who once lived there, statues begin disappearing from the mansion grounds and a walking skeleton may be the culprit.
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Werewolf Skin
Alex Hunter, a young photographer, is staying with his aunt and uncle in Wolf Creek. They only have two rules for him: don't go into the woods late at night, and stay away from the creepy house next door. But Alex can't resist trying to take a couple of pictures, late at night, when the moon is full.
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The teeny tiny ghost
A teeny tiny ghost who is having trouble learning how to be scary is inspired by a Halloween visit from his ghost friends.
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A mad zombie party
Ali Bell and Cole Holland's crew of zombie slayers thought they'd won the war against Anima Industries, the evil company responsible for capturing and experimenting on zombies in an effort to discover the secret to immortality. In the last epic clash, the slayers lost many of their crew and closest friends. But Frosty, the ice man himself, has not recovered from one casualty in particularthe love…
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Through the Zombie Glass
After a strange new zombie attack, a terrible darkness blooms inside Alice urging her to do wicked things. She's never needed her team of zombie slayers more--including her boyfriend, Cole--than she does now. But as Cole strangely withdraws and the zombies gain new strength, Ali knows one false step may doom them all.
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This Book Is Haunted
This book's "not too scary" ghost host tells five spooky stories.
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The Pumpkin Head Mystery
The Boxcar Children investigate a mysterious ghost with a glowing pumpkin head at a friend's farm.
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