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The Basketball Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #68) Paperback – January 1, 1999

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The Boxcar Children join a basketball team and are thrilled to find out the famous Buzz and Tipper Nettleton are their coaches! But when practice schedules get mixed up, and Tipper's Most Valuable Player trophy goes missing, the Aldens know there's been foul play. Can they find the culprit?
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  1. Reading age
    7 - 10 years
  2. Book 68 of 164
    The boxcar children mysteries
  3. Print length
    144 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    2 - 5
  6. Lexile measure
    540L
  7. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.38 x 7.63 inches
  8. Publisher
    Random House Books for Young Readers
  9. Publication date
    January 1, 1999
  10. ISBN-10
    0807505765
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0807505762
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Greenfield's famous basketball stars, Tipper and Buzz Nettleton, coach a community team that the Boxcar Children join. Then someone steals Tipper's MVP trophy and the Alden's investigate.

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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® series has more than one hundred books.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (January 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807505765
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807505762
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 - 10 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 540L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 2 - 5
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.38 x 7.63 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 39 ratings

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Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in Putnam, Connecticut, on April 16, 1890, to Edgar and Jane Warner. Her family included a sister, Frances, and a brother, John. From the age of five, she dreamed of becoming an author. She wrote stories for her Grandfather Carpenter, and each Christmas she gave him one of these stories as a gift. Today, Ms. Warner is best remembered as the author of The Boxcar Children Mysteries.

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Donna DiPetrillo
5.0 out of 5 stars I love it
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2019
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I wonder still why it always make me feel why when I finishes a boxcar children keep reading 📚 forever
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Ina Siem
5.0 out of 5 stars The Basketball Mystery Review
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2020
It is very good. There are some funny parts in the book as well as dramatic parts too! Good Read!
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mommy
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2015
Loved the book. My daughter loved it. She loves basketball so this was the perfect book for her. She enjoyed it thoroughly.
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Puja
4.0 out of 5 stars Not for kindergardeners!
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2013
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Seems like a good book, but it is not meant for K kids. It much for them to read and understand. I believe it it missed labeled in amazon.
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Grace of God
5.0 out of 5 stars Yahoo great mystery
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2014
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I love this basketball mystery! And I consider it a great one! YAHOO!!! great book!! This was an awesome, amazing book!!!
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Rukma Rao
4.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2014
I like how mysterious The author wrote this book. I didn't want to put it down at all! I enjoyed this book a lot
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Mark McGwire
4.0 out of 5 stars "A Neat Book"
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2000
I really enjoyed reading this book. It was interesting reading about some basketball stars and a stolen trophy. I would really rate it four and a half stars but I wasn't able to. The reason it "would" be four and a half stars is because every once and a while I got a tiny bit bored. I still love reading it because it has more than that. I loved reading about the basketball clinic. I LOVE this book!
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