The Spy Game

Brief Description: When the children uncover a strange puzzle in a friend's back yard, it's the start of a "spy game" leading to gold. But first they must make sense of an old photo and a riddle, and learn just who is behind this mystery within a mystery. Marc Notes: ; When the children uncover a strange puzzle in a friend's back yard, it's the start of a spy game leading to gold. But first they must make sense of an old photo and a riddle, and learn just who is behind this mystery within a mystery.. Publisher Marketing: When the Boxcar Children visit a neighbor's house, a mysterious old wedding photo and a riddle lead them on a "spy game" devised long ago by the original owner of the house. When the children hunt for clues they discover amazing things, like a stone path whose pieces fit together into a jigsaw puzzle! But soon the children begin to suspect that there's a mystery inside the mystery. They read about a similar puzzle in one of their new Detective Club books, and they meet a woman who looks eerily like the bride in the old wedding photo. Just who is behind this spy game? Review Citations:

School Library Journal 07/01/2009 pg. 68 (EAN 9780807576038, Library Binding)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 384 (EAN 9780807576038, Library Binding)

School Library Journal 07/01/2009 pg. 68 (EAN 9780807576045, Paperback)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 384 (EAN 9780807576045, Paperback)

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. Contributor Bio:  Papp, Robert Robert Papp has won awards nationwide, but he is most proud of the reaction his paintings receive from children. He lives in Pennsylvania with his artist wife, Lisa, and their cat, Taffy.