Do I need to read the previous books in the series to understand this story?

Each installment in this series functions as a self-contained mystery, meaning you can follow the plot without prior knowledge of the Alden children's earlier adventures.

Was this book written by the original author of the series?

While the series was created by Gertrude Chandler Warner, she only authored the first nineteen books; subsequent entries, including this one, were written by other authors who continued the series after her passing.

The Animal Shelter Mystery

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Animals Children's Books

Pages: 121
Published: 1991
Language: English

The Alden children visit a local animal shelter and discover that the owner is in danger of losing her home and land. When greedy contractors try to shut the shelter down, the four siblings must work together to solve the mystery and save the animals. It is a race against time to find the evidence they need to protect their new friend's legacy.

Prose complexity: 1/10

Heartwarming Adventurous Lighthearted Cozy

Found Family Coming of Age

Authors

Charles Tang

Charles Tang is an illustrator of children's fiction, best known for illustrating more than thirty entries in Gertrude Chandler Warner's Boxcar Children mystery series for Albert Whitman & Company through the 1990s and early 2000s, including The Mystery at the Dog Show and The Guide Dog Mystery.

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Gertrude Chandler Warner was an American author, mainly of children's stories. She was most famous for writing the original book of The Boxcar Children and for the next eighteen books in the series. Warner once said that she did much of her writing while convalescing from illnesses or accidents, and that she conceived the idea of The Boxcar Children while sick at home. Of this, she said, "I had to stay at home from school because of an attack of bronchitis. Having written a series of eight bo...

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need to read the previous books in the series to understand this story?
Each installment in this series functions as a self-contained mystery, meaning you can follow the plot without prior knowledge of the Alden children's earlier adventures.
Was this book written by the original author of the series?
While the series was created by Gertrude Chandler Warner, she only authored the first nineteen books; subsequent entries, including this one, were written by other authors who continued the series after her passing.