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69 reviews for:
The Yellow House Mystery: The Boxcar Children Mysteries #3
Gertrude Chandler Warner, Phyllis Newman
3.72 AVERAGE
69 reviews for:
The Yellow House Mystery: The Boxcar Children Mysteries #3
Gertrude Chandler Warner, Phyllis Newman
3.72 AVERAGE
I liked it. It's all about a yellow house where they're trying to find out what it's about. One night they asked their grandfather and he told them about a person named Bill and he went away and lived without the person he was married to. On their trail, they found Bill. It was my second chapter book that I read by myself!
2.5*
So, unlike [b:Surprise Island|156809|Surprise Island (The Boxcar Children, #2)|Gertrude Chandler Warner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1172264372i/156809._SX50_.jpg|151321], this book has a seemingly better mystery element. And it does bring back some characteristics of the first book, [b:The Boxcar Children|297249|The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)|Gertrude Chandler Warner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1173489650i/297249._SX50_.jpg|945340], in regards to survival. This book wasn't what I thought it was going to be (which I'll get to later), and I don't think it holds up to other children's mystery books. However, I liked it for nostalgic purposes and the fact that it was a quick and easy read.
In this summer adventure, the children uncover the mystery of The Yellow House. Going into this one, I thought a majority of the story would take place inside this yellow house, yet a lot of it took place on this trip down a lake. The trip was really reminiscent of the first book, when the children (plus Alice and Joe) try to figure out their meals and survival tasks.
I've stated this before about Surprise Island, but I'll mention it again because it's relevant to this one too. The kids just don't seem that interested in the mystery. They seem more interested when it came to food (and: weird note, they made me crave cornbread) rather than unraveling the mystery. Benny seemed the most interested in solving the mystery. Benny is the best character, honestly, not only because he's the apparent one that's interested in the mystery, but because he gets the best lines (although sometimes childish). Benny seems more his age in this one than in Surprise Island.
I will say, also, there's way too many named characters in this book for such a short story.
They keep using the word "queer" in replacement for "funny" (or any other synonym) and I know it's an older novel, but it's quite annoying (hence a reason for why I think it doesn't hold up).
I believe that this novel is the most complicated of the Boxcar Children series so far in terms of the uncovered mystery. Bill's background and his explanation was a little confusing and not that straight-forward, so I'm not sure if kid's will understand it completely.
So, unlike [b:Surprise Island|156809|Surprise Island (The Boxcar Children, #2)|Gertrude Chandler Warner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1172264372i/156809._SX50_.jpg|151321], this book has a seemingly better mystery element. And it does bring back some characteristics of the first book, [b:The Boxcar Children|297249|The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)|Gertrude Chandler Warner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1173489650i/297249._SX50_.jpg|945340], in regards to survival. This book wasn't what I thought it was going to be (which I'll get to later), and I don't think it holds up to other children's mystery books. However, I liked it for nostalgic purposes and the fact that it was a quick and easy read.
In this summer adventure, the children uncover the mystery of The Yellow House. Going into this one, I thought a majority of the story would take place inside this yellow house, yet a lot of it took place on this trip down a lake. The trip was really reminiscent of the first book, when the children (plus Alice and Joe) try to figure out their meals and survival tasks.
I've stated this before about Surprise Island, but I'll mention it again because it's relevant to this one too. The kids just don't seem that interested in the mystery. They seem more interested when it came to food (and: weird note, they made me crave cornbread) rather than unraveling the mystery. Benny seemed the most interested in solving the mystery
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especially when he runs off from the groupI will say, also, there's way too many named characters in this book for such a short story.
They keep using the word "queer" in replacement for "funny" (or any other synonym) and I know it's an older novel, but it's quite annoying (hence a reason for why I think it doesn't hold up).
I believe that this novel is the most complicated of the Boxcar Children series so far in terms of the uncovered mystery. Bill's background and his explanation was a little confusing and not that straight-forward, so I'm not sure if kid's will understand it completely.
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Ugh. This could have been three stars but they had to add more inaccurate/offensive language in this one. They introduce a young lady, Rita, but constantly refer to her as “the little Indian girl,” and there are drawings of her as well that don’t do any favors. I know it’s just a sign of the times, but it also bad I had to take off a star for it.
Ugh. This could have been three stars but they had to add more inaccurate/offensive language in this one. They introduce a young lady, Rita, but constantly refer to her as “the little Indian girl,” and there are drawings of her as well that don’t do any favors. I know it’s just a sign of the times, but it also bad I had to take off a star for it.
Remember [b:Surprise Island|156809|Surprise Island (The Boxcar Children, #2)|Gertrude Chandler Warner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1172264372l/156809._SX50_.jpg|151321]? Remember
Well here you go: [b:The Yellow House Mystery|156865|The Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children, #3)|Gertrude Chandler Warner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1172264544l/156865._SX50_.jpg|2563888].
Herein, we actually go into said Yellow House on Surprise Island to investigate yet another mystery of yet another long lost family member (of sorts). At some point, they're going to run out of house.
Plotwise, the 'mystery' doesn't make a lick of sense,trusting untrustyworthy sorts ratehr than double checking that, I don't know, your wife is actually dead? come one . And yay for reunions, but that's going to be hard after 40 years... I can't imagine.
But it's a fun enough adventure and kids pretty much overlook the questionable bits and focus on the adventures in the great outdoors. So that's cool. I much preferred the first two, but still good enough.
Then Henry said, “Grandfather, that’s one thing we can’t understand. Why didn’t we ever get to go into that little yellow house? Doesn’t it belong to you?”
Mr. Alden looked at his grandchildren. Then he said quietly, “That’s another story.”
Well here you go: [b:The Yellow House Mystery|156865|The Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children, #3)|Gertrude Chandler Warner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1172264544l/156865._SX50_.jpg|2563888].
Herein, we actually go into said Yellow House on Surprise Island to investigate yet another mystery of yet another long lost family member (of sorts). At some point, they're going to run out of house.
Plotwise, the 'mystery' doesn't make a lick of sense,
But it's a fun enough adventure and kids pretty much overlook the questionable bits and focus on the adventures in the great outdoors. So that's cool. I much preferred the first two, but still good enough.
All right, Benny may be super annoying, but he *did* save the potatoes out of the lake, and find the missing money, so I guess he can stay.
But geez, they need to get Violet some therapy for her anxiety.
But geez, they need to get Violet some therapy for her anxiety.
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I think it was really good because kinda it was an adventure. It was an adventure because there's like a weird man missing (Bill the merchant), and they had to find him.