num_pages: 121
description: The Alden children save an old woman's house, land, and all the animals in her animal shelter from greedy contractors.
language: English
title: The Animal Shelter Mystery
titlecomplete: The Animal Shelter Mystery (The Boxcar Children, #22)
characters: Benny Alden, Jessie Alden, Henry Alden, Violet Alden
genres: Classics, Chapter Books, Mystery, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Animals, Audiobook, Fiction
ratings_count: 1500
places: The United States of America
series: The Boxcar Children
publisher: Albert Whitman & Co