num_pages: 128
description: Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending a vacation traveling down the river on a houseboat.Throughout their journey, the Boxcar Children have the feeling they're being watched. Little do they know, someone is looking for something on their houseboat - and he'll stop at nothing until he gets it.
language: English
title: Houseboat Mystery
titlecomplete: Houseboat Mystery (The Boxcar Children, #12)
characters: Benny Alden, Jessie Alden, Henry Alden, Violet Alden
genres: Classics, Adventure, Chapter Books, Mystery, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Fiction, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 3459
places: The United States of America
series: The Boxcar Children
publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers