Gertrude Chandler Warner

Boxcar Children Gertrude Chandler Warner

Jacket Description/Flap: Strange pranks are disrupting the fun at the drive-in! Could the old theater be haunted?Marc Notes: ; The Aldens discover there's nothing more fun than a drive-in movie. But pranks and other odd things are happening at the Diamond Drive-In, and late at night, a ghost is seen walking around the empty lot. Is the old theater really haunted?. Brief Description: The Aldens discover there's nothing more fun than a drive-in movie. But pranks and other odd things are happening at the Diamond Drive-In, and late at night, a ghost is seen walking around the empty lot. Publisher Marketing: The Aldens are visiting a friend who owns a drive-in movie. The children love to eat popcorn in the car and watch movies under the stars. But one night the sound system starts playing loud music, and a couple of employees seem to be hiding a secret.

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.