Midnight at the Haunted Hotel

Boxcar Children: You Solve the Mystery!

Grades 2–5
Ages 7–10

Choose a path. Follow the clues. Solve the mystery!

Sleuth along with Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden as they hunt down clues in a mysterious old hotel where YOU get to solve the mystery!


The Boxcar Children are investigating strange events at a hotel that some people say is haunted, and it seems like every room holds a new surprise. In this exciting solve-your-own-mystery, readers will put their detective skills to the test, making decisions that will either help the Aldens crack the case or lead them deeper into the haunted hotel.

Beloved by generations of families, Boxcar Children illustrated chapter books are full of wholesome excitement, danger, and mystery.

ISBN 9780807528501 (Paperback)
Published on Nov 10, 2026
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages 160
Dimensions 5-3/16 x 7-5/8
Age Range 7-10 years
Grade Grades 2-5

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in Putnam, Connecticut, on April 16, 1890. From the age of five, she dreamed of becoming an author. She wrote stories for her grandfather, and each Christmas she gave him one of these stories as a gift. Today, Ms. Warner is best remembered as the author of The Boxcar Children Mysteries.

JM Lee

J. M. Lee was born and raised in the great Minnesota north. After pursuing nerdy interests in comparative film studies, screenwriting, and Shakespeare, he graduated from the University of Minnesota with a much nerdier degree in linguistics with a focus in Japanese phonology.

Hollie Hibbert

Hollie Hibbert is a digital artist who has worked on a range of publishing and editorial projects. She enjoys exhibiting at comic conventions and other shows. Her other hobbies include book arts, playing the piano, traveling, reading, indoor cycling, cooking, and shopping.

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