Childrens book series about an abandoned mansion, jewel thieves, and the kids fix the place…?
…up and have a charity event.
I read them in the 70′s. There were 5-7 books with brown covers. The 1st book had to do with the abandoned mansion and jewel thieves. Then the series continued with the kids cleaning up the abandoned mansion and there was a charity ball (possibly costumed) there. I believe that an old woman who might have grown up in the house was in attendance, and for some reason missing emeralds sticks out in my mind. I remember there was a library in the house, and there were thick bushes between the kids house and the mansion. I also remember that it took place in a town where there were wharfs. There was also a dog and the inside cover of one of the books had a layout of the mansion. If anyone knows please contact me @ ecoutermoi29@aol.com. Thanks!!
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The first series title ‘The Secret of the Mansion’
Originally published from 1948 to 1986, this mystery series starring teenager Trixie Belden is back. In this first installment, Trixie and her best friend, Honey Wheeler, notice something peculiar at the old Frayne mansion and discover a boy sleeping in the abandoned house.
Source:
http://books.google.com/books?id=8asDAAAACAAJ&dq=Julie+Campbell+The+Secret+of+the+Mansion
Amazon.com link
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Mansion-Trixie-Belden/dp/037582412X/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1216484427&sr=11-1
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Snippet from wikipedia
Trixie Belden is the title character in a series of ‘girl detective’ mysteries written between 1948 and 1986. The first six books were written by Julie Campbell, who also wrote the Ginny Gordon series, then continued by various in-house writers from Western Publishing under the pseudonym Kathryn Kenny. Today the rights to the series are owned by Random House. The series was completely out of print for a number of years, but Random House began releasing a new edition of the books in summer of 2003. As of summer, 2006, volumes 1-15 have been reissued. Fans of the series hope to see all thirty-nine volumes reprinted, especially the hard-to-find volumes 35-39.
Trixie was a young teen living just outside the fictional town of Sleepyside-on-Hudson, in the Hudson River Valley area of New York. She lived at Crabapple Farm, which had been in her family for either three or six generations (this varies between books), with her parents and three brothers, Brian, Mart, and Bobby. The first book establishes her friendship with lonely, sheltered rich girl Honey Wheeler whose family has just moved into the Manor House next door and soon the girls are embroiled in their first case.
Throughout the series, the two girls solved mysteries that baffled authorities and, along with brothers and friends, formed a club called the Bob-Whites of the Glen, had adventures, traveled (though not as extensively as Nancy Drew, an older and more sophisticated girl sleuth), and struggled with school. Trixie had particular difficulties with math.
==Series Titles==
1. The Secret of the Mansion (1948)
2. The Red Trailer Mystery (1950)
3. The Gatehouse Mystery (1951)
4. The Mysterious Visitor (1954)
5. The Mystery Off Glen Road (1956)
6. The Mystery in Arizona (1958)
7. The Mysterious Code (1961)
8. The Black Jacket Mystery (1961)
9. The Happy Valley Mystery (1962)
10. The Marshland Mystery (1962)
11. The Mystery at Bob-White Cave (1963)
12. The Mystery of the Blinking Eye (1963)
13. The Mystery on Cobbett’s Island (1964)
14. The Mystery of the Emeralds (1965)
15. The Mystery on the Mississippi (1965)
16. The Mystery of the Missing Heiress (1970)
17. The Mystery of the Uninvited Guest (1977)
18. The Mystery of the Phantom Grasshopper (1977)
19. The Secret of the Unseen Treasure (1977)
20. The Mystery off Old Telegraph Road (1978)
21. The Mystery of the Castaway Children (1978)
22. The Mystery on Mead’s Mountain (1978)
23. The Mystery of the Queen’s Necklace (1979)
24. The Mystery at Saratoga (1979)
25. The Sasquatch Mystery (1979)
26. The Mystery of the Headless Horseman (1979)
27. The Mystery of the Ghostly Galleon (1979)
28. The Hudson River Mystery (1979)
29. The Mystery of the Velvet Gown (1980)
30. The Mystery of the Midnight Marauder (1980)
31. The Mystery at Maypenny’s (1980)
32. The Mystery of the Whispering Witch (1980)
33. The Mystery of the Vanishing Victim (1980)
34. The Mystery of the Missing Millionaire (1980)
35. The Mystery of the Memorial Day Fire (1984)
36. The Mystery of the Antique Doll (1984)
37. The Pet Show Mystery (1985)
38. The Indian Burial Ground Mystery (1985)
39. The Mystery of the Galloping Ghost (1986)
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trixie_Belden