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The Radio Mystery

  • 2003 first published
  • 128 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (5 ratings)
  • 15 editions

The Radio Mystery is a 2003 ghost story novella by Gertrude Chandler Warner. Key subjects include brothers and sisters, radio broadcasting, boxcar children and siblings.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 24 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 15 editions.

At about 128 pages, most readers finish it in 2–3 hours.

About The Radio Mystery

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are actors in a live mystery show being broadcast on an old-fashioned AM radio station. But that's not the only mystery the Boxcar children are part of—it's starting to look like the radio station is haunted!
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Brothers and sisters
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Radio broadcasting
  • Boxcar children
  • Siblings
  • Ghost stories
  • Mystery fiction
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories
  • Children's fiction
  • Mystery and detective stories

Quick answers

Who wrote The Radio Mystery?

The Radio Mystery was written by Gertrude Chandler Warner and first published in 2003.

What genre is The Radio Mystery?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories.

How long is The Radio Mystery?

The median edition has 128 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Radio Mystery?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Hollow Boy, Stalking Jack the Ripper and The Whispering Skull.

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