Set at America's largest private residence - 250 rooms - with real secret passages! Readers learn about the Victorian era when electricity & other newfangled things kids take for granted today first came to be. Napoleon, the Vanderbilts, & some of America's greatest writers figure into the plot, as does natural resource conservation.

Take your mark and race after four kids ages 7-14 as they try to track down the mysterious whereabouts of their school-teacher cousin who has disappeared from the famous Boston Marathon-right in the middle of the racel More than a race, a mystery! More than a mystery, there's Boston and Marathon history! More than frights and scares—it's funny!

"His head is missing?" Michele asked. "Whose head?" When the answer turns out to be Blackbeard, fiercest pirate of the all. Four kids set off on a real adventure in North Carolina's real pirate haunt port town of Bath. While struggling to recover a special prop and save an outdoor drama, the kids learn about the Golden Age of Piracy up and down the American coast from Maine to Florida. They also learn a lot of history, solve a mystery, meet a legend and much more! They have a lot of Jolly Roger laughs! But do they find the treasure? Hmm, would they tell? Avast! This mystery's a treasure trove of fun! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Blackbeard's death History of Bath, NC • Bath geography • History of Ned Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard • Amphitheaters • History of the Bonner family and Bonner's Point • History of the Palmer-Marsh House • Information on St. Thomas Church • Lustre • Pontipool • Mary Ormond, Blackbeard's wife • Legend of the Magic Horse Tracks • Sailors• mirrors • Erosion • Bath Creek • Teach's Hole, Ocracoke Island, NC • Plum Point, Bath • Buzzard Inn, • Bath Public Library • St. Thomas Cemetery • Van Der Veer House • Magic Horse Tracks near Washington, NC. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.2 Accelerated Reader Points: 4 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74560 Lexile Measure: 780 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

One ghostly figure, four kids in jail, seven miles of snaky river, too many clues and time is running out! Four real kids visit the Alamo and become ensnarled in a mystery where clues take them along the River Walk and through old San Antonio on a mission to save the Alamo... and they learn a little history all along the way! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! The Alamo Story and History • History of Texas General Santa Anna • San Jacinto River Battle, TX • Davy Crockett, history of his life and his role at the Alamo • General Sam Houston, • Remember The Alamo • Sarah Seely DeWitt, •Come and Take It • William Barret Travis, Commander of the Alamo in 1836, "A line in the sand" • The Alamo (San Antonio de Valero) - The Alamo Shrine - The Alamo Hospital - The Alamo Soldier's Barracks - The Cenotaph Memorial • The River Walk, (Paseo del Rio) • The Circus Museum. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.7 Accelerated Reader Points: 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74561 Lexile Measure: 720 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

A series of clues in Spanish lead four real kids down California's famous Old Mission Trail in search of a solution to a mystery of history and hilarity! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Definition of missions, and their functions in the past and present • Mission architecture and design • Missions and the California Gold Rush • Why missions were founded, and the hardships involved • Indians• reactions to the missions, and the effects of the missions on the Indians • Father Junipero Serra's work with the missions and his burial • Important facts about each mission the group visits, including information on architecture, present-day status of the mission, the bells in each mission, circumstances surrounding the missions • foundings, and other distinctive trivia • foundings, and other distinctive trivia • Po Rico, a Spanish governor in America • Secularization • El Camino Real • Ojo de Dios craft • Mission La Pur • sima • Concepci-n, Lompoc • Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara • Mission Santa Solvang • Mission Snaventura, San Buenaventura • Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano • Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, San Gabriel • Mission San Fernando Rey de Espa-a, Mission Hills • Mission San Antonio de Padua, Jolon • Mission Nuestra Se-ora de la Soledad, Soledad • Mission San Francisco de As' (or Mission Dolores), San Francisco. This book was nominated for the prestigious 2004 Beatty Award! Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this Grade 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading 5.7 Accelerated Reader 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz 74565 Lexile 870 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Q Developmental Assessment 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

A surprise Christmas treat of a private tour of the White House soon turns into a harrowing adventure during a blizzard of snow and clues that lead them directly to the Oval Office as four real kids solve a scary, but funny mystery! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Purpose and types of Secret Service agents • Formation of Washington D.C. • Dolley Madison and the 1814 fire in the White House • Design and construction of the White House • Function of the White House today • President's job description • Information on the different rooms in the White House • Glow sticks used by the Marines • James Madison and James Monroe candlesticks • White House holiday pageant • Presidential china • Situation Room v Dumbwaiter • Presidential pets • Code names for the president. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.5 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74567 Lexile Measure: 790 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

One historic flight! Four funny friends! A missing plane! A howling winter storm, clues on every dune and time is flying away! Four real kids attending the Centennial of Flight celebration in Kitty Hawk find themselves racing through aviation history to find a missing plane-but is it really missing? LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Flight vocabulary • Attempts to fly pre-Wright brothers • What happened on the day of the first flight and why the brothers chose Kill Devil Hills • Orville and Wilbur's beginnings • Sand dune shifting • Hurricanes and Nor'easters • Types of aircraft • Wing warping • Windmills • The plane Flyer • Dare County • Kitty Hawk • Wright Brothers National Memorial, Manteo, NC • Eagle River, AK. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.5 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74557 Lexile Measure: 670 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Four real kids on a visit to New York City get gridlocked in a mystery that takes them on a wild hair-raising tour of the Big Apple's famous landmarks to find a priceless piece of history—but only they know it's missing.

Four funny friends travel to Disney World for the vacation of a lifetime! They have a lot of fun, until... A pirate kidnaps one! Ghosts grab the second! A mouse house swallows the third one! And the fourth is left to find them all! Solving this magical mystery will take a little good luck and loads of creativity! Do you have it in you to "Think like Walt" and help save the read kid characters before the fireworks?! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Walt Disney -Farm - Innovation and ingenuity - Hardships to success - Mickey Mouse during the depression - Disney Studios • History of Disneyland and the 30,000 acres of land surrounding it • Slave Folklore and history of Brer Rabbit • History of Liberty Bell - Declaration of Independence - George Washington - Liberty Tree • Grover Cleveland • Abraham Lincoln • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • Democrats/Republicans • Cultural differences and similarities of the seven continents • Disney World General information and history of the design and architecture • Main Street, U.S.A • Pirates of the Caribbean Ride • Splash Mountain • The Hall of Presidents • The Haunted Mansion • It's a Small World Ride • The Mad Tea Party Ride • Mickey's Toontown Fair • ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter • Cinderella's Castle. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74556 Lexile Measure: 730 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

One secret quilt, two magic johnnycakes, three wishes for good luck, tons of trouble and seconds to escape! The Underground Railroad is not a real train, you know? It's a fascinating period of history and mystery filled with legend and lore. Come along for the ride of a lifetime through this incredible tale of a time when heroes could be found in the most unlikely places. From the Deep South all the way to the North, things aren't what they seem. Secrets are essential. Keep a sharp eye! Help the next one along. Be brave! Courage is the ticket to freedom. Can you "Read" a quilt? Come along with me, and I'll tell you all about it. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! The Underground Railroad - Definition - Origins • Vocabulary (conductors, passengers, stations, etc.) • Use of constellations • Location of stations • Details of how, why, and when conductors moved passengers • Use of quilts and symbols • Harriet Tubman • Friendship Road • Statistics • Conditions along the journey north • William Still, a conductor, escaped slave, author • Thomas Garrett and his work as a conductor • Definition of abolitionists • Beginnings of slavery • Typical life of slaves • Slave auctions • Plantation life • Emancipation Proclamation • Quakers as abolitionists • Resting trees • USS Constellation • History of the Liberty Bell • Thomas Garrett and his work as a conductor • Definition of abolitionists • Beginnings of slavery • Typical life of slaves • Slave auctions • Plantation life • Emancipation Proclamation • Quakers as abolitionists • Resting trees • USS Constellation • His Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this Grade 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading 5.1 Accelerated Reader 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz 74566 Lexile 770 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Q Developmental Assessment 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

When Christina, Grant and their two friends join their mystery-writing Mimi (and Papa!) on a trip to the "Mile-High City" of Denver, Colorado, they soon find themselves: • Sleeping in a mysterious, haunted palace of a hotel! • Deciphering mountains of clues to solve a mystery! • Reading tattered old books to help solve the clues! • Traveling through tricky tunnels to get to a scary ski slope! • Meeting an amazing woman who once sailed on the Titanic! But can the kids have fun, stay warm and solve a mystery all at the same time? Strap on your skis and come along and see! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Denver winter weather • Rocky Mountain history, facts, and folklore • Mining history and folklore • Old West Santa Fe style buildings and architecture • America the Beautiful song lyrics and author bio • Rocky Mountain Railroads and Old West transportation facts • Anasazi Indian history, lifestyle, and facts • Learning how to ski • Brown Palace Hotel • LoDo (Lower Downtown) • Garden of the Gods • Pikes Peak • Cliff Place at Mesa Verde National Park • Eisenhower Tunnel. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.9 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 79513 Lexile Measure: 760 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Christina and Grant start in New Orleans. Their two new friends start at the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Minnesota. They planned to meet at the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis. But they didn't plan on getting involved in a very strange mystery which takes them over locks and dams, past Tom Sawyer's cave and past many other fascinating sights along the mighty Mississippi. Are they being followed? Tricked or trapped? Come along for the ride and see! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! New Orleans history, facts, and traditions • The French Quarter of New Orleans • Mimes • Mardi Gras history • Cajun history and lifestyle (seafood gumbo, zydeco, and Cajun two-step) • Funeral traditions in New Orleans • Where the Mississippi River runs • Mississippi River history and facts • Paddlewheeler boats • Life along the Mississippi River • Gateway Arch construction, architecture, and history • St. Louis history • Jackson Square • The Cabildo, famous fort where the Louisiana Purchase had been signed • City of the Dead, Burial Ground • Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri • Museum of Western Expansion. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 79514 Lexile Measure: 680 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

When Mimi and Papa get invited to the most famous horse race in the world, Grant and Christina tag along. They meet up with a couple of horsy friends and start to have some fun! But then, mysterious things begin to happen: first a horse disappears, then two jockeys! The next thing you know, the kids are finding clues that may help them solve the mystery and save the race! But it's a two-minute race to the finish line! Come along and help them! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Kentucky Derby history, facts, and traditions • Horses and jockeys • Great Steamboat Race on the Ohio River history and facts • Triple Crown races • Ohio River and Falls history and facts • Riding clothes facts • How to Ride a Horse • Pony breeds • Difference between Horse and Pony • Pegasus Parade history • Churchill Downs • Eva Bandman Park • Kentucky Derby Museum • Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.3 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 79512 Lexile Measure: 670 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

When Mimi, Papa, Christina and Grant visit a U.S. Park Ranger friend and her two children, the kids almost immediately embark on a GRAND adventure! Join them on an exciting tour—by helicopter, stubborn mule and tipsy-turvy whitewater raft—down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Grand Canyon, facts and history • The Navajo Nation History and customs • The Hopi Indian History and customs • Arizona history and symbols • Flagstaff, Arizona History • Geology of the Grand Canyon - Sedimentary rock - Mesa's - Colorado Plateau - Erosion • Kachina Dolls • Grand Canyon National Park - The Bright Angel Trail - Supai Village - El Tovar Hotel - The Visitor Center - Havasupai Indian Reservation • The Cameron Trading Post and The Little Colorado River Flagstaff, AZ. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.4 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 79511 Lexile Measure: 840 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Four Hundred Years of Blood, Sweat and Tears! Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa travel to Jamestown, Virginia and learn that "founding" a new nation is no easy task! During Jamestown's Quadricentennial Celebration, there's plenty of history, mystery, legend, lore, lost bones, and more! Joe the archaeologist is accused of stealing priceless "Skeletal remains." Curious clues lead the kids on a whirlwind chase from Jamestown to Williamsburg to Yorktown. Christina and Grant meet Pocahontas and Captain John Smith! They get lost in the creepy woods! And, they acquire an adorable new pet who will be part of all the future books in the super Carole Marsh Mysteries! But in the meantime, Christina asks, "Who's bone IS this?!" LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Jamestown history • Powhatan Indian Village • Archaeologist • First Colonies history • Archaerium • The Susan Constant, boat • Hominy • Yehakin, Indian house • Williamsburg history • Revolutionary War history • The Founding Fathers. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.7 Accelerated Reader Points: 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 110075 Lexile Measure: 690 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download Jamestown User's Guide . 5. Download Jamestown Teacher's Guide .< 6. Download Jamestown Lessons Plan . 7. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 8. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa fly the Mystery Girl to Hershey, Pennsylvania just in time for the 100th anniversary of the famous candy company. Their plans are to tour the chocolate-scented town (with the Hershey Kisses streetlights!) and eat chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. But when silver dollars go missing, the mystery family goes into action to save the day! Well, hopefully! Christina is excited about the research, Grant has a tummy ache (wonder why?) And, Mimi won't go near a scale! Join the fun-it's a real treat of a mystery! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Hershey, PA, the Sweetest Place on Earth • Hotel Hershey • Hershey Museum • Hershey Community Archives • Hershey's Chocolate World • Milton Hershey - Orphanage - Philanthropy - Birth - Hardships and path to success - Kitty Hershey and the Milton • Hershey School • Hershey Museum - artifact collections • Trolleys and San Francisco streetcars • The town of Hershey with its chocolate smell, Kisses streetlights, and sweet street names • Hershey factory• Greenies • Working conditions • Job fairness for women and men • Labor unions • Longitude Department • Hershey in the Great Depression • Harrisburg, PA. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this Grade 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading 4.6 Accelerated Reader 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz 115542 Lexile 670 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Q Developmental Assessment 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Mimi inherits a gold mine-the Gold Bug! On summer break, Christina and Grant join their mystery book-writing grandmother and cowboy pilot grandfather, Papa, on an adventure to check out the mine and discover a mystery that could mean boom or bust! Renaissance Learning, Inc now has Accelerated Reader quizzes for all of the Carole Marsh Mysteries! To visit their website, click here.Want a sneak preview of this great mystery? Click HERE to download the first three chapters (approximately 135 KB)!Each mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Each Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, and a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level.

Papa is very patriotic, brags Grant. Mimi says he was a strong constitution, adds Christina. But the Constitution in jeopardy is the real U.S. Constitution! Is it lost? Stolen? Fake? Real? And how are they supposed to know! It's a spy vs. spy kind of mystery as Christina, Grant and their new red, white and blue (or are they spies too?!) friends follow the Constitution from its historic birth to its possible demise.We have to save it!, Grant insists. But how?, Christina worries. Time is running out, we're being chased, and ohmygoodness ...look at that! Join them for some mysterious fun. WILL THEY, CAN THEY SAVE THE CONSTITUTION?! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! U.S. Constitution history and facts Founding Fathers and Patriots history The American Revolution history Bill of Rights facts Washington Monument history The White House history and facts Cherry Blossom Trees and Parade history Washington, D.C., USA Mobile, Alabama, USA Capital Hilton Hotel National Archives Preservation Room, National Archives International Spy Museum The Tidal Basin, This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. Each Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, and a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level.

When the Mystery Girl puts down in Boot Hill, the die is cast! New friends - and some real, some perhaps not, foil the kids attempts to solve the mystery of why living, breathing towns become ghost towns. Click HERE to read the first three chapters! Each mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Each Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, and a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level.

What seems like a city for adults only turns out to be an exciting town for kids who love neon, cactus, gigantic dams, rollercoasters atop tall hotels, chocolate, swimming pools and vampires. Vampires? Well, it seems so, but who knows in Las Vegas, a place where magic can be fake...yet the pretend be alllll too real! Click HERE to read the first three chapters! Each mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Each Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, and a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level.

You could say deadly Diamond Shoals was "Ground zero" for shipwrecks, once upon a time. In the era before lighthouses and before lifesavers, an enormous swatch of sneaky, shifting sandy shoals worked like skeletal fingers to snatch up ships and sink them! When Papa has to emergency land The Mystery Girl, this spooky, mysterious story begins. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Cape Hatteras history Diamond Shoals history USS Monitor history and facts Humidity and general Cape Hatteras weather Fresnal Lens Cape Hatteras lighthouse history Cape Hatteras shipwreck history Rescue device facts (the Breeches buoy) U.S. Coast Guard history Blackbeard, the pirate, history Barque Eagle ship history Wild ponies history Sea Turtle facts Diamond Shoals Pamlico Sound Pea Island Ocracoke Island. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this Grade 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading 4.3 Accelerated Reader 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz 126334 Lexile 670 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Q Developmental Assessment 40

What is planned as a pleasure trip to the city by the bay (San Francisco), turns out to be a topsy-turvy mystery with new friends helter-skelter through Chinatown, Lombardy, and even Alcatraz Prison one dark, foggy night. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this Grade 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading 4.6 Accelerated Reader 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz 126330 Lexile 700 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Q Developmental Assessment 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

One quaint cottage! A mysterious map! One lukewarm log! And a productive print shop! Equals one historic adventure. Grant and Christina can't wait to visit Colonial Williamsburg with their mystery-writing grandmother Mimi and cowboy-pilot grandfather Papa. "It feels like you are whisked back in time when you go to Williamsburg!" says Mimi. And as soon as the kids arrive, they're whisked into a quirky colonial mystery involving a valuable-and missing-map! It's a gift for the Queen of England-but where is it? Join Grant and Christina as they tour some taverns, carouse in the Capitol, take a wild carriage ride, and even end up in 'gool'-all in the name of the Queen! It's a map mix-up you don't want to miss! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Royal Colony of Virginia in 1750 facts and geographical information • Queen of England • Tobacco farming in the 1700's - Importance to trade • Upper House including the Royal Governor and his council and • lower house including the House of Burgesses • Cartogrophy • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, •The Purloined Letter • Colonial Williamsburg • Christiana Campbell's Tavern • Market Square • Capitol Building • General Court • Duke of Gloucester Street • The Kings Arms Tavern • Chownings Tavern • College of William and Mary • The Gaol (Jail) • Governor's Palace. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.8 Accelerated Reader Points: 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 129389 Lexile Measure: 740 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .>. 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Each mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Each Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, and a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level.

When you purchase the Library Bound mystery you will receive FREE online eBook access! Carole Marsh Mystery Online eBooks are an easy, effective, and immediate way to read your favorite Carole Marsh Mystery on the go! Each web-hosted Online eBook is filled with the same exact pages as the book, plus additional features like pages that flip with a fun sound as you read, a full chapter directory, full-screen and thumbnail viewing capabilities, and more! Online eBooks allow readers to access their book anytime, from anywhere by using a computer, tablet, or other device with Internet access. They require NO additional access or hosting fees When you purchase a library bound Carole Marsh Mystery book, you get unlimited access to the Online eBook version for FREE . You don t need to download Online eBooks they are available to you online 24/7! Online eBooks are available exclusively from Gallopade, and are compatible with Macs, PC, iPad, and other devices with Internet access. Ding, Dong! Ding, Dong! When Christina discovers that the Liberty Bell hanging in Liberty Center is a fake, she enlists Grand and two Philadelphia friends to help her find the real one. But time in running out! They have to solve this mystery before the Fourth of July! See if you can crack this mystery. Some mysterious historical characters, including Ben Franklin, George Washington, and Betsy Ross, offer them clues. But are they actors... or are they ghosts? Along the way, the kids are chased by Redcoats, cornered in a creepy old ship, and learn about the birth of the United States! So grab your tri-corn - it's time for a trip back in time! LOOK what's in this Old City Independence Hall (State House of Pennsylvania) Assembly Room Liberty Bell Center Betsy Ross' home City Tavern U. S. Mint Ben Franklin Parkway The Museum District The Mutter Museum Penn's Landing Historic Lights of Liberty Christ Church, Society Hill The Franklin Institute Science Museum Electricity Hall Lancaster County, PA Clothing of colonial times History of the Liberty Bell including Whitechapel Foundry, England; The Inscription on the Liberty Bell; and Uses of the Liberty Bell Amish culture and origins Declaration of Independence George Washington 1787 Constitutional Convention Betsy Ross Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin Postmaster Each mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Each Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader reading levels, points and quiz numbers, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level, and a Development Reading Assessment.

When you purchase the Library Bound mystery you will receive FREE online eBook access! Carole Marsh Mystery Online eBooks are an easy, effective, and immediate way to read your favorite Carole Marsh Mystery on the go! Each web-hosted Online eBookis filled with the same exact pages as the book, plus additional features like pages that "flip" with a fun sound as you read, a full chapter directory, full-screen and thumbnail viewing capabilities, and more! Online eBooks allow readers to access their book anytime, from anywhere by using a computer, tablet, or other device with Internet access. They require NO additional access or hosting fees When you purchase a library bound Carole Marsh Mystery book, you get unlimited access to the Online eBook version for FREE You don't need to download Online eBooks they are available to you online 24/7! Online eBooks are available exclusively from Gallopade.

When you purchase the Library Bound mystery you will receive FREE online eBook access! Carole Marsh Mystery Online eBooks are an easy, effective, and immediate way to read your favorite Carole Marsh Mystery on the go! Each web-hosted Online eBook is filled with the same exact pages as the book, plus additional features like pages that "flip" with a fun sound as you read, a full chapter directory, full-screen and thumbnail viewing capabilities, and more! • Online eBooks allow readers to access their book anytime, from anywhere - by using a computer, tablet, or other device with Internet access. • They require NO additional access or hosting fees • When you purchase a library bound Carole Marsh Mystery book, you get unlimited access to the Online eBook version for FREE . • You don’t need to download Online eBooks • They are available to you online 24/7! • Online eBooks are available exclusively from Gallopade, and are compatible with Macs, PC, iPad, and other devices with Internet access. Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa fly the Mystery Girl, and take the mystery boat, Mimi, to all the Great Lakes on a wild and watery adventurous mystery of shipwrecks, haunted lighthouses, and island intrigue! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Facts about the Great Geography and Topography; Size; Nicknames; Marine life and ecology; Fresh water; Percentage of the fresh surface water in the world • Types of ships that use the Great Freighters; Cutters and Ice Breaker Ships; Schooners; Pleasure boats • The Francisco Morazan, South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan; The Lucerne, Lake Superior; Edmund Fitzgerald, Lake Superior; Environmental impact • Shipping on the Great Shipping routes; Types of Cargo; Economic benefits • Weather on the Great Thunder and Lightning Storms; Whiteouts; Nor'easter; Rouge Waves • Sand dunes • Lighthouses • Bessie, the legend of the Lake monster • Distress signals and radio communications • Maritime law. Niagara Falls, NY • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH • Great Sleeping Bear Dunes, North Manitou Island; Manitou Islands; Round Island Lighthouse; Mackinac Island - History, culture, foods, and folklore; Mackinac Straights Island House Hotel; Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum; Maritime Cathedral • Little Sand Bay and the Apostle Islands - Visitor center; Sand Island - Ferryboat ride; Lighthouse •Devils Island - Lighthouse; Caves. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this Grade 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading 3.9 Accelerated Reader 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz 135936 Lexile 620 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Q Developmental Assessment 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa snowmobile into Yellowstone National Park to encounter mud pots, geysers, bison, beauty, bears, volcanic action, and a mystery of historic proportions! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Yellowstone National Park - History: Largest, most active caldera • Habitats of bison, elk, moose and bears, pika and flies, eagles, mule deer • Wildlife of the park: bison vs. buffalo, mule deer, squirrels, pika, otter, elk, moose and bears, eagles; Grizzlies vs. Black Bears; Bison Facts • Geology: Volcanoes; Earthquakes; Magma; Acidic Levels; Hot Springs facts; Vents; Fumaroles; Fountain Paint Pot facts; Geyser Facts; Thermal Pools; Caldera; Mud pots: Hydrogen sulfide; Rhyolite rock, Volcanic rock, travertine mineral deposits • Slowcoaches and snowmobiles • Yellowstone Lake facts • Continental Divide facts and history • Lower Falls facts and history • Old Faithful facts • Steamboat Geyser Facts • Appropriate Ski Mobile Gear and Clothing • Video Cameras and Camera's for fun on the trip • Bison paddy's • Ulysses S. Grant • James Mitchell • Bacteria facts and medical uses • Robert Reamer • Park preservation • Map reading • Death in Yellowstone • Shoshone Indians: Food: Pemmican. Yellowstone National Park, WY: Flag Ranch, South Entrance; Yellowstone Lake; Yellowstone River; West Thumb Geyser Basin; Twin Geysers; Surging Springs; Fishing Cone; Fountain Paint Pot; Continental Divide; Old Faithful Inn; Hayden Valley; Sulfur Caldron; Artist Point; Second largest canyon; Lower Falls; Tower Falls; Petrified Tree; Mammoth Hot Springs; Mammoth Hotel; Minerva Terraces and the travertine steps; Liberty Cap; Fort Yellowstone; Old Faithful Geyser; Norris Geyser Basin; Norris Geyser Basin Bookstore and Museum; Minute Geyser; Morning Glory Pool • Full Moon Celebration Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO. This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. Each Carole Marsh Mystery will have an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, and a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level.

When you purchase the Library Bound mystery you will receive FREE online eBook access! Carole Marsh Mystery Online eBooks are an easy, effective, and immediate way to read your favorite Carole Marsh Mystery on the go! Each web-hosted Online eBook is filled with the same exact pages as the book, plus additional features like pages that "flip" with a fun sound as you read, a full chapter directory, full-screen and thumbnail viewing capabilities, and more! • Online eBooks allow readers to access their book anytime, from anywhere - by using a computer, tablet, or other device with Internet access. • They require NO additional access or hosting fees • When you purchase a library bound Carole Marsh Mystery book, you get unlimited access to the Online eBook version for FREE . • You don’t need to download Online eBooks • They are available to you online 24/7! • Online eBooks are available exclusively from Gallopade, and are compatible with Macs, PC, iPad, and other devices with Internet access. One Wobbly Ship! One New Baby! One String of Islands! A Bunch of Missing Coins! And a lot of Lost Colonists! Mimi tells Christina and Grant a mystery story about North Carolina’s Lost Colony, complete with two boisterous boys, kidnapped coins, a foggy graveyard, a missing friend, and a moonlight trip on an old sailing ship! PLACES - North Manteo's waterfront area • The Graveyard, Manteo • Kill Devil Hills • Sharktooth Sea • Rodanthe • Roanoke Sound • Shallowbag Bay on Ice Plant Island • Wingina, Chief of the Indians • Ocracoke Island Wild Ponies and Island Inn • Elizabeth II; Dimensions, Materials used, design. Sir Walter Raleigh • John White • Eleanor Dare • Virginia Dare • Queen Elizabeth Blackbeard the Pirate • Mighty Midgetts of Chicamacomico • The Werowance. Legend of the Banks Pony • Elizabeth II • Difficulties in survival in the New Food and Habitat. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this Grade 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading 5.4 Accelerated Reader 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz 140441 Lexile 890 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Q Developmental Assessment 40 Get your FREE Resources! 1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where Have You Been map . 3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries . 4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa head to the Great Smoky Mountains and end up in an A+ Appalachian mystery complete with an eerie mountain haze, spectacular scenery, a boisterous bear, confounding clues, and mystifying folklore! This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-in book club and activities. Each Carole Marsh Mystery has Accelerated Reader Reading Levels, Lexile Measures, Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Levels and Developmental Reading Assessments Levels.

Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa travel to Wyoming's Devils Tower and climb into a "towering" mystery involving Native Americans, dinosaur fossils, precocious prairie dogs, fascinating footprints, Unidentified Flying Objects, and... gulp... aliens This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, scavenger hunt and activities. This Carole Marsh Mystery has Accelerated Reader Reading Levels, Lexile Measures, Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Levels and Developmental Reading Assessments Level.

Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa fly The Mystery Girl into Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CA and travel to glamorous Hollywood, only to find themselves involved in a mystery searching for a glittery rhinestone. The mystery is action packed as they tour all of Hollywood's famous tourist attractions, experience California cuisine, and an earthquake. Along the way, they meet a few strange characters including an obnoxious "Lucy" impersonator, a menacing Spiderman, and a mysterious guide at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.

Mimi, Papa, Christina, and Grant are headed to Motown in Detroit, Michigan, home of the famous Motown Records and the American automobile industry. While visiting historic Detroit sites and museums, including the Henry Ford Museum, the Motown Historical Museum also known as Hitsville, U.S.A., and the People Mover. Christina and Grant find a piece of old sheet music from the Motown Records era-and the mystery begins! This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, scavenger hunt and activities. This Carole Marsh Mystery has Accelerated Reader Reading Levels, Lexile Measures, Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Levels and Developmental Reading Assessments Levels.