Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa go “All aboard!” the train Papa’s borrowed train for a fast-adventure across America – and try to keep from being “derailed” by mysterious mishaps, spooky surprises, and – oh, it’s so dark in here! – those treacherous tunnels!
Look What’s Inside This Mystery – people, places, history and more!
Places: Washington, D.C. - Union Station • The National Mall • Washington Monument • Lincoln Memorial; Nebraska - Union Station • Union Pacific Railroad Historical Museum • Chimney Rock; Missouri - Museum of Westward Expansion • Independence • Eads Bridge, St. Louis; Colorado - Union Station; Utah - Salt Lake City • Promontory Summit; and Mississippi River and Sierra Nevada Mountains
People: Lewis and Clark • Harry S. Truman • Shakespeare • Abraham Lincoln • Pioneers
Educational Items: Cattle drives • Union Station’s history • Steam Engines • Louisiana Purchase • Transcontinental Railroad • Westward Expansion • Oregon Trail • Manifest Destiny • Golden Spike ceremony • The Old West • Bethel Granite • Sierra No. 3 • The Gateway Arch • California Trail • California Gold Rush • Kerosene • Coal • Oil • The Pony Express • Pinto horses • Historic trains: No. 119 and Jupiter
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, a 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.
