The Great Train Mystery

Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa go All aboard! the train Papas borrowed train for a fast-adventure across America and try to keep from being derailed by mysterious mishaps, spooky surprises, and oh, its so dark in here! those treacherous tunnels!

Look Whats 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 Stations 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.