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Books in Capital Mysteries series

  • Capital Mysteries #3: The Skeleton in the Smithsonian

    Ron Roy, Timothy Bush

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Aug. 26, 2003)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the third book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC and her friend Marshall explore the Smithsonian, the most famous museum in the world. The money to build it was given to Washington, D.C., over a hundred years ago, but now one man is claiming that money should be his. KC and Marshall think they can prove Mr. Fisher is a big liar. But if they are wrong, the Smithsonian will belong to him! Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • Capital Mysteries #2: Kidnapped at the Capital

    Ron Roy, Liza Woodruff

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, April 9, 2002)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the second book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and Marshall are going to the Cherry Blossom Festival. They have an invitation from the President of the United States! But while they are off getting ice cream, KC's mom and President Thornton are kidnapped - right under the bodyguards' noses. Who cares if the FBI is on the case? KC isn't giving up until she finds her mom! Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • Capital Mysteries Complete Set 1 - 14

    Ron Roy

    Paperback (Random House House Books for Young Readers, March 15, 2009)
    Capital Mystery
  • Capital Mysteries #1: Who Cloned the President?

    Ron Roy, Liza Woodruff

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, April 2, 2001)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the first book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC Corcoran always watches the news. So it's no surprise that she notices right away when the President of the United States starts acting funny on TV. He's stiff and awkward. He's even signing papers with the wrong hand. There's only one explanation - the president has been cloned! And it's up to KC and her best friend, Marshall, to save him. Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • Capital Mysteries #4: A Spy in the White House

    Ron Roy, Timothy Bush

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Aug. 24, 2004)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the fourth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC's mom is getting married...to the President of the United States! KC wants the day to be perfect, but someone keeps leaking wedding secrets. They newspapers have even printed where the president and his bride are going on their honeymoon. To save the wedding, KC and Marshall have to track down the spy in the White House! Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • Capital Mysteries #5: Who Broke Lincoln's Thumb?

    Ron Roy, Timothy Bush

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Dec. 27, 2005)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the fifth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—it's party time in Washington, D.C.! The president is planning a celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in honor of the man who sculpted the famous statue of Abraham Lincoln. But KC and Marshall notice one small problem - one of the thumbs has broken off the statue! Has someone stolen Lincoln's thumb? Can KC and Marshall find it before the celebration? Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • Capital Mysteries #7: Trouble at the Treasury

    Ron Roy, Timothy Bush

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Dec. 26, 2006)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the seventh book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and Marshall are thrilled to take a tour of the United States Treasury where stacks and stacks of money zip off the presses in the printing and engraving building, millions of dollars a day. But the friends find that a bundle of bills is missing. That's a hundred thousand dollars - gone! How did the thief slip the money out past cameras, guards, and locked doors? KC has a suspect. She has a clue. Now she just needs to figure out how in the world it was done!Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • Capital Mysteries #6: Fireworks at the FBI

    Ron Roy, Timothy Bush

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, May 23, 2006)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the sixth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC gets a front row seat to the Fourth of July festivities at the White House. What better place to be on the fourth than Washington, D.C.? But KC spots fireworks coming from a very peculiar place - the FBI building! Although the president thinks it was an accident, KC and her friend Marshall know better. They are sure those fireworks were covering up a clever crime!Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • Capital Mysteries #9: A Thief at the National Zoo

    Ron Roy, Timothy Bush

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Dec. 26, 2007)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the ninth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and Marshall are helping out with the baby tigers at the National Zoo when they meet a new friend, Sunwoo, from China. Sunwoo's father is lending the zoo a precious jewel caled the Tiger's Eye to raise money for endangered tigers. But during the zoo's big party, the lights suddenly go out. And when they're turned back on, the jewel is missing! Who stole the Tiger's Eye? And how did someone sneak it out of a room with no windows and a guarded door? Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • Kidnapped at the Capital

    Ron Roy, Liza Woodruff

    Library Binding
    KC and Marshall are going to the Cherry Blossom Festival. They have an invitation from the President of the United States! But while they are off getting ice cream, KC€™s mom and President Thornton are kidnapped€“right under the bodyguards€™ noses. Who cares if the FBI is on the case? KC isn€™t giving up until she finds her mom!
  • Capital Mysteries #12: The Ghost at Camp David

    Ron Roy, Timothy Bush

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, July 27, 2010)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the twelfth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—a legend says that on a dead president's birthday, his ghost haunts the famous retreat, Camp David. KC and Marshall are going there on October 14, President Eisenhower's birthday. They aren't worried, until strange things start happening. How did a bat get trapped in their cabin? Why is there blood-red dirt in the trunk by the couch? And what is making the weird thumping noise? It's not Eisenhower's ghost...is it? Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • Capital Mysteries #10: The Election-Day Disaster

    Ron Roy, Timothy Bush

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Aug. 12, 2008)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the tenth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and her best friend, Marshall, wake up to a trick not a treat the morning after the White House Halloween costume party. With the presidential election only a week away, someone has posted damaging photos of the president on the Internet, photos that were digitally doctored! Will they ruin President Thornton's chances for a second term? Or can KC and Marshall rescue the election? Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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