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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 Lakes: 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 Lakes: Freighters; Cutters and Ice Breaker Ships; Schooners; Pleasure boats • Shipwrecks: The Francisco Morazan, South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan; The Lucerne, Lake Superior; Edmund Fitzgerald, Lake Superior; Environmental impact • Shipping on the Great Lakes: Shipping routes; Types of Cargo; Economic benefits • Weather on the Great Lakes: 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 • MI: 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 book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 3.9Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 135936Lexile Measure: 620Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental 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's (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 book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.7Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74565Lexile Measure: 870Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental 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, 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. 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: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.8Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 135934Lexile Measure: 920Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental 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 .

In 1981, Carole Marsh (a real writer) took four real kids on a visit to the famous Biltmore House in Ashville, NC. They went to learn about George W. Vanderbilt; the Victorian Era, O. Henry and more. There was only one little problem... First one kids disappeared. Then another! The, so did a priceless antique chess set! There was the creepy Halloween room, the very scary basement, the eerie attic, and all those gape-mouthed gargoyles. Oh yeah, and all that blood! And did I say that the kids got trapped in a mile-long heating system? Did I say ONE little problem? How about LOTS of BIG problems! Everyone loves Biltmore House! So much so, that there has been constant demand for a reprint of Carole's most popular book ever! Biltmore's more than one big, giant house; it's one big, giant history lesson! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! The game of chess • George Washington Vanderbilt, who he was and his vision of a self-sufficient estate • Information on the Biltmore rooms and grounds And Biltmore House history, the building of the house, and the luxuries therein • Walled gardens and English gardens • Thomas Wolfe • O. Henry • Carl Sandburg • Secret doors at Biltmore House • Definition of curator • Sidney Lanier • F. Scott Fitzgerald • Biltmore Dairy Bar • Grove Park Inn • Thomas Wolfe House • Connemara, Flat Rock, NC., Flat Rock, 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: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74562Lexile Measure: 640Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental 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. 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: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.9Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 79513Lexile Measure: 760Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental 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 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: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.5Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74567Lexile Measure: 790Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental 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, Grant, Mimi and Papa make their way to Mount Rushmore to check out the colossal carving of four presidents? and find a mountain's worth of mystery, history, precocious prairie dogs, quirky clues, befuddling Badlands, and one Crazy Horse! One sassy sculptor! A batch of badlands! One store named Wall! Four story faces! And a Loooooong way down! LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more!PLACES: South Dakota: Mount Rushmore National Memorial - Avenue of Flags • Grand View Terrace • Lincoln Borglum Museum • Wall Drug Store, Route 90 • Sioux reservation • Custer State Park, Pierre • Prairie dog town • Peter Norbeck Visitor Center • Crazy Horse Monument and Visitor Center, Custer County. PEOPLE: George Washington • Thomas Jefferson • Abraham Lincoln • Theodore Roosevelt • Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor • Lincoln Borglum, Sculptor • Crazy Horse, Sioux warrior • Henry Standing Bear • Korczak Ziolkowski, sculptor. HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY/SOCIAL STUDIES: Mount Rushmore History and Facts • South Dakota History, Geography, Weather, Animal Life and Plant Life • The Badlands History, Geology: Erosion, Corrosion, Rock minerals, mako sica Animals: coyote • Prairie Products: Wheat and Animals: prairie dogs, bison, burros • Sioux Nation History, Reservation and Traditional Dance: rain dance • The Promise • Proverbs. 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: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.3Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 140439Lexile Measure: 670Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental 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 .

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 mystery: Old City • Independence Hall (State House of Pennsylvania) • Assembly Room • Liberty Bell Center • Betsy Ross's 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 • PostmasterLike 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: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.6Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 133198Lexile Measure: 710Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental 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, Grant, Mimi, and Papa travel to Wyoming's Devils Tower and climb into a "Powering" mystery involving Native Americans, dinosaur fossils, precocious prairie dogs, fascinating footprints, Unidentified Flying Objects, and... gulp... aliens??? One pouncing prairie dog! One ropeless rock climber! One angry chief! One close encounters! And hundreds of reasons to run! LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more!PLACES: Devils Tower, Wyoming: Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Thermopolis ? Devils Tower • Prairie Dog Town • Circle of Sacred Smoke • Devils Tower Trading Post. PEOPLE: Theodore Roosevelt • Col. Richard Dodge • George Hopkins, Daredevil • Junkyu Mato, sculptor. NATURE AND SCIENCE: Dinosaurs: Allosaurus • Tyrannosaurus Rex • Archaeoptryx • trackway • Fossils. Wyoming: Geography • Weather • Animal Life: deer, bears, Prairie dogs and bats • Plant Life: Lichen • Dinosaur fossils. UFO - Unidentified Flying Objects. HISTORY AND CULTURE: Devils Tower: Other names: Mato Tipila - Bears lodge • Facts: Height and geology • History • 1st National Monument • Sacred site for over 20 Indian tribes • The Lakota Tribe and The Sioux Nation: Teepee's • Prayer cloths • Indian Legend about Devils Tower - Bear Legend and Gold Legend. 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: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.3Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 140438Lexile Measure: 660Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental 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 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: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74556Lexile Measure: 730Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental 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 .

Mimi tells Christina and Grant a mystery story set in Death Valley, one of the most desolate places on Earth! There's Aunt Erin, a creepy castle in the middle of nowhere, a ghost (or not?), temperatures hotter than a Fourth of July firecracker, and more! LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more! PLACES: Death Valley, CA: Badwater Crater. PEOPLE: Juliet Brier and her sons: Columbus, John, and Kirk • Walter E. Scott or "Death Valley Scotty" • Albert M. Johnson. HISTORY: The California Gold Rush • The Valley of Burning Silence • Sand Walking Company • Survival tips in Death valley: what to bring, what to do in an emergency.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: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.3Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 140437Lexile Measure: 780Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental 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, Grant, Mimi, Papa visit Papa's good friend who lives on a cattle ranch in Nevada. They land the Mystery Girl on a small airstrip near Area 51 and soon learn that the rancher and his wife have been losing their cattle. While trying to solve the mystery of the missing cattle, Christina and Grant find a ?"rop?"circle clue. Could it be alien abductions? This spooky mystery has the kids traveling in an RV, riding on 4-wheelers, visiting a few ghost towns and getting stuck in a mine. LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more! Place in Nevada: Flyin' R Ranch • Little A'Le'Inn • Area 51 • Mojave Desert • Pahranagat Valley • Ash Springs • Richardville Road • E.T. HighwayEducational Items: S'mores • Cattle ranching • Crop Circles • Shoshone Indians • Sonic booms • The Gold Rush • Map coordinates • Pahranagat Valley: flora, alfalfa and cottonwoods • Air Force • Aircraft testing • Groom Lake • Night vision goggles • Radio transmissionsLike 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: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 3.9Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 143635Lexile Measure: 600Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental 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 .