Carole Marsh

The Mystery in the Twin Cities (Carole Marsh Mysteries)

Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa fly The Mystery Girl to the Twin Cities to attend the freezing St. Paul Winter Carnival and quickly learn that the Winter Carnival Medallion has been stolen. Christina and Grant team up with a pair of twins to help solve the mystery of the missing medallion. The kids follow a series of clues that will lead them in and out of the Twin Cities including visiting the Mall of America, going on an ice-fishing adventure, and dog sledding through a park.

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, online 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.

LOOK what?s inside this mystery ? people, places, history and more!
Places in Minnesota: Saint Paul ? Minneapolis ? Rice Park ? Pioneer Press Building ? Winter Carnival Ice Palace ? Saint Paul Hotel ? Landmark Center ? Minnehaha Falls ? Saint Anthony Falls ? Mall of America

Educational Items: Earthquake in Haiti ? Winter Carnival ? The Twin Cities - Minneapolis and St. Paul Mississippi River ? Ice Fishing ? Dog sledding ? History of Nordic immigration to Minnesota ? Mars ? Minnesota?s nickname ?the Gopher State? ? Minnehaha Falls ? Amazing Mirror Maze ? Dakota Indians ? Wild animals of Minnesota: Starnose Mole, Walleyes ? Skyway Systems of Saint Paul and Minneapolis ? Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ? Minnesota food ? Lutafisk ? Klondike Kate and the Gold Rush of the 1800s

Famous People: King Boreas legend and the Vulcan Krewe ? Peanuts and Charles Schulz ? Henry Mower Rice ? Ma Barker?s gang ? Alvin ?Creepy? Karpis ? F. Scott Fitzgerald ? Francis Scott Key ? Laura Ingalls Wilder