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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.