The Mystery in the Twin Cities (Real Kids! Real Places!

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. LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more! Places in 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 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 Starnose Mole, Walleyes • Skyway Systems of Saiint Paul and Minneapolis • Atlanta Symphony Orchestra • Minnesota food - Lutafisk • Klondike Kate and the Gold Rush of the 1800s Famous 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 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 Grade 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading 4.4 Accelerated Reader 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz 143638 Lexile 700 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Q Developmental Assessment 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 .