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 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 Saiint 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
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: 3-6
Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4
Accelerated Reader Points: 2
Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 143638<br />Lexile Measure: 700<br />Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q
Developmental Assessment Level: 40
