The Monumental Mystery on the National Mall
Join Mimi, Papa, Avery, Evan and Sadie as they visit Washington, D.C., and end up in the middle of a "capital" mystery with bewildering clues, a secret symbol, a couple of cool pools, amazing monuments and memorials, and... watch out!... some mysteries men are on their trail.
Join Mimi, Papa, Avery, Evan and Sadie as they visit Washington, D.C., and end up in the middle of a "capital" mystery with bewildering clues, a secret symbol, a couple of cool pools, amazing monuments and memorials, and... watch out!... some mysteries men are on their trail.
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etween tables, <strong>the</strong> ID badge clipped to her<br />
belt caught <strong>on</strong> a chair. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> elastic band<br />
holding <strong>the</strong> badge stretched as far as it could.<br />
SNAP! <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> ID badge tumbled to <strong>the</strong> floor, but<br />
<strong>the</strong> young woman kept going.<br />
After waiting a few minutes for <strong>the</strong> woman<br />
to come back and retrieve her badge, Evan<br />
took matters into his own hands. He scooped<br />
up her ID badge from <strong>the</strong> floor. It c<strong>on</strong>tained<br />
no name, <strong>on</strong>ly a five-digit number in <strong>the</strong> upper<br />
right corner and an unusual gold symbol in <strong>the</strong><br />
center. It was useless to try to find <strong>the</strong> young<br />
woman now, so he slipped <strong>the</strong> ID badge into<br />
his backpack just before Ella reached him.<br />
“Evan!” Ella ran up to him. “What are<br />
you doing?”<br />
But Evan’s thoughts were elsewhere. Who<br />
is that young woman, and why is she spying<br />
<strong>on</strong> me?<br />
Ella came to stand in fr<strong>on</strong>t of him. “Didn’t<br />
you hear me call you?” she asked her bro<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
“No; sorry, Ella,” he said, but his mind was<br />
racing. We just got here, and I think we might<br />
be <strong>on</strong>to a new mystery, he thought.<br />
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