The Madcap Mystery of the Missing Liberty Bell
Ding! Ding! Christina discovers the Liberty Bell hanging in Liberty Center is a fake. She gets Grand and two friends from Philadelphia to help find the real one. Time in running out! They must solve this mystery before July 4th! Mysterious historical characters, like Ben Franklin, George Washington, and Betsy Ross, offer them clues. Are they actors... or ghosts! Along the way, the kids are chased by Redcoats, cornered in a creepy old ship, and learn about the birth of the United States! So grab your tri-corn - it's time for a trip back in time!
Ding! Ding! Christina discovers the Liberty Bell hanging in Liberty Center is a fake. She gets Grand and two friends from Philadelphia to help find the real one. Time in running out! They must solve this mystery before July 4th! Mysterious historical characters, like Ben Franklin, George Washington, and Betsy Ross, offer them clues. Are they actors... or ghosts! Along the way, the kids are chased by Redcoats, cornered in a creepy old ship, and learn about the birth of the United States! So grab your tri-corn - it's time for a trip back in time!
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“Hunter told me about you in his letters,”<br />
said Christina.<br />
Mimi and Papa stormed toward <strong>the</strong>m with sticky<br />
snow cone juice dripping <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong>ir hands. “You’re<br />
not where I left you!” Mimi said sternly. “But I see<br />
you found Hunter!”<br />
“My dad’s waiting for us at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Liberty</strong> <strong>Bell</strong><br />
Center,” Hunter said.<br />
Papa licked his snow cone to stop <strong>the</strong> drips from<br />
making sticky dots on his cowboy boots. “Let’s go,”<br />
he said. “I’m melting faster than this snow cone!”<br />
Outside <strong>the</strong> <strong>Liberty</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> Center, a long<br />
rectangular building with glass walls, Christina was<br />
surprised to see Hunter walk up to a tall man<br />
dressed like an American Revolutionary War soldier.<br />
When he took <strong>the</strong> musket rifle <strong>of</strong>f his shoulder and<br />
held out a big hand to Christina, she realized it was<br />
Hunter’s dad.<br />
“I feel like I know you already!” he said. “Hunter<br />
has talked about you all year.”<br />
Christina blushed when she remembered how<br />
awful she looked.<br />
“I’ve got to take part in a historical<br />
re-enactment,” he continued. “Hunter can show you<br />
around Old City.”<br />
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