The Mystery on the Freedom Trail
One if by land! Too many tombstones! Four funny friends! Spooky old places! Lots of clues and it's a race to the finish! When their schoolteacher cousin disappears in the middle of running the Boston Marathon, four kids wind their way through the perilous maze of Boston streets along the Freedom Trail to discover what happened! Take your mark and race with Christina, Grant and their cousins - Derian and C.F. - as they try to track down the mysterious whereabouts of their schoolteacher cousin who has disappeared from the famous Boston Marathon - right in the middle of the race! MORE than a race, a mystery! MORE than a mystery, there's real history about the Freedom Trail and the Boston Marathon history, too! MORE THAN ENOUGH REASONS TO RACE TO READ... The Mystery on the Freedom Trail The Boston Marathon Mystery.
One if by land! Too many tombstones! Four funny friends! Spooky old places! Lots of clues and it's a race to the finish! When their schoolteacher cousin disappears in the middle of running the Boston Marathon, four kids wind their way through the perilous maze of Boston streets along the Freedom Trail to discover what happened! Take your mark and race with Christina, Grant and their cousins - Derian and C.F. - as they try to track down the mysterious whereabouts of their schoolteacher cousin who has disappeared from the famous Boston Marathon - right in the middle of the race! MORE than a race, a mystery! MORE than a mystery, there's real history about the Freedom Trail and the Boston Marathon history, too! MORE THAN ENOUGH REASONS TO RACE TO READ... The Mystery on the Freedom Trail The Boston Marathon Mystery.
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Even standing <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> curb, Grant was small.<br />
His blue eyes seemed <strong>the</strong> biggest part of him. He<br />
looked up at his grandmo<strong>the</strong>r. “Well, for <strong>on</strong>e<br />
thing, Aunt Emma sure uses a lot of letters<br />
instead of words. What does ASAP stand for?”<br />
Christina knew that <strong>on</strong>e. (Of course,<br />
she always did!) “It means As So<strong>on</strong> As Possible—<br />
right, Mimi?”<br />
“That’s right,” said Mimi. “You can say<br />
A-S-A-P, or say it like a word—asap.”<br />
“<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>n I hate to be a sap and ask <strong>the</strong> next<br />
questi<strong>on</strong>,” said Grant with a sigh.<br />
“What’s that?” asked Mimi. “<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re are no<br />
dumb questi<strong>on</strong>s, you know.”<br />
Grant slid off <strong>the</strong> curb, looking littler than<br />
ever. “It’s not <strong>the</strong> questi<strong>on</strong> that bo<strong>the</strong>rs me . . .<br />
it’s <strong>the</strong> possible answer. I mean what is a<br />
big BM?”<br />
Mimi laughed. “Not what you apparently think<br />
it means! <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> BM is <strong>the</strong> Bost<strong>on</strong> Marath<strong>on</strong>. It’s<br />
<strong>the</strong> biggest deal in Bost<strong>on</strong> each year. People<br />
come from all over <strong>the</strong> world to run in this race.”<br />
“Oh,” Grant said with a grin. He looked<br />
relieved, and so did his sister. “So it’s like <strong>the</strong><br />
Peachtree Road Race <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> 4th of July?”<br />
“Sort of,” said Mimi, folding <strong>the</strong> note and<br />
stuffing it back in its envelope. “Only <strong>the</strong> Bost<strong>on</strong><br />
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