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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.

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After Mimi hung up the phone, she jiggled the

other rocking chair, causing the two kids to

giggle. “What’s wrong, Grant?” she asked. “You

still don’t look happy!”

Grant looked at his grandmother thoughtfully.

“If we go to Boston, do we get to eat anything

beside beans?”

Marathon is the oldest marathon in America, so it’s really special. It has an incredible history!” Christina and Grant grabbed one another and groaned. Oh, no! When Mimi said the word history, they knew they would be in for a big, long tale of everything about everything. But not this time. She ignored her grandkids’ dramatic groaning and headed up the driveway for the house. Christina chased her, running beneath the overhang of magnolia limbs over the azalea-lined path of pink and purple blooms. “Are we going?” Grant chased Christina. “Wait up, you two!” he pleaded. He took a shortcut across the wide green lawn, weaving (against Mimi’s rules) through the forest of pampas grass spewing fountains of white, feathery spikes. “Are we going?” he begged. On the front porch, Mimi plopped down in the big, white Victorian rocking chair. She pulled out her cell phone from her jacket pocket. Grant and Christina piled into the rocker beside her. “Are we? Are we?!” they hissed, as Mimi dialed the number. <strong>The</strong>y held their breath until they heard her say, “Emma? We’re coming to the Big BM!” 16

After Mimi hung up the phone, she jiggled the other rocking chair, causing the two kids to giggle. “What’s wrong, Grant?” she asked. “You still don’t look happy!” Grant looked at his grandmother thoughtfully. “If we go to Boston, do we get to eat anything beside beans?” 17

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