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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.

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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suitcases. Grant jumped <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> fr<strong>on</strong>t of <strong>the</strong><br />

luggage cart instead and got a ride through <strong>the</strong><br />

automatic doors to <strong>the</strong> sidewalk outdoors.<br />

So<strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong>y were squashed into a taxi, speeding<br />

toward <strong>the</strong> city. It was a wild ride. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re were<br />

tunnels and bridges and underpasses and<br />

overpasses and detours galore. “What’s going <strong>on</strong><br />

here?” asked Papa. He pointed to a mountain of<br />

dirt beside <strong>the</strong> highway.<br />

“It’s <strong>the</strong> Big Dig,” Aunt Emma explained. “For<br />

years <strong>the</strong>y’ve been digging up half of Bost<strong>on</strong> to<br />

build ano<strong>the</strong>r tunnel and more roads to help<br />

improve <strong>the</strong> traffic flow. So far, billi<strong>on</strong>s of dollars<br />

have been spent, and all we have to show for it<br />

is this.”<br />

She pointed to a multitude of very large holes<br />

in <strong>the</strong> ground filled with c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> cranes and<br />

workers in bright yellow hardhats.<br />

Grant was fascinated and had questi<strong>on</strong>s about<br />

everything he saw. Christina enjoyed watching<br />

<strong>the</strong> parks, fountains, and sparkly buildings speed<br />

by. She especially liked all <strong>the</strong> pretty early spring<br />

flowers. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> sky was Bost<strong>on</strong> blue, she decided,<br />

and <strong>the</strong> taxicab chrysan<strong>the</strong>mum yellow.<br />

Suddenly Christina spied something that<br />

really caught her eye—a giant red lobster! <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

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