Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa make their way to Mount Rushmore to check out the colossal carving of four presidents.. and find a mountain's worth of mystery, history, precocious prairie dogs, quirky clues, befuddling Badlands, and one Crazy Horse! One sassy sculptor! A batch of badlands! One store named Wall! Four story faces! And a Loooooong way down!

LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more!PLACES: South Dakota: Mount Rushmore National Memorial - Avenue of Flags  Grand View Terrace  Lincoln Borglum Museum  Wall Drug Store, Route 90  Sioux reservation  Custer State Park, Pierre  Prairie dog town  Peter Norbeck Visitor Center  Crazy Horse Monument and Visitor Center, Custer County.

PEOPLE: George Washington  Thomas Jefferson  Abraham Lincoln  Theodore Roosevelt  Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor  Lincoln Borglum, Sculptor  Crazy Horse, Sioux warrior  Henry Standing Bear  Korczak Ziolkowski, sculptor.

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY/SOCIAL STUDIES: Mount Rushmore History and Facts  South Dakota History, Geography, Weather, Animal Life and Plant Life  The Badlands History, Geology: Erosion, Corrosion, Rock minerals, "mako sica", Animals: coyote  Prairie Products: Wheat and Animals: prairie dogs, bison, burros  Sioux Nation History, Reservation and Traditional Dance: rain dance  The Promise  Proverbs.

This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level, and a Developmental Reading Assessment.



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