The reader, a school reporter and amateur detective, overhears a suspicious conversation in a sporting goods store that may affect an upcoming marathon. A course of action must be decided on right away.

Four kids, ages 7-14, 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.

"Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Pap travel to Boston to see cousin Priscilla run the Boston Marathon and end up in a Freedom Trail mystery complete with confusing clues, Bunker Hill bravery, wild rides on boats and taxis (and rollerblades, too!), and worst of all, a missing cousin!" --Page [4] of cover.

The corresponding Teacher's Guide is a page-by-page supplementary resource that gives you additional activities to enhance the student's learning opportunities by using cross-curricular materials including discussion questions, reproducible vocabulary, science, geography and math activities. Each Teacher's Guide turns you into the expert-we've done all the research for you! This comprehensive resource enhances the many dramatic learning opportunities students can gain from reading this mystery by Carole Marsh. The supplementary Teacher's Guide includes: Š A chapter guide of additional information, trivia, historical facts, and more to help teachers be "Experts!" Š Activity ideas that make the book come dramatically to life for young readers! Š The author's additional comments and thoughts about the subject Š Some reproducible activities Š Great out-of-the-box ideas for activities.

Set at America's largest private residence-250 rooms-with real secret passages! Readers learn about the Victorian era when electricity & other "newfangled" things kids take for granted today first came to be. Napoleon, the Vanderbilts, & some of America's greatest writers figure into the plot, as does natural resource conservation.