While on a trip to St. Louis, fourteen-year-old Trixie Belden discovers some mysterious papers in her hotel room and soon realizes that she and her friends are being followed as they cruise in a towboat down the Mississippi River.
When Christina, Grant, and their two new friends plan to meet at the St. Louis Gateway Arch, they get involved in a very strange mystery that takes them to many fascinating sights along the mighty Mississippi River.
Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 79514 Lexile Measure: 680 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q ...
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Mystery on the Mississippi
The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author’s life and perception of home. “Mix together a bloody murder in a privileged white family, a false accusation against a Black man, a ...
I looked around to see what had become of the Throckmortons, and was surprised to see them in full flight, being pursued by a slim figure vigorously brandishing a cane. “You miscreant dogs! Come back and take your medicine, you cowards!
She danced on the sidewalk, posed for a caricature sketch she paid for herself, and didn't pass a street musician's upturned hat without throwing in a dollar, but she paid no attention to the fortune-tellers with their crystal balls and ...
An examination of a noted civil rights case involving the murder of an NAACP official and his killer's three trials draws comparisons between the case and the racial climate in the Deep South
Death in the Delta tells the story of one woman's search for the truth behind a closely held, sixty-year old family secret.
Meet Sarah Booth Delaney, an unconventional Southern belle whose knack for uncovering the truth is about to make her the hottest detective in Zinnia, Mississippi . . . if it doesn't make her the deadest.