The Mystery in the Smoky Mountains (Real Kids Real Places Series)

One very Blue Ridge! One crazy quilt! One fearless fiddler! One hoot in a holler! And a Smoky secret! Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa head to the Great Smoky Mountains and end up in an A+ Appalachian mystery complete with an eerie mountain haze, spectacular scenery, a boisterous bear, confounding clues, and mystifying folklore!

LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more!
PLACES: Smoky Mountains
• Skyline Drive
• Blue Ridge Parkway
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Penland School for Crafts, Asheville, NC
• Cherokee Indian Museum and Sequoyah Statue, Cherokee, NC
• Mumble Peg Bookstore, Bryson City, NC
• Cades Cove
• The picnic area near the Abrams Falls hiking trails
• Laurel Falls
• Clingman's Dome Observation Tower.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN FACTS: Location
• Ecosystem: Plants, trees, bushes, animals, biodiversity
• Geography: hills, waterfalls, bald mountains
• Nicknames: Great Smokies, Great Smoky Mountains
• Foods: Western North Carolina barbeque, sweet tea.

HISTORY: Cherokee Tribe: History, legends
• Cherokee Legend of the Enchanted Waterfall
• Cherokee Alphabet
• "Trail of Tears"

PEOPLE: Sequoyah.

SCIENCE: Weather: Mist/fog formation
• Animal conservation and techniques
• Skunks.

MATH: "Part of a section of a whole."

ARTS AND CRAFTS OF THE REGION: Glassblowing
• Painting
• Quiltmaking.

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, a scavenger hunt 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 level.