Capital Mysteries #7: Trouble at the Treasury

Capital Mysteries #7: Trouble at the Treasury
Author: Ron Roy
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2009-07-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307498417

From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season! In the seventh book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and Marshall are thrilled to take a tour of the United States Treasury where stacks and stacks of money zip off the presses in the printing and engraving building, millions of dollars a day. But the friends find that a bundle of bills is missing. That's a hundred thousand dollars - gone! How did the thief slip the money out past cameras, guards, and locked doors? KC has a suspect. She has a clue. Now she just needs to figure out how in the world it was done! Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!

Capital Mysteries #6: Fireworks at the FBI

Capital Mysteries #6: Fireworks at the FBI
Author: Ron Roy
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2009-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307495469

From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season! In the sixth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC gets a front row seat to the Fourth of July festivities at the White House. What better place to be on the fourth than Washington, D.C.? But KC spots fireworks coming from a very peculiar place - the FBI building! Although the president thinks it was an accident, KC and her friend Marshall know better. They are sure those fireworks were covering up a clever crime! Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!

Capital Mysteries #9: A Thief at the National Zoo

Capital Mysteries #9: A Thief at the National Zoo
Author: Ron Roy
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2007-12-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375848045

From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season! In the ninth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and Marshall are helping out with the baby tigers at the National Zoo when they meet a new friend, Sunwoo, from China. Sunwoo's father is lending the zoo a precious jewel caled the Tiger's Eye to raise money for endangered tigers. But during the zoo's big party, the lights suddenly go out. And when they're turned back on, the jewel is missing! Who stole the Tiger's Eye? And how did someone sneak it out of a room with no windows and a guarded door? Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!

The Skeleton in the Smithsonian

The Skeleton in the Smithsonian
Author: Ron Roy
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780307465177

When Leonard Fisher claims to be the long-lost heir to the Smithsonian fortune, KC and Marshall set out to prove that he is a phony.

Bull by the Horns

Bull by the Horns
Author: Sheila Bair
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2013-09-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451672497

The former FDIC Chairwoman, and one of the first people to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans, offers a unique perspective on the greatest crisis the U.S. has faced since the Great Depression.

Capital Mysteries #1: Who Cloned the President?

Capital Mysteries #1: Who Cloned the President?
Author: Ron Roy
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-04-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307265102

From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season! In the first book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC Corcoran always watches the news. So it's no surprise that she notices right away when the President of the United States starts acting funny on TV. He's stiff and awkward. He's even signing papers with the wrong hand. There's only one explanation - the president has been cloned! And it's up to KC and her best friend, Marshall, to save him. Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!

MacPherson's Lament

MacPherson's Lament
Author: Sharyn McCrumb
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1993
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345384741

Elizabeth MacPherson returns from England just in time to become involved in a case involving stolen Confederate gold.

Kidnapped at the Capital

Kidnapped at the Capital
Author: Ron Roy
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-04-09
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780613502122

KC's mother and the clone of the President of the United States are kidnapped by disgruntled astronauts who want to take over the International Space Station.

Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective

Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective
Author: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2013-09-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0385376928

Join the world’s greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he searches throughout San Francisco to solve the mystery of the lost joke book! Perfect for beginning readers and the Common Core, this long-running chapter book series will encourage children to problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! CAN NATE SOLVE HIS FIRST OUT-OF-TOWN CASE? Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, are off to San Francisco! They’re going to visit Nate’s cousin Olivia Sharp, who a detective too. But when Olivia isn’t around to solve a case, Nate must search the city for a lost joke book. Will he find the missing book in the big city? Visit Nate the Great and Sludge! NatetheGreatBooks.com Praise for the Nate the Great Series ★ “Kids will like Nate the Great.” —School Library Journal, Starred “A consistently entertaining series.” —Booklist “Loose, humorous chalk and watercolor spots help turn this beginning reader into a page-turner.” —Publishers Weekly “Nate, Sludge, and all their friends have been delighting beginning readers for years.” —Kirkus Reviews “They don’t come any cooler than Nate the Great.” —The Huffington Post

Capital Mysteries #1: Who Cloned the President?

Capital Mysteries #1: Who Cloned the President?
Author: Ron Roy
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2001-04-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780307265104

From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season! In the first book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC Corcoran always watches the news. So it's no surprise that she notices right away when the President of the United States starts acting funny on TV. He's stiff and awkward. He's even signing papers with the wrong hand. There's only one explanation - the president has been cloned! And it's up to KC and her best friend, Marshall, to save him. Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!