Publisher Information: Gallopade International/Carole Marsh Books (145 pgs)
Awards: Learning Magazine's Teacher Choice Award
Summary: This is a mystery that revolves around 2 kids, Christina and Grant, who are heading to the Outer Banks of North Carolina with their grandparents to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Orville and Wilbur Wright's first flight. They meet up with their cousins in Manteo and are going to the festival with their aunt and uncle as well. Christina and Grant's uncle is on the team working to creat the replica of the plane used in the first flight. Things begin taking a turn for the worse when the replica ends up getting stolen. The children set off to solve this mystery together. They are bound and determined that the festival WILL go on and nothing (including horrible storms) can stop them.
Personal Rating ****Great! It is a great way to teach history using a mystery.
Reading Level: 4.5
Interest Level 3-5
Possible Integrations:
Social Studies: This is a great novel to integrate social studies with. You can discuss the history of the first flight. You can also practice using map skills to follow all the different places that the kids and their family travel during this mystery.
Reading: You can discuss cause and effect by listing the causes and effect of why someone would take the Wright Flyer. You can also talk about the elements of advertising and have students create a Flyer asking people to help locate the missing plane.
Science: You can discuss the elements of weather and hurricanes.
Potential Problems: None
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