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KC Corcoran, the president’s stepdaughter, and her best friend, Marshall Li, are on another adventure in the nation’s capital.
Mary Kincaid, Vice President of the United States, invites KC and Marshall to join her on a weekend trip to her Pennsylvania farm. Secret Service agents Robert and Janet are also along to keep an especially close eye on things after the president’s kidnapping the year before.
Even though the agents are around, KC and Marshall are being super-observant and vigilant to help keep everyone safe. They are suspicious of the blind man and the woman who are sitting in the car next to the vice president’s. Instead of facing the direction the train is going, they are facing the vice president’s car.
KC and Marshall also notice two conductors acting suspiciously and wander off to investigate and check out things on the train. The lights go out on the train, and when they come back on again, the vice president’s car is missing, along with the Secret Service agents, the suspicious conductors, and the woman who was working in the snack car. It’s up to KC and Marshall’s quick and strategic thinking to get them out of trouble until help comes their way.
Trapped on the D.C. Train! is number 13 in the “Capital Mysteries” series by Ron Roy. A Stepping Stone Book for reading levels 2-5, it is targeted at steady readers ages 6-9 years who will be engaged in spotting clues and trying to figure out what happened and who is behind the deed.
The book also includes a map of The Mall at Washington, D.C., so readers can follow along as KC and Marshall solve mysteries around the capital. Recommended.
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Capital Mysteries #13: Trapped on the D.C. Train! (A Stepping Stone Book)