Thousands of miles from home, Grant Christina, Mimi, and Papa look out the window of their airplane at the winding-snake wall - endless as far as they can see. When Grant finds a treasure map in the seat pocket, the mystery begins. The treasure hunt takes Grant, Christina and their Chinese pen pals on a wild ride in a rickshaw, to the land of the Forbidden City, and face-to-face with a dragon!
X marks the spot but where is X? As the kids try to solve the puzzle, they come to across fortune cookies with clues and warnings (yikes!), dragons with menacing messages, fantastic fireworks, and a "flowerpot" army! Can they beat the bad guy to the treasure?? The race is on!
LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more!
Places: The Forbidden City • Nine Dragon Screen • Hong Kong Express Restaurant. Places in Hong Kong: Hong Kong Airport • Victoria Peak • Kowloon • The Great Wall • Tiananmen Square • Palace of Earthly Tranquility • Hall of Imperial Peace • Victoria Harbor • Tibet • Mt. Everest • Moscow, Russia • Macau • New Territories, Hong Kong
Educational Items: Chinese history • Chinese Food •Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) • Chinese dragons • History of the Forbidden City • History of the Terracotta Army • Funicular railway • Victoria Peak history • Governor's Walk • Jade facts • The Escalator • Carriageway and Watch Tower on Great Wall of China • Air China • China as trade partner • Confucius • Chinese geography • Pandas • Fortune cookies • Bactrian camels • How Chinese is read • Pinyin (simple form of Chinese writing) • Dynasties • Chinese inventions • Chinese book printing • Book shipping process • Star ferry • Limestone
People: Bob Scott's trip across the Great Wall • Marco Polo
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. This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and Developmental Reading Assessment.
Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:
Grade Levels: 3-8
Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.7
Accelerated Reader Points: 2
Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 111602
Lexile Measure: 710
Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q
Developmental Assessment Level: 40
Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters below.
For additional resources, go to the Resources Tab. On the Resource Tab, you will find Common Core State Standards for Teachers, Where Have You Been map, additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussion Questions and Book Club Activities, and the Around the World Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA.
• Built-in Book Club
• Glossary
• SAT Words
• Reading Level Guide
• Cliff Hanger Chapters
• Educational Facts
• Humor and Fun
• History
• Geography
• People
• Culture
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