The Mystery of the Alamo Ghost

by Carole Marsh

Book Overview

One ghostly figure, four kids in jail, seven miles of snaky river, too many clues and time is running out! This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0635016524
• ISBN13: 9780635016522
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Carole Marsh Mysteries
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

My son asked for MORE!

I have a ten year old son who is homeschooled. It was his love of this book on which I'm basing my five star rating. Recently we read this book as a read aloud. We use the Carol Marsh mysteries as a big part of theme units that we do. My son enjoys first looking at the pictures of the children in the introduction, and reading about who they are in real life. We then copy the scavenger hunt in the back of the book, so that he can keep check off the items as the appear in the book. These are excellent books for a read aloud in a learning situation, but the language is appropriate and the chapters are short enough for children to read on their own. I enjoyed Christina's attitude towards the topic of Davy Crockett and the Alamo - "That's boy stuff!" she declared, but it wasn't soon until she was enjoying the story too. The short Spanish language glossary with common Spanish words that was in the back of this book was particularly helpful and fun. These books are not first class mystery books from an adult standpoint, but that is not what is important - what matters is that these stories are close enough to reality, and involve enough children's interests, that the child enjoys the book and learns a lot about Texas history along the way. For a good unit study, provide a copy of a Texas map (There's one in the book!), and pair this book with an appropriate biography book for kids on Davy Crockett. We also watched "Dear America: A Line in the Sand:The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence Gonzales, Texas, 1836."