The Case of the Pilgrim’s Paper: A 15-Minute Brodericks Mystery, Educational Version

By Caitlind L. Alexander

“Hey, can you guys help me?”
Jamie and Kendall looked up from their homework at the boy that their mom had let into the house.
“Do we know you?” Jamie asked him.
The boy looked embarrassed to be there. “I’m Steve Richards. My little sister is Sara Richards. She says you guys are good detectives. She told me you run a detective agency for kids.”
“Oh, yeah,” Kendall answered. “I knew you looked familiar.”
“So what’s up?” Jamie asked as she motioned toward a nearby chair. Steve took a seat before he began.
“Well, we’re kind of new in the neighborhood,” Steve started. “We don’t really know everyone yet, including Peter Markham.”
“Oh no!” Jamie exclaimed. “What has Peter done now?”
“He sold me this,” Steve said, holding up a piece of paper. “He said it was an authentic document from history. It’s supposed to be written by one of the pilgrims. I checked and the spelling looks right. The signatures do too. Peter even showed me a picture of the Mayflower Compact in a book and I compared the signatures and words to it.”

Is the paper what Peter says it is?

See if you can solve this 15-minute mystery before the Brodericks do.
Teach kids logic and attention to detail with these fun, solve-it-yourself mysteries.
Educational Versions Include exercises designed to meet Common Core Standards.
For ages 8 and up.

LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books also work well as hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Jan 15, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310533280

Caitlind L. Alexander

Caitlind Alexander is the author of over 60 books for children, including the Jamie and Kendall Broderick Mystery series, the 14 Fun Facts and 101 Fun Facts series, the Wonderful World of Animals Series, and the Miss Jones series.She lives in California where she loves to visit historic places and learn about new things. She also loves to travel and has been all over the world.

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