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The Mystery of Blackbeard the Pirate (Real Kids! Real Places! (Paperback)) Paperback – Illustrated, June 1, 2003

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Four real kids meet one real pirate ( or is he?) and in solving a mystery learn all about the Golden Age of Piracy from Maine to Florida! Renaissance Learning, Inc now has Accelerated Reader quizzes for all of the Carole Marsh Mysteries! To visit their website, click here.
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The Mystery of Blackbeard the Pirate is recommended by Sylvan Learning's Book Adventure reading program. Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Sylvan Learning is the leading provider of tutoring and supplemental education services to students of all ages.
Each mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Each Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, and a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level.

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780L
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Carole Marsh Mysteries
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June 1, 2003
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0635016486
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About Carole Marsh Mysteries

Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this book includes

History, Geography, Culture
Educational Facts
SAT Words
Fun and Humor
Built-in book club activities

The Mystery of Blackbeard the Pirate

By Carole Marsh

"His head is missing?" Michele asked. "Whose head?" When the answer turns out to be Blackbeard, fiercest pirate of them all, four kids set off on a real adventure in North Carolina's real pirate haunt port town of Bath. While struggling to recover a special prop and save an outdoor drama, the kids learn about the Golden Age of Piracy up and down the American coast from Maine to Florida.

Look what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more!
History of Ned Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard
History of the Bonner family and Bonner's Point
History of the Palmer-Marsh House

Reading Levels Guide

Grade Levels: 3-6

Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.2

Accelerated Reader Points: 4

Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74560

Lexile Measure: 780

Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q

Developmental Assessment Level: 40

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"Clues provide a tour of many of the historical buildings around town, which are well described for the reader."

About the Author

Native of Atlanta, Georgia

Professional writer and photographer

Founder and CEO of Gallopade International, Inc.

Founder and Owner of Marsh Media, a public relations and corporate communications firm

Creator of more than 15,000 products, primarily fiction and non-fiction supplementary educational materials including books, interactive CD-ROMs, games, and online adventures

Awards Include:

2004 Teachers' Choice for the Family by Learning Magazine

Excellence in Education Award 2003 from the National School Supply and Equipment Association

Recipient of the 2002 Teacher's Choice Award by Learning Magazine

Recipient of the Association Advance America 2002 Award of Excellence

Communicator of the Year in 1979

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Carole Marsh Mysteries (June 1, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 150 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0635016486
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0635016485
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 11 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 780L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 4
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.4 x 7.4 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #672,210 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4,874 in Children's Mystery, Detective, & Spy
- #24,099 in Children's Literature (Books)

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Carole Marsh started her writing career in 1979, when she self-published her first mystery for kids, the Missing Head Mystery, which starred her own children, Michael and Michele, as characters. Over the past 30-plus years, Marsh has been the creative force behind a multitude of children's books and educational materials, including the award-winning educational mystery series, Real Kids! Real Places!, and her most recent series, Wildlife Mysteries.

Carole Marsh's books have garnered many awards over the years, including recognition from Learning® Magazine, Creative Child Magazine, Academics' Choice™, iParenting Media, ForeWord Reviews, and more. Working through her publishing company, Carole continues to produce need-fulfilling educational materials and children’s books for all academic areas. Her special love social studies has been the driving force behind her most well-known and widely-used products, including several comprehensive social studies curriculum programs used across the nation.

The company she founded, Gallopade International, has published more than 10,000 books and materials for teachers and children. Gallopade remains a family-owned business that is committed to staying on the cutting edge of educational technology.

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Margie B.

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2015

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I bought this book for my 10 yr old grandson and I always read the books before I give them as a gift. I read it straight through as it held my attention as was easy to read. This is the second book I bought and love learning about new places. The first book I gave to my grandson was The Mystery in Chocolate town and he loved it.

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Sena

History club

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2019

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Great for after school clubs.

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Aunt Anne

He loved it.

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2017

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Nephew can now learn how pirates really lived and acted! He loved it.

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Jean H.

Not enough pirateness for a pirate lover

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2013

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I bought this book for my son who is a fifth grader. He loves pirates. I liked the fact that it was historically based, however the action is a little slow and there's not that much about pirates in it.

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Joyfulmama

Who doesn’t enjoy pirates?

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2018

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A little long-winded for my taste. My kids enjoy pirates, they liked the book, ages 10 and under… We read aloud together

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Karen5416

Good Read

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2015

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Decent book - shipping was excellent. Just not what I thought it was - hoping it would be better material for a book report.

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Joe Mama

Mixes history and mystery

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2006

If you visit the publisher's website [...] you can read author Carole Marsh's autobiographical sketch, and learn that when she wrote her first book, she was told to self-publish it. She did so, and has made a good business of it, although I'm sure it was a LOT of blood, sweat, and tears. This book definitely has the feel of a book that publishers would not consider without extensive rewriting.

Kids love mysteries and pirates. This book is actually about a phony "head" which was a stage prop and has gone missing, threatening to end the play's run in Blackbeard's one-time home in Bath, North Carolina. This play really did take place in Bath until the late 1980's, and has been revived. Marsh's "hook" is to take pictures of real children (she used her daughter and son and newer books use her grandchildren) and use their names as characters. The company website even offers opportunities for children to try to become characters in one of her books.

The plot is somewhat simplistic and the characters are not well-developed. Typos and grammatical errors are present!! However, interesting information is given and children seem to like Marsh's books (I am a school librarian).

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J. Britt

When will you be getting more in?

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2020

I would like to purchase a class set of these but it says that you only have 4 left in stock. When will you be getting more copies in to be ordered offline?

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