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Walls
Within Walls
by Maureen Sherry
A Texas Bluebonnet Award NomineeSM
2013 Kids Wings Top Flight Award
The
Post family created Post Cereals and became one of the United States'
wealthiest families. What happened to their treasure? Could the family
have hidden it?
A seventy-year-old
mystery remains unsolved, their treasure remains hidden. Their enormous,
eloquent apartment has been subdivided into four luxury apartments on
New York's Fifth Avenue, remodeled according to Lyon Post's will: WALLS
IN THIS STRUCTURE MAY NOT BE DESTROYED OR CHANGED IN ANY WAY. How, then
could they section it into four apartments? Architects ADDED new walls
in front of the old walls they could not change.
The
Posts' aging daughter Eleanor now lives in one of the apartments. She
never found her inheritance and stopped searching years ago. Now she has
noisy new upstairs neighbors: The Smithforks and their four kids. It doesn't
take long for them discover the hidden wall inside, and the youngest sibling
is just small enough to squeeze into the crawl space to investigate some
relics left from the Post family. He emerges with a copy of Treasure
Island (overdue for 70 years) with a letter inside! His sister, Brid,
and older brother CJ, decide to return the book to the New York Public
Library. In return (after paying a $75 fine) the librarian gives them
the package with yellowed tape left by Mr. Post for his children.
So begins
an elaborate treasure hunt that will have the Smithfork kids together
with Eleanor exploring New York City, solving secret codes, discovering
hidden clues, and analyzing a book of poems. In the process, they will
encounter a shadowy, threatening intruder. Where will the clues lead?
What dangers will they face?
Walls
Within Walls by Maureen Sherry, a modern Manhattan mystery, is filled
with secret codes, treasure hunt for early 20th Century historical treasure.
The activities challenge readers to decipher shadowed codes that grow
more difficult with each encounter. The Kids Wings literature guide and
Jeopardy-type game provide beautifully planned curriculum that leads to
the development of character, academic skills, teambuilding, and guarantees
thoughtful social and exciting academic growth for every classroom. It
is an essential part of every home and school library.
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Walls
Within Walls
by Maureen Sherry
Book
Trailer
Publisher's
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Online
Game
Crack
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New
York Public Library
Interactive
Tour of Ellis Island
Washington
D.C. Travel Guide
Post
Family of Cereals
History of
Post Cereals
The
Post Family
Marjorie
Merriweather Post, A Biography
Guastavino
Tile
New York
Transit System
City Hall
Subway System
The
Kissing Post
The
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Grand Central Terminal
The
History of Scotch Tape
General
Grant Historical Monument (Grant's Tomb)
Wondering
About Water Towers by Debbie Elliott
Marie
Antoinette
Mystery
Quotes to Memorize:
“Without
mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive
for if everything were known?” Charles deLint
"Uncertainty
and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for
they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.” R.I. Fitzhenry
“The
most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the
source of all true art and science.” Albert Einstein
The first official riders in
New York City's first subway,1904.
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A 57-page Kids Wings Literature Guide PLUS a 50-page interactive Jeopardy-type
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for Walls
Within Walls by Maureen Sherry is
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The
Activity Guide Contains:
Pre-reading Discussion Cards
Anticipation Guide
2-page Readers Theater Script
Quartet Reading
15-Second Summaries
New York Map Study
Map of Central Park
A Vocabulary List and Activities with the Frayer Model
Picturing Figures of Speech
Character Studies
Read-Predict Confirm Chapter Questions
Interactive Skip 7 Code Slide
Puzzling Clues, Deciphering a Code
Chapter Check-ups with Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions
Who's Who Crossword Puzzle
Puzzles
Words to Pictures
Visualization Chapters
Shadow Puzzle
Nation Creation Double Puzzle
Filling in the Blanks on New York History
Research American Businesses Moving to China
Dot Puzzle/Poem
Showing Connections: Poems<--->Places
Sequel Cover
Writing Prompts
and MORE!
Answer Pages
Plus, a BONUS Interactive Jeopardy-type Game
See thumbnails below.
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Within Walls is one of the 26 literature guides in Growing
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