The Election-Day Disaster

Capital Mysteries #10

by Ron Roy, Timothy Bush (Illustrator)

From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election period! 
 
In the tenth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and her best friend, Marshall, wake up to a trick not a treat the morning after the White House Halloween costume party. With the presidential election only a week away, someone has posted damaging photos of the president on the Internet, photos that were digitally doctored! Will they ruin President Thornton's chances for a second term? Or can KC and Marshall rescue the election?
 
Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!

Genres: Mystery, Childrens, Chapter Books, Fiction, Kids, 2nd Grade

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Ron Roy has been writing books for children since 1974. He is the author of dozens of books, including the popular A to Z Mysteries®, Calendar Mysteries, and Capital Mysteries. When not working on a new book, Ron likes to teach tricks to his dog Pal, play poker with friends, travel, and read thrilling mystery books.

Reviews

[Roberta · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to read one of the Capital Mysteries by Ron Roy because my friend's cousin, Timothy Bush, is the illustrator. What better volume to choose than "The Election Day Disaster" in light of the contentious election we are currently experiencing? The plot itself is highly unlikely, but the book level is 4 so I'll allow it. I anticipated that I would be inspired to read the whole series, but I think this was enough for me.

I did learn something new in the "Did You Know?" section at the end. George Washington was indeed elected, but very few people had voted. However, George won every single vote that was cast in both 1789 and 1792.

[Vidyuth Gowtham · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

At the Halloween party at the White House everything goes as planned, so everyone thinks. The next day there are photos circulating on the news and the internet of the President pranking kids at the Halloween party. Just weeks before the election and his numbers are sliding. Who put up those fake photos? Can KC and Marshall solve this mystery before election day? And who is this green octopus figure roaming around at the party?

[Mr.Zhou · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this story, these smart kids even influenced the election, really cool.

[Shari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jackson read on his own and rated it 4 stars!

[aem · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another KC and Marshall adventure

[Kara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute little election mystery. Good for 2nd-4th grades.

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This time the mystery involved crazy internet pictures, an octopus costume, and an election. This is an awesome combination. These are fun mysteries.
Posted pictures cause
Big trouble for the big chief
In election polls.

[Luke Ewell · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is almost Halloween and KC and Marshall are going to have a party for Halloween. When the party starts they see a stange costume and they don't know who it is. They find out that he is taking picture to make the president look bad. The election day was almost there. KC didn't want to have to leave the White House so she and Marshall tried to find out who did it. They found out it was a security guard who was just taking pictures and sending them to his friends but they got on the internet and made the president look bad. The president wins and KC gets to stay in the White House for another 4 years. This is an ok book.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another suspensful story in the Capital Mysteries series. Our girls have really enjoyed this series and we look forward to reading more together. The tales aren't all that realistic, but this one demonstrates the dangers of sharing files online and how pictures can be easily manipulated nowadays.

[Sydney · Rating 5 out of 5]

when election day is less then a week away and k.c. and her friend Marshall have to plan there Halloween party they wake up trick a real trick someone is posting ugly pictures of the president.

[Luca · Rating 5 out of 5]

THta one is rather creepy, really a president stuffing a kids face into the water.

[Payton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Someone is trying to not let the president not win by using pictures they took on the Halloween and changing them.Now it was on TV and the election day is three days away.

[Sarah B · Rating 5 out of 5]

!!!! Awesome!!! I love it.

[Caleb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it. Somebody took pictures of the president doing bad things and then put them on the news so people wouldn't vote for him again.

[Nathaniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it. It's about the president gives a party and someone spies on it and takes pictures to make them look mean.

[Kaytee · Rating 5 out of 5]

they figured out that these pictures of the president looked like he did mean things to peaple so they figured out who did it but it was a prank

[Gina]

Finished 3/25/16

[Jessica Beaver]

Cute story...my son finished reading it to me today.

[Amanda Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good beginning chapter book mystery. Kind of like the Magic Treehouse series.