Mystery at the Washington Monument

Capital Mysteries #8

by Ron Roy, Timothy Bush (Illustrator)

Late at night KC and Marshall are sleeping out on the White House lawn when they see suspicious lights flickering at the top of the Washington Monument. If that's not strange enough, the next day a monkey is foundinside the building KC and Marshall set off on a wild adventure to solve a 100-year-old mystery that involves a jewel thief, long-lost diamonds, and one of Washington's most famous and historiclandmarks. "From the Trade Paperback edition."

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

Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2007

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

[Amy]

This story, part of Ron Roy's Capital Mysteries series is great! I loved reading about different places in D.C. and working to solve a mystery in the area was really fun!

The story takes off after KC and Marshall spot weird colored lights atop the Washington Monument while camping out on the White House lawn. The next day, they discover a monkey in the monument during a tour. KC and Marshall set off on a wild adventure to solve a 100-year-old mystery that involves a jewel thief, long-lost diamonds, and one of Washington's most famous and historic landmarks.

[Dolly]

This is an interesting mystery in the Capital Mysteries series, one that is far less dangerous and creepy than the others so far.

KC and Marshall visit the Washington Monument and the National Zoo, adding a few more places to our to-see list now that we live in the area. Our girls have really enjoyed the books in this series.

[Shaundell]

KC and Marshall are friends; one night, while sleeping on the lawn of the White House (the US President is KC's new stepfather), they see twinkling lights in the top level of the Washington Monument. They decided to investigate and then solve the mystery!

[Tara]

I love these books because they weave facts about the historic sites in Washington DC into the mystery. In this one I learned that some of the states donated memorial stones to help build the Washington Monument. And it was a fun mystery.

[Amy Torcaso]

Cute fast read. It was part of a 12 book series which I will add to my summer read list. I loved the setting as a history teacher. Good reading level for probably 3-5th graders but I do have some students at that level so I could make a good recommendation to them.

[Angela Deng]

I want go to the Washington Monument!!! They are very lucky !!!

[Mr.Zhou]

Clever spider monkey, smart KC and Marshall, this story is very interesting.

[Vidyuth Gowtham]

good

[GheenGirls]

Turtle: great book. Wants to read again before returning to library.

[aem]

Mystery encountered by KC and Marshall at Washington monument

[Noelani]

9-year old gives this 3 1/2 stars.

[Dr. L]

Hmmmm the fact that it was a trained monkey really spoiled it for me. However, my 7 year old REALLY enjoyed it.

[Cindi]

Fun mystery that was simple, but not too simple. Easy to read, interesting storyline, fun characters.

[Nathaniel]

I liked it. They find a monkey in the Washington monument and the owner has trained the monkey whenever it sees the word washington it will punch at the o. They find the monkey at the monument and they find a hole in the O and at the end they have a party to see who owns the monkey. And the monkey goes to a lady that sells maps and books about Washington.

[Sonia and Julia]

Mystery at the Washington Monument by Ron Roy is a great mystery that leaves you thinking about the suspect.It also has cool facts I did not know about.I recommend this book to readers who like mysteries,facts, and politics.

[Sydney]

when kc and mitchell sleep out at night they see lights flickering at the monument and they find a monkey in the building and they come upon theifs and jewel robber.

[Maggie]

It's funny how they find a monkey in the Washington Monument and they name him Washington. He is very smart and helps them solve the mystery. I really liked him.

[Anna]

This book gets five stars because it's a mystery and it has a monkey in it!

[Luca]

A MONKEY!?

[Wakako Sugawara]

How big problems!! I think this series' mysteries almost of all are serious problems. However,

[Ann Babcock]

Great book! My students would love this one! I find Ron Roy a great writer for both children and adults!

[Payton]

Its about how KC and Marshall sees a light in the Washington Monument so they check it out and sees there is a monkey inside and the O for Washington is black .

[Mlh346comcast.net]

J PBK R Series: Capital Mysteries Facts are woven into the story.

[Caleb]

I liked it. Someone's stealing something from a memorial stone in the Washington Monument that are worth lots of money.

[Gina]

Finished 3/11/16

[Jocelyn Montalvo Cullum]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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[Doni]

Highly unrealistic, but the familiar aspects of DC were fun.

[Kaytee]

somebody slole a piese of a inportant tomb stone who could it be