Trouble at the Treasury

Capital Mysteries #7

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 season!
  
In the seventh book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and Marshall are thrilled to take a tour of the United States Treasury where stacks and stacks of money zip off the presses in the printing and engraving building, millions of dollars a day. But the friends find that a bundle of bills is missing. That's a hundred thousand dollars - gone! How did the thief slip the money out past cameras, guards, and locked doors? KC has a suspect. She has a clue. Now she just needs to figure out how in the world it was done!

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, Chapter Books, Childrens, Fiction, 2nd Grade

96 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 2005

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

[Thomas Norstein · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ron Roy pretty much made up half my childhood books. I read through the whole A-Z Mysteries series in second grade, and touched on a few Capital Mysteries. I figured out that he had more books that I never read, and even though it's been a while, I still enjoyed this book.

Of course, now that I'm years older and these books are written for those year younger than I, I can usually see the solution to the mystery as soon as it's introduced. This was the case with this book too. It was still nice to have a small trip down memory lane, though.

I'd recommend any and every piece of Ron Roy's work to young readers.

[Kathryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, I was really disappointed in this though my oldest enjoyed it and said he would give it four stars. So, I don't want to deny the appeal for the target audience. I'd have given it two stars. It is just so implausible. I appreciate the attempt at weaving in educational tidbits, like learning about the BET, but meanwhile we have the stepdaughter of the president, and even the president himself, gallivanting all over DC without any secret service around!? Also, apparently there is a clone of the president (!?) and they keep him tucked away in the White House and the kids trot him out when they need him to pretend to be the president to get into top secret places -- like so they can get a look at some security tapes to figure out the mystery? It's all just too implausible and slightly bizarre for me and the "mystery" was ridiculously simple. The recent Boxcar Children books are better and my favorite children's mystery series is still the Ballpark Mysteries (if you're into Washington D.C., check out The Capital Catch).

[Mandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this author’s books for elementary-age readers.

[Mr.Zhou · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good thinking on the cloned president!

[Nancy Bridges · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one is my son's favorite in the series.

[Vidyuth Gowtham · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love these kids’ mysteries. They have great pictures, storylines, and characters. This is another great addition to the series.

[GheenGirls · Rating 5 out of 5]

Turtle: Great. (She loves Ron Roy mysteries!) Wants to read again before we return it to the library.

[Mikayla Hubbard · Rating 4 out of 5]

KC immediately clocking a man cheating on his girlfriend she’s so real

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another interesting story in the Capital Mysteries series. KC and Marshall figure out who's stealing money at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The title is a little misleading, but the actual location of the "trouble" is too long for a catchy title. In any case, the odd character of Casey Marshall returns in this story and to make sure there's no confusion when I read it aloud, I always said Clone Casey, so our girls didn't confuse KC with Casey. We have enjoyed these stories and now that we've moved to Virginia, I am eager to show them the sights mentioned in these books. There are a lot of interesting facts about how money is made included in the story and at the end of the book.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book, #7 in the Capital Mysteries series, starts when KC & Marshall take a tour of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. Then they learn a bundle of bills is missing. That's a hundred thousand dollars -- gone! How did the thief get the money past the cameras, guards and locked doors?

[Christy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been reading this series with my 9 year old and we love them because we both usually learn something new about the White House or Washington. It's wonderful to find books geared toward younger children that is fun to read and helps them learn.

[Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

someone is stealing money from the printing factory. while the president's gone they ask casey who looks like the president to be president. they look at the security cameras and find the thieves. they stole 2 million dollars.

[Luke Ewell · Rating 3 out of 5]

After taking a tour at Bureau of Printing and Engraving, they find out it is almost impossible to steal money from there. After the tour they find out that someone stole money from there. Who could it be?

I liked finding out who did the robbery and how.

[Liz · Rating 1 out of 5]

While very beginner readers might enjoy this book, I do not think that it is fantasy enough to be fun or realistic enough for children to enjoy.

[Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was really in steresting

[Payton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its about how KC and Marshall learn how money is made and during that time they learned a thief stole money from there.

[N-boy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Library.

I want 4.5 stars.

It's a good mystery story. I was surprised by the solution to the mystery.

[Caleb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it. They have to find out who is stealing money from the treasury - one brick each week and they're each worth $10,000 of money.

[Nathaniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it. It's about they find that someone's been robbing the treasury and then they find her.

[Kaytee · Rating 3 out of 5]

somebody robbed the bep but they had alot of camras then they knew who the thief was and how they broke in they they turned off the camras and broke in the thief was molly and ryce.

[Maggie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned a lot about how money is made and liked it.

[Gina]

Finished 3/8/16