Capture the Flag - Hardcover

Messner, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0545395399 ISBN 13: 9780545395397

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2012

Synopsis

Three kids get caught up in an adventure of historic proportions!

Anna, José, and Henry are complete strangers with more in common than they realize. Snowed in together at a chaotic Washington D.C. airport, they encounter a mysterious tattooed man, a flamboyant politician, and a rambunctious poodle named for an ancient king. Even stranger, news stations everywhere have announced that the famous flag that inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner" has been stolen! Anna, certain that the culprits must be snowed in too, recruits Henry and José to help catch the thieves and bring them to justice.

But when accusations start flying, they soon realize there's more than justice at stake. As the snow starts clearing, Anna, José, and Henry find themselves in a race against time (and the weather!) to prevent the loss of an American treasure.

About this title

About the Author:

Kate Messner is the author of iThe Seventh Wish/i; iAll the Answers/i; iThe Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z./i, winner of the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers; iCapture the Flag/i, an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner; iHide and Seek/i; iManhunt/i; and the Ranger in Time and Marty McGuire chapter book series. A former middle-school English teacher, Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family and loves reading, walking in the woods, and traveling. Visit her online at katemessner.com.

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The three kids from the bench near Washington's statue weren't friends. If they had introduced themselves, they might have learned they were all in seventh grade, and their schools shared the same February break. They might have learned that they were all only children with busy parents and were used to entertaining themselves.If they had talked a little longer, they may have discovered they had something even more unusual in common....

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0545395399
• ISBN 13: 9780545395397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240