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In this story, a cancer research center in St. Louis has asked Nick Ford to find seeds from native grasses in Missouri. His search takes Nick and the kids to a pioneer cemetery where Ken and Jeff learn that someone is digging up old graves. The tombstone of every disturbed grave marks the death of a man in 1862. The mystery story introduces the reader to the geography of Missouri, the Civil War, Mark Twain and his celebrated characters, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. From the series Nick Ford Mysteries. Start-to-Finish books. Novel Study. Gold title (RL 3). Publisher GR level L. Lexile 200 IL 6-12. Reference KM 8816 for more instructional tools to support this kit in your classroom. | |