The Mystery on the Underground Railroad (Real Kids! Real Places! Quotes

“What’s inside the Liberty Bell?” she asked him.
“Well, it had better be empty,” he told the kids.
“Are you absolutely sure?” Christina asked. “I noticed that it’s more than two feet off the ground. I could imagine a little boy—about my brother’s size—sneaking under the velvet rope and leaving a wad of bubble gum inside.”
“Oh you can, can you?” said the ranger. He turned and glared at Grant. “Did you put gum in the Liberty Bell, young man?”
― Carole Marsh, The Mystery on the Underground Railroad (Real Kids! Real Places!

“Papa, their grandfather, was taking them so they didn’t have to leave a car and “pay through the nose.” He liked to be frugal with his money.
Grant thought of someone paying a parking bill through their nose, and snickered. Papa was always saying things that Grant didn’t understand yet.”
― Carole Marsh, The Mystery on the Underground Railroad (Real Kids! Real Places!