Molly's Route 66 Adventure

Molly's Route 66 Adventure is a Molly scrapbook.

Facts

 * Author: Dottie Raymer
 * Illustrators: Nick Backes, Amy Redmond
 * First Published: 2002
 * Setting: Summer 1946
 * In relation to Molly's Central Series: After the events of Changes for Molly

Characters

 * Molly McIntire
 * James McIntire
 * Helen McIntire
 * Ricky McIntire
 * Brad McIntire

Scrapbook Summary
Jill McIntire gives Molly a scrapbook to document her trip down Route 66 to California. Jill is the only member of the family not going as she is volunteering as a candy striper at St. Mary's Hospital. With the war over, travel has become popular again (as there is no more gas rationing) and Molly's father is taking the family on a journey down the route.

Molly starts the scrapbook complaining about riding in the backseat between her brothers. She later picks up amap, deca, and decoder at a Royal Oil filling station; the stations are giving away items to encourage purchase. Collecting clues at each station along Route 66 and decoding them will win participants an autograpghed picture of Judy Garland, which Molly decides to try and get.

Mom says that they must go to the home and tomb of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield. Molly rubs the nose at the entrance for good luck in winnning the contest. They also go the Illionois State Fair.

They cross the river at the Chain of Rocks Bridge and go into Missouri, where they stop at the Meramec Caverns. The family then goes camping. That evening, Ricky puts a rubber snake in Molly's sleeping bag. Molly vows to get him back. The family stops for lunch in Carthage where the waitress tells them that Belle Starr used to live in the town.

Items and Accessories Inside

 * All items are reproductions of authentic items.


 * Royal Oil Holly Wood Mystery Code Contest Decoder (inside pocket)
 * Non-removable map of Route 66
 * Non removable set of three postcards from Meramec Caverns with Molly's writing on the back
 * "Ranger 'Rithmetic" (inside pocket with Missouri)
 * Bandit mask and reward poster for Belle Starr (inside pocket with image of diner)

Items Associated with Molly's Route 66 Adventure

 * Route 66 Outfit
 * Route 66 Accessories