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The 39 Clues Book 1:The Maze of Bones

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Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her decendants an impossible decision: "You have a choice - one million dollars or a clue."

Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world's most powerful family. Everyone from Napoleon to Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family power is lost. 39 clues hidden around the world will reveal the family's secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. Now the clues race is on, and young Amy and Dan must decide what's important: hunting clues or uncovering what REALLY happened to their parents.

The 39 Clues is Scholastic's groundbreaking new series, spanning10 adrenaline-charged books, 350 trading cards, and an online game where readers play a part in the story and compete for over $100,000 in prizes.

The 39 Clues books set the story, and the cards, website and game allow kids to participate in it. Kids visit the website - the39clues.com - and discover they are lost members of the Cahill family. They set up online accounts where they can compete against other kids and against Cahill characters to find all 39 clues. Through the website, kids can track their points and clues, manage their card collections, dig through the Cahill archives for secrets, and "travel" the world to collect Cahill artifacts, interview characters, and hunt down clues. Collecting cards helps: Each card is a piece of evidence containing information on a Cahill, a clue, or a family secret.

Every kid is a winner - we'll give away prizes through the books, the website and the cards, including a grand prize of $10,000!




DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780545060394
ISBN: 0545060397
Label: Scholastic Press
Manufacturer: Scholastic Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 220
Publication Date: 2008-09-09
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: 2008-09-09
Studio: Scholastic Press


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• The 39 Clues Book 3: The Sword Thief
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: I wish Rick Riordan wrote all of the books.
Comment: This is one of my favorite mystery books of all time. Really gets you thinking deeply about the clues. Best one in the series so far.

Customer Rating:
Summary: surprised by the negative reviews
Comment: I read this book with my 9 year old daughter, who has gone on to read the entire series that is available so far. We both enjoyed the book, and I loved the history and geography that is incorporated into the story. Think it is great and educational for kids to read, and fun to get into the online games and cards. She's having a lot of fun with it, and always learns from what she reads.

Customer Rating:
Summary: This series is a lot of fun.
Comment: 14 year-old Amy and 11 year-old Dan Cahill live alone in a small dingy apartment with a string of live-in au pairs, hired and fired on the whim of their guardian, Great-Aunt Beatrice. Since the death of their parents their only bright spot in life has been the visits with their grandmother, Grace. Now with her death, that too is gone. When the Cahill clan is surprised with a huge adventure during the reading of Grace's will, neither Amy nor Dan have any idea how much more hardships they are about to endure.

A number of different Cahill families are offered the chance to take a million dollars per person or refuse the money to receive a clue that might lead them to the most important treasure in the world; as well as make them powerful beyond belief. Knowing Great-Aunt Beatrice will find some way to cheat them out of their money, Amy and Dan decide to accept the clue. Thus begins their spiral into the unknown world of their family history.

39 Clues chronicles the adventures of Amy and Dan as they strive to find all the clues before their other family members. Neither have any idea how deadly serious this game will turn out to be. Fires, explosions, poisons, and relatives who want to kill them are only part of the adventures. In this first book, Amy and Dan learn they are related to Benjamin Franklin, visit the Catacombs of Paris and are the first of the Cahills' to find the second clue; which puts them right at the top of the hit list with all of the other family members. As they race across the country searching for the 39 Clues and competing against people with unlimited money, resources and knowledge; they have to wonder if they are really capable of staying in this race. If they do, they then have to decide if they have what it takes to be the top Cahill.

I bought this book as a Christmas present for my son. When he blew through 39 Clues; Book One - The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan and begged for the second one in the series, I knew we had a winner. After he finished the second book, One False Note by Gordon Korman, in less than a week, I had to find out for myself what the fuss was all about. The moment I picked up book one, I was hooked. I sat down to read and didn't put it down for four hours. I blew through book two just as fast.

When I was researching these books, I found they will all be written by a different YA author. I honestly think this will be a fun and interesting twist. For those people who hate to get started with a series, only to dread the long wait for the next book to be released, this series has a very cool release schedule. With 10 books scheduled for the series, they are set to release so that the 10th book comes out September of 2010. So no long waits. The other neat thing about this series is the trading cards and the on-line game you can play. Who doesn't like this kind of multi interaction? And if you need more of an incentive to check them out, you can actually win cash by playing the games.

If you haven't guessed my intentions yet, then let me spell them out for you. I LOVE THESE BOOKS. Set in the same vein as the movie, National Treasure, I love the immersion into real world history that is embedded into each story. The idea that my son is actually learning something as he uses his brain to figure out the mysteries makes me feel a ton better about the time he spends reading fiction. These stories are hilarious and fun and scary. They work for girls, boys and adults. If you are looking for a neat series to read with your kids, this is definitely one that will hold not only their interests but yours.

Customer Rating:
Summary: good for kids
Comment: My 8 year old son really got into this series fast. He thinks it is a "really cool book".

Customer Rating:
Summary: A must for anyone with readers of 10-12 years of age!
Comment: I read a review of the 3rd book and thought, "I reckon my students would love that" so started with the first book in my grade of 5th and 6th graders. I can't believe the enthussiasm for the story! The independent research they're doing after reading the 39 Clues is amazing (I'm writing this from Australia, so the American references are completely lost on my students, however they then go home and find out what they didn't understand!) and BEG me each day to read MORE to them. I've never had this response to a book before.

They totally identify with Dan and Amy, there's enough in each story for each reading ability, that the lower readers are just happy to keep up with the story, the more advanced are trying to figure out what's going to happen next, busily researching Ben Franklin's inventions, anxiously awaiting the chance to share their prediction with their peers!

It's been really exciting reading this to a grade of usually suspicious, bored, disinterested students. The online clues element is great for those who have a home PC, and so far they've been proud to share their findings with those who've not got access to the internet.

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