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The 39 Clues (The Maze of Bones, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 123
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0545060397
EAN: 9780545060394
ASIN: 0545060397
Publication Date: September 9, 2008
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Product Description
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!
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 Richie's Picks: THE 39 CLUES November 16, 2008
If you hadn't yet heard of THE 39 CLUES, you will be hearing all about it soon enough. DreamWorks has acquired the screen rights and Steven Spielberg will apparently direct the movie. As described in Variety (of all places), "THE 39 CLUES," which launches Sept. 9, is envisioned as a 10-book series to be released over two years. It's described as a multimedia adventure that will include a set of collectible cards and an online game that will serve as a portal as young readers try to solve a mystery for a grand prize of $10,000. The contest will run for two years."
Okay. A book with a bunch of gimmicks and prizes, right? Sounds a little fluffy, perhaps?
But the fact is that the first book -- THE MAZE OF BONES -- is great! Not only is it an engaging mystery and thriller, but it also taught me a bunch of neat stuff about geography and history and American cultural landmarks.
"Aunt Beatrice kept driving and muttering about spoiled children. Amy secretly went back to her huge book. The last two days, since they got the news about Grace's death, Amy had been reading even more than usual. Dan knew it was her way of hiding, but he kind of resented it because it shut him out, too.
"'What are you reading this time?' he asked. "Medieval European Doorknobs? Bath Towels Through the Ages?'
"Amy gave him an ugly face -- or an uglier-than-usual face. 'None of your business, dweeb.'
"'You can't call a ninja lord dweeb. You have disgraced the family. You must commit seppuku.
' "Amy rolled her eyes.
"After a few more miles, the city melted into farmland. It started to look like Grace country, and even though Dan had promised himself he wouldn't get sappy, he began to feel sad. Grace had been the coolest ever. She'd treated him and Amy like real people, not kids. That's why she'd insisted they simply call her Grace, not Grandmother or Gran or Nana or any silly name like that. She'd been one of the only people who'd ever cared about them. Now she was dead, and they had to go to the funeral and see a bunch of relatives who had never been nice to them..."
Yesterday I spent Jo's and Harry's birthday up on the Eel River, sitting alongside my favorite swimming hole, trying to figure out what facts might be of help in uncovering a clue. What's the deal with the random page numbering that suddenly appears? What so important about that photo?
The ten books are being written by different, well-known authors. This first one is by rocking writer Rick Riordan of Percy Jackson fame. The second will be by another of my faves, Gordon Korman.
"'And yet, all the previous accomplishments of the Cahill clan are nothing compared to the challenge that now faces you. It is the time for you to discover the greatest secret of the Cahills, to become the most powerful members of the family in history -- or to die trying.'"
Amy and Dan Cahill are orphan siblings. As we come to recognize, each has inherited some of the cognitive abilities of their talented, late parents. At Grace's funeral, it is announced that all the heirs in attendance have a choice: Each individual has the option of taking a check for a million dollars and walking away OR the option of taking a clue that will lead to another clue that will lead to another clue that will eventually lead to the REAL Earth-shaking inheritance.
And -- Shades of Hogwarts! -- when Dan bemoans the "bunch of relatives who had never been nice to them," he's not kidding! There are four different branches of the Cahill clan and it quickly becomes evident that those relatives who, along with Dan and Amy, opt for the first clue rather than the million bucks are going to stop at nothing to get a leg up on the rest of the family.
Of course, Scholastic does not want the relatives of booksellers and reviewers and librarians (not to mention the booksellers and reviewers and librarians themselves) to get a leg up on the general public in solving the mystery of the first book, SO THEY LEFT THE END OF THE DARN FIRST BOOK OUT OF THE ADVANCE COPIES THEY SENT US!!!
Which means that we, too, will be waiting for September 9th, when the fun begins. (You'll find the clock ticking down to the starting gun at the website.
 No Percy Jackson + Faulty Website November 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this for my 11 year old who has read the Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and Inkheart series, which were better. She was looking forward to trying the website. Alas, after weeks of trying and exchanges with help@39clues, we never were able to activate an account. Expect disappointment.
One of the best series ever!! November 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is not like a lot of books, boring and that kind of thing, it is a humerous and mysterious book. I did not get this book from amazon.com but, got the last copy from my school bookfair. It is an awesome book and has an awesome game. I finished it 3 days after I got it. It is an addicting book and you should read it!!:-)
Great read for the intented age group October 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My son - who is 8 - is totally thrilled with this book, the website, & figuring out the clues. He loves going online to work through the clues himself and looks daily for new material. I honestly think it is because of this book that has gotten him to want to read. We read it out loud together every night - I love to watch him digest the material and come to conclusions on his own. I am recommending this series to all his friends as it is a good way for them to learn about history and get involved.
 This is not a literature! October 27, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an imitation of Magic Tree House series. You know there will be 38 books to follow. Author tries to make it "educational" by adding some historical facts, in this specific book, about life of Benjamin Franklin. For that, I'm giving 2 stars. Other than that, story line is pretty pathetic. It's terrible how this publishing company is also trying to use this book to sell game cards and trying to attract kids by offering internet game to win some prizes.
I read this book prior to giving it to my kids. I'm glad I did, because this is going straight to Good Will.
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