The 39 Clues (The Maze of Bones, Book 1)
by Rick Riordan
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Author: Rick RiordanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-09
ISBN: 0545060397
Number of pages: 220
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Book Reviews of The 39 Clues (The Maze of Bones, Book 1)
Book Review: Excellent First Book
Summary: 4 Stars
My son is 9, almost 10. My daughter is 8. They enjoy reading but are always looking for new books. They also like getting on the computer and playing games and my son loves trading cards.
This book combines all three. You get a set of trading cards when you buy this book. You read the book, get online and enter the trading card codes. Online the trading cards have puzzles to solve, games to play that tie into the book series and short mysteries.
So far, this series is a large hit at my house and we anxiously are awaiting the next book (book 4 now).
This may be a shameless marketing scheme. But this book was enjoyable. It was written by Rick Riordan and we like his other books so we thought we'd enjoy this one. We were right.
I like that it covers different periods in history. I don't know that I would say it is educational so much as informative. The books have introduced us to such people as Mozart and in this book one, Ben Franklin. We have learned interesting tid bits about these famous people.
Fun and interesting.
Enjoy.
Summary of The 39 Clues (The Maze of Bones, Book 1)
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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