Annotation
The first book in this multimedia series sends readers around the world on the hunt for the 39 Clues. Written by #1 New York Times bestseller Rick Riordan, with $100,000 in prizes!
4 CDs,Unabridged
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.
4 CDs,Unabridged
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.
Awards
2011 Nevada Young Reader's Award
Characters
| Name | Cahill, Amy |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Student |
| Traits | Orphan |
| Shy | |
| Name | Cahill, Dan |
| Gender | Boy |
| Occupation | Student |
| Traits | Orphan |
| Precocious | |
| Genre | Fiction Juvenile Mystery Adventure |
| Topics | Family secrets Wills Family histories Inheritance Puzzles Power Cryptic messages Brothers and sisters Orphans Relatives Quests Contests Competition Franklin, Benjamin Treasure hunts |
| Setting | Massachusetts Paris, France France Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania |
| Series | ||
| The 39 Clues series | ||
| 1 | The Maze of bones | |
| 2 | One false note | |
| 3 | The Sword thief | |
| 4 | Beyond the grave | |
| 5 | The Black circle | |
| 6 | In too deep | |
| 7 | The Viper's nest | |
| 8 | The Emperor's code | |
| 9 | Storm warning | |
| 10 | Into the gauntlet | |
| 11 | Vespers rising | |