The Maze of Bones (39 Clues, No. 1)

The Maze of Bones (39 Clues, No. 1)

By Rick Riordan

189 ratings 209 reviews 300 followers
Book 1 of 11 in the  The 39 Clues Series
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 4 - 8Grades 2 - 5U4.345905
The first book in the #1 bestselling phenomenon sends readers around the world on the hunt for the 39 Clues!

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.
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN-13: 9780545060394
ISBN-10: 0545060397
Published on 9/9/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 220

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You have a choice 1,0000 dollars or the first clue to your familys secret. If your Dan and Amy Cahill you choose the first clue. I love books that are sad and mysterious. And this book fits my loves. I give it 5 stars.

Percabeth Percabeth

I think it is an amazing book! For me it’s kind of difficult to find a book series that I become obsessed with, but this book is one of the fastest books to pull me in.

Joshua Joshua

The book is great and so is this websit!!

I have read this book and it is awesome the 39 Clues books are so awesome. I would recomend these books to any one who likes adventure.

I've read the whole series, and it's amazing!!

 BACK NEXT  When Old Grace Cahill kicks the bucket, her will reveals the first in a series of secrets that will take her heirs on an adventure around the world. Key among them are Amy and Dan Cahill, a brother and sister team determined to discover Grace's secrets. With the help of their glitter eye shadow-wearing, nose-ring-rocking au pair, Nellie, the three of them travel to Philadelphia and Paris on the trail of that guy on the front of the $100 bill: Benjamin Franklin. Along the way, they have to evade their conniving relatives. The Starling triplets interfere in Philadelphia, but are knocked out in an explosion meant for Amy and Dan. In Paris, former KGB agent Irina Spasky leads them into a trap; the Holts, a family of meatheads, almost get Amy and Dan buried alive; and their Uncle Alistair—alleged inventor of the microwave burrito—repeatedly betrays their trust. All along the way they're watched from a distance by the super creepy man in black who is secretly in cahoots with William McIntyre, Grace's attorney. Eventually, Amy, Dan, and Nellie find themselves in the Maze of Bones, an intricate series of Catacombs under Paris. There, they discover the origins of the four branches of the Cahill clan and a clue that will lead them to yet another country in pursuit of secrets behind another historical figure: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, Austria. The hunt for clues is to be continued… I will tell you that you will love this series and love this book, it's full of adventure.

Awesome! So mysterious and intersesting!!

"You have a choice - one million dollars or a clue." - Author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the 39 Clues is a Cahill family competition. You either pick the million dollars or get the first clue. The Cahill family is the world's most powerful family. Name someone, they are in the family. Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin. Anybody. Even Amy and Dan didn't know they were related to people that famous. How could they be poor then? Who were their mom and dad? They had a lot of questions. Now they were stuck with their aunt. Their Grandmother Grace Cahill had left them. She was a great grandmother. I liked that Rick Riordan used words to describe the character's feelings at the time. Their au revoire is Nellie, who will take them all over the world. This book was really good. They find Clue 2 when they thought someone took it from them. I would recommend this book to mystery lovers and action lovers. I rate this 5 stars.

Very good book. If you like mysteries, and action GET THIS BOOK! It has a lot of family dispute, so it might not be for everybody out there! I recommend this, it is an awesome book with family rivalry. It is kind of what happens in real life.

I think this was a great book. It is about a family competition that Amy and Dan participate in against there family members. It is a competition of 39 clues you have too discover too find things that will make the most powerful family in the universe. I hope you like it.

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