The 39 Clues

1 Story, 10 Books, 7 Authors

The 39 Clues is a series of children's adventure books for 9-14 year olds.

At the centre of the series is the powerful Cahill family.  Throughout history the Cahill family has produced the most talented and famous people eg. Einstein, Mozart, Benjamin Franklin to name a few.  Now with the death of family matriarch, Grace Cahill, the secret to the world's ultimate power lies in wait for its new owner.  The beneficiaries named in Grace's last will and testament are presented with a challenge: either walk away with one million dollars and renounce all claims to any other piece of Cahill legacy OR surrender this inheritance for something far more valuable - the first in a series of clues that will reveal the source of the family's power.

So begins a worldwide hunt for the 39 clues with 7 teams of Cahill family members in pursuit.  Of course there can only be one winner.  It's Cahill vs Cahill in a race to beat the competition and be the first to assemble all 39 clues.  Follow 14-year-old Amy Cahill and her 11-year-old brother Dan as they travel the world in their hunt for clues.  Always in their shadow are a legion of scheming, underhand relatives who will stop at nothing to win the game.  Alliances are made and broken, traps plotted and the only rule to live by is trust no one.

The idea for the series came from Rick Riordan (of Percy Jackson fame) and fittingly he is responsible for the first book The Maze of Bones.  In an innovative and very cool move he has enlisted the help of several famous children's authors to contribute to the series: Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park and Margaret Peterson Haddix (Shadow Children & Missing series).

Stephen Speilberg acquired the film rights to the series in 2008 and the movie is scheduled for release in 2014.

The complete series is available in the fiction section of our Library.  To help you locate them the following is the full list of titles and authors:

• The Maze of Bones - Rick Riordan
• One False Note - Gordon Korman
• The Sword Thief - Peter Lerangis
• Beyond the Grave - Patrick Caman
• In Too Deep - Jude Watson
• The Vipers's Nest - Peter Lerangis
• The Emperor's Code - Gordon Korman
• Storm Warning - Linda Sue Park
• Into the Gauntlet - Margaret Peterson Haddis
• Vesper's Rising - Rick Riordan

In April this year the book, Vespers Rising, was released.  This book serves as a transition between The 39 Clues series and the new Cahill's vs Vesper's series.  The first book in this new series, The Medusa Plot, is written by Gordon Korman and is scheduled for publication August this year.  The second book, penned by Jude Watson, is due for release December this year.  Other authors contributing to the series include Peter Lerangis, newcomer Roland Smith, Linda Sue Park and another newcomer David Baldacci (best selling author known for his legal thrillers) who will pen the 6th book and final instalment due for release in March 2013.  Look out for this series on our Library shelves!!