The world is counting on you to stop the Vespers. This book comes with six digital game cards that unlock your online mission. Good luck! TO ADD CARDS TO YOUR ONLINE COLLECTION: Go to www.the39clues.com/ebookCVV5 and log in. If you haven’t signed up, click on “Join Now” to create a new account. You need your book with you. Use it to answer the two questions provided. Your cards and mission will be unlocked. Amy and Dan need YOUR help to stop the Vespers! Contents Cover Scorpion Stop the Vespers! Title Page Dedication Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Preview Your Mission Copyright The plane made its final approach into New York City. It was morning on this side of the ocean. Who knew what time it was in Timbuktu now? Along with his sister, Amy, and two friends, Dan Cahill was a passenger on a private jet. The jet was owned by their distant cousin, hip-hop superstar Jonah Wizard. As Dan gazed out the window, he downed the last of the fresh strawberry and pineapple smoothie made to order by the cabin attendant. It was a pretty amazing way to travel. Dan leaned sideways a little to get a clearer glimpse of the skyline. He loved the view of all the iconic structures: the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Brooklyn Bridge. And most of all, the Statue of Liberty, standing proud in the harbor. Dan would never have admitted it out loud, but whenever he flew into New York, he always felt like she was welcoming him personally, as she had so many travelers before him. The cabin attendant, a calm and efficient man named Victor, came by to take Dan’s empty glass. He leaned over Dan’s shoulder and pointed out the window toward the southern end of Manhattan. “That’s where the towers used to be,” Victor said. “The World Trade Center buildings. You probably were just a baby when they went down.” It was true. Dan had never seen them in real life, only on video. It was easy to recall the footage from that day in September of 2001: the hijacked plane crashing into the first tower, then the second, gouging huge, jagged holes into the buildings. Floods of black smoke and fierce orange flames everywhere. Even more horrific than the crashes themselves were the unbelievable moments that followed, when both of the massive superstructures collapsed and crumbled into dust, as if they were no sturdier than sand castles. The first time Dan saw the footage, he thought it looked like something out of a Hollywood action movie. But it had been all too real. Nearly three thousand people had died. “That part of Manhattan always looks so empty to me now,” Victor said. The southern end of Manhattan was hardly empty. There were hundreds of buildings massed together, short, tall, taller. It reminded Dan of a crowd jammed into one of Jonah’s concerts: The tallest buildings were like the people who sit on their friends’ shoulders so they can see better. It was hard to imagine how or where two massive towers could have squeezed into that jumble. “So sad,” Victor said, “the things people will do to each other.” Dan sat back against the seat cushion and let out a sharp breath. Victor’s words had hit him like a body blow. The Vespers. They had already done terrible things to people Dan cared about. If they got everything they were after … Dan couldn’t imagine what they might do next. He had to stop them. And he knew exactly how to do it. All he had to do was finish assembling the serum — and then take it. Amy had her phone out and ready. The moment the plane’s wheels touched the ground, she turned it on. It seemed to take forever before the home screen finally lit up. And sure enough, there it was: a text message from Vesper One. For weeks now, Amy and Dan had been gofers for the Vespers, a shadowy cabal and nemesis of the Cahill family for centuries. With the help of Dan’s best friend, Atticus Rosenbloom, and his brother, Jake, Amy and Dan had traveled the globe stealing artifacts, manuscripts, artwork, even jewels, at the behest of the anonymous Vesper One. Why? Because the Vespers were holding hostages. Seven people whom the Cahills cared about deeply, including two members of their immediate family — their guardians, Nellie Gomez and Fiske Cahill. Vesper One had threatened to kill the hostages if Dan and Amy did not perform the specified tasks. This was the latest assignment: Go to Yale and steal — what? Amy forwarded the text to Evan, who was overseeing the Cahill headquarters in Attleboro, Massachusetts. She added nothing further; Evan would know from the message where they were headed next. Besides, she had absolutely no idea what to say to him. “Hi, how’s it going?” Utterly banal, given the circumstances. “We need to talk.” Like they could take the time for a cozy heart-to-heart in the midst of this Vesper-induced insanity. “I have something I need to tell you. I know we’re dating, but yesterday I kissed another boy.” Amy felt her face get hot. She didn’t know if it was because she was mortified about even the idea of telling Evan … or if it was the thought of the kiss itself. She shut her eyes tightly, trying to blank out the memory of Jake’s arms around her, the warmth of his lips … STOP IT! Amy scolded herself inside her head. Don’t get distracted — you have to stay focused! Nellie, Fiske, Phoenix, all the rest — they need you! Maybe someday Amy would get to be a normal teenager with nothing to worry about except grades and friends and boys. Maybe. But first, she had hostages to rescue. Amy and Dan dashed through the terminal, with Jake and Atticus right on their heels. Amy couldn’t remember the last time she had been able to walk through an airport. She handed her phone to Dan so he could read Vesper One’s text. “Yale?” he panted. “What about the rest of it?” “Don’t know,” she gasped back at him. “Guess we’ll find out soon enough.” “Hey, wait up!” Fifty yards behind, Atticus was struggling with his jacket and backpack. Amy glanced over her shoulder and saw Jake turn around to help his brother by grabbing the pack. She plunged on, darting and weaving past knots of people. They all caught up with each other at the taxi stand. The line wasn’t long; they were able to get into the third cab. With Evan still on her mind, Amy took the front passenger seat so there wouldn’t be any possibility of ending up thigh-to-thigh with Jake. “Yale University,” Amy said to the driver. “Where is?” the driver asked. “Connecticut. New Haven.” The driver shook his head. “No. No go that far.” Jake reached for the door handle. “Let’s go,” he said decisively. “No use wasting time — we’ll find someone else to take us.” Who died and made him boss? Amy thought. She turned to the driver. “We need to get to Yale,” she said, “and we’ll make it worth your while.” The man muttered to himself, then put some info into his GPS. “Two hour there, two hour come back … I do it for six hundred,” he said. “Six hundred dollars?” Atticus yelped. “Fine,” Amy said. The driver looked surprised; clearly he had picked an amount he thought they would never be able to afford. “See money first,” the driver said skeptically. Amy took out her wallet, counted off six hundred-dollar bills, and flapped them at him. “There,” she said. “Now can we please get going?” As if the sight of the cash were a turbo-fuel injection, the driver gunned the engine and pulled out from the curb so fast that the tires squealed. Amy raised her eyebrows at Jake. “Watch and learn,” she said. He snorted, then swept his hand from his forehead toward her in an exaggerated mock bow. “As you wish, m’lady,” he said. Dan had put his backpack into the trunk of the cab but kept his laptop with him. Now he turned it on, clicked through to a search engine, and hesitated with his fingers over the keyboard. “What should I type in?” he asked. “Yale, of course. And then what — four-oh-eight? Or maybe seventy-four?” “No way!” Jake exclaimed. Startled, Amy turned to see his eyes widening. “Yale and four hundred eight? That has to be —” Jake stopped and shook his head. Amy could see the shock in his expression. “Amy, we can’t — it’s not —” He took a breath. Then he looked at her pleadingly and said, “Please don’t tell me we’re going after the Voynich?” Toothpaste. Very important. That nasty feeling when you hadn’t brushed in a while even had a name now: “biofilm.” Yuck. Enough of the idle thoughts. Hurry. Some clothes (clean underwear also very important), phone charger, laptop and charger, camera, digital recorder … what else might be needed? A couple of false IDs, just in case. And finally — most important — a piece of electronic equipment specially modified for the task.
DiscussionDiscussion GuideGuide Grades 4-7 Griffin Bing is known as The Man with a Plan, especially one that involves kids outwitting adults. In Swindle, Griffin acquires a rare baseball card, only to be cheated out of its true value by an unscrupulous dealer, S. Wendell Palomino, who is quickly nicknamed “Swindle” by Griffin and his friend Ben. After one failed attempt to retrieve the card, Griffin recruits a group of classmates, each with a specific skill his new plan requires. But even the best of plans can be thrown off by unexpected circumstances, creating hilarious and heart-stopping adventure for this motley group of sixth graders. In Zoobreak, Griffin’s class visits a floating zoo where his friend Samantha finds her own recently stolen capuchin monkey. Planning a break-in to retrieve the monkey requires the talents of all Griffin’s friends, and a lot of last-minute changes to make the plan work. But when they reach the zoo boat, Samantha becomes determined to help all the animals escape their terrible conditions, making the plan much more complicated. Dividing up the animals and keeping them safe in a variety of ways, the kids soon realize they will need to stage a completely different sort of break-in. In both of these adventures, the friends work as a team and learn a lot about each other in the bargain. They face some ethical dilemmas, learn how to think quickly, and demonstrate both courage and cleverness in carrying out their plans. PRE-READING VOCABULARY EXERCISE 1. In Swindle, Gordon Korman introduces a lot of words that are associated with crime and wrongdoing.
MASTER SCHOLASTIC INC. NEW YORK TORonto LONDON AUCKlanD SYDNEY MEXico City NEW DELHI HONG KonG BUEnos AIRES MASTER The hunger strike began two hours east of Paris. Saladin took a single dainty whiff of the open cat food tin and turned up his nose. “Come on, Saladin,” coaxed fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill. “Here’s your dinner. It’s a long way to Vienna.” The Egyptian Mau emitted a haughty snort that was a clinic in nonverbal communication: You’ve got to be kidding me. “He’s used to red snapper,” Amy said apologetically to Nellie Gomez, the Cahills’ au pair. Nellie was unmoved. “Do you have any idea how much fresh fish costs? We’ve got to make our money last. Who knows how long we’ll be running around looking for these precious clues of yours?” Saladin let out a disapproving “Mrrp!” Dan Cahill, Amy’s eleven-year-old brother, looked up from the page of sheet music he was examining. “I’m with you, dude. I can’t believe we had to take ONE FALSE NOTEONE FALSE the slowest train in Europe. We’ve got to get moving! 1 MASTER The competition has private jets, and we’re wasting time on the Loser Express. Are we going to stop in every podunk town in France?” “No,” Nellie told him honestly. “Pretty soon it’ll stop in every podunk town in Germany. Then every podunk town in Austria. Look, it was cheap, okay? I didn’t agree to babysit you guys on this quest —” “Au pair us on the quest,” Dan amended.
The 39 Clues Blog Tour: Access Granted, Peter Lerangis
The 39 Clues Blog Tour: Access Granted, Peter Lerangis Posted by Bianca Schulze on August 18, 2010 By Peter Lerangis, for The Children’s Book Review Published: August 18, 2010 Welcome to the 7th stop of The 39 Clues blog tour. We are thrilled to host Peter Lerangis! Be sure to enter the giveaway for your chance to win books 1-7 of this exciting and groundbreaking series. The teacher looked distressed as she greeted me. “I can’t believe what happened to my class,” she said. I braced myself. Behind her, hundreds of excited kids were filing in to the gym. They sat in sections based on the colors of their shirts: red, blue, green, gold, representing the four branches of the Cahill family. Most were dressed as 39 Clues characters. Jonah Wizard (with his bling) and Nellie Gomez (with her punk attire) were very popular — but also a set of twins dressed as fish (Saladin’s red snapper), a girl in a three-piece suit (Jonah’s dad), and a guy dressed as Nellie. They seemed happy and engaged. So what had gone wrong? I knew the school had chosen The 39 Clues as the theme for that year’s curriculum. Makes sense — the series is a worldwide search (geography) for Clues left by the most influential people of all time (history, science), involving twisty plots and strong emotional character connections (language arts) among colorful locales (visual art) and requiring the decoding of cryptic clues (mathematics, logic). Hmm. Was the teacher disturbed by the intensity? It was kind of extreme … That morning, the school had warned us to call ahead.
OVERVIEW Ization to Develop the Themes of Deception and Trust and How Action-Packed Words Are Used to Develop the Mood of Danger
BOOK STATS Grade Level Equivalent: 3–6 Ages: 8+ Lexile Measure: 660L Pages: 24 Genre: Mystery and Adventure Subject/Theme: Deception and Trust, Adventure, Mystery Common Core Reading Writing Listening & Language Standards Speaking Grade 3 RL.3.1, RL.3.3, W.3.3 SL.3.1, SL.3.4 L.3.4, L.3.5 RL.3.4 Grade 4 RL.4.1, RL.4.2, W.4.3 SL.4.1, SL.4.4 L.4.4, L.4.5 RL.4.3, RL.4.4 Grade 5 RL.5.1, RL.5.2, W.5.3 SL.5.1, SL.5.4 L.5.4, L.5.5 RL.5.3, RL.5.4 Teaching the Book The Sword Thiefcontinues the adventures of Amy and Dan Cahill as they fly to Japan in pursuit of the next Clue in their grandmother’s high-stakes puzzle. Discuss with students how the author uses character- OVERVIEW ization to develop the themes of deception and trust and how action-packed words are used to develop the mood of danger. Students will engage in activi- ties ranging from researching samurais to writing a Book Summary script for Reader’s Theater. It doesn’t take long for Amy and Dan Cahill to begin Theme Focus: Deception and Trust questioning whom they can—and cannot—trust in Comprehension Focus: Analyze Characterization Book Three of The 39 Clues. Before they can fly out Language Focus: Action-Packed Words of Venice to pursue the next Clue in Japan, they are tricked out of their boarding passes by their cousins ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ian and Natalie Kabra.
David Baldacci on Author Roster for Second ‘39 Clues’ Wave By Sally Lodge – 9/22/2010 The powerful Cahill family will be pitted against a ruthless cabal in Scholastic’s follow-up to its multimedia franchise, The 39 Clues. The new series, The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, launches in April 2011 with Vespers Rising by Rick Riordan, Peter Lerangis, Gordon Korman, and Jude Watson, and will wrap up in March 2013 with a seventh installment penned by bestselling thriller author David Baldacci. Vespers Rising has an announced first printing of 500,000 copies. Continuing the multi-platform concept, the second part of the series will entail collectible cards and an online game and will include enhanced interactive features on the series’ Web site. The 39 Clues model has obviously clicked with young readers: there are more than 8.5 million copies of the original 10-book series in print, the series has been licensed for publication in 24 languages, and the Web site has more than 1.2 million registered users to date. Asked about the incentive for creating part deux, David Levithan, v-p and editorial director of Scholastic Press and multi-media publishing, has a simple answer: “The kids wanted it.” He notes that the 10th book, Margaret Peterson Haddix’s Into the Gauntlet, which pubbed in August, “was our best launch yet. And when that book came out, the first installment, The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan, was still among the top 10 titles on BookScan’s children’s list. The 39 Clues has engaged both readers and gamers and has created a world that kids don’t want to leave and that new kids are discovering all the time.” Rachel Griffiths, senior editor of Scholastic Press and editor of The 39 Clues, says that the 2.0 version immerses readers into the series’ action more extensively than before.
A King's Ransom, 2011, 190 pages, Jude Watson, 0545298407, 9780545298407, Scholastic Inc., 2011 DOWNLOAD http://bit.ly/1aEO6Eg http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=A+King%27s+Ransom Amy and Dan are in a race for their lives . and the enemy may be even closer than they think. When seven members of their family were kidnapped by a sinister organization known as the Vespers, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, vowed they'd stop at nothing to bring the hostages home. But then the ransom comes in and the Vespers demand the impossible. Amy and Dan have just days to track down and steal an ancient map. The only catch? No one has seen the map for half a century. Now Amy and Dan are on a desperate search that will lead them to the Nazis, spies, a mad king and some of history's dirtiest secrets. It's the race of their lives . and one misstep will mean certain death for the hostages. DOWNLOAD http://u.to/uEeHED http://bit.ly/1kNLIKA Loot , Jude Watson, Jun 24, 2014, Juvenile Fiction, 272 pages. "LOOT hits the jackpot." -- Rick Riordan, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author On a foggy night in Amsterdam, a man falls from a rooftop to the wet pavement below. It's. The 39 Clues Book 4: Beyond the Grave , Jude Watson, Jul 1, 2011, Juvenile Fiction, 192 pages. Bestselling author Jude Watson takes Amy and Dan on a thrill-packed ride for the 4th installment of the 39 Clues.
The 39 Clues Book 01 Rick Riordan to Haley and Patrick, Who Accepted the Challenge CHAPTER 1
THE MAZE OF BONES The 39 Clues Book 01 Rick Riordan To Haley and Patrick, who accepted the challenge CHAPTER 1 Five minutes before she died, Grace Cahill changed her will. Her lawyer brought out the alternate version, which had been her most guarded secret for seven years. Whether or not she would actually be crazy enough to use it, William McIntyre had never been certain. "Madam," he asked, "are you sure?" Grace gazed out the window, across the sunlit meadows other estate. Her cat, Saladin, snuggled beside her as he had throughout her illness, but his presence was not enough to comfort her today. She was about to set in motion events that might cause the end of civilization. "Yes, William." Her every breath was painful. "I'm sure." William broke the seal on the brown leather folder. He was a tall craggy man. His nose was pointed like a sundial so it always cast a shadow over one side of his face. He had been Grace's adviser, her closest confidant, for half her life. They'd shared many secrets over the years, but none as perilous as this. 6 He held the document for her to review. A fit of coughing wracked her body. Saladin meowed with concern. Once the coughing passed, William helped her take the pen. She scrawled her weak signature across the paper. "They're so young," William lamented. "If only their parents -- " "But their parents didn't," Grace said bitterly. "And now the children must be old enough. They are our only chance." "If they don't succeed -- " "Then five hundred years of work have been for nothing," Grace said.
Gamification” Joining Guilds, Earning Badges, and Leveling Up
PEER-REVIEWED Reading and “Gamification” Joining Guilds, Earning Badges, and Leveling Up MARIANNE MARTENS tarting with examples of early gamified transmedia In general, compared to gaming, which resides in the realm books such as Patrick Carman’s Skeleton Creek series of entertainment, print books for young people are a form of S (launched in 2009) and Scholastic’s The 39 Clues series entertainment deeply entrenched in values associated with (first published in 2011) and continuing with a look at several reading and learning, and are therefore considered as having book apps and recent books for tweens, this paper explores significantly more of what French philosopher Pierre Bourdieu how “gamification” has entered the realm of books and reading calls “cultural capital.”3 for young people. Since the mass introduction of television in the 1950s, con- This convergence of reading and game playing enabled by new tinuing through the age of the personal computer, and digital formats raises concerns and misperceptions among then since April 3, 2010, when the first iPad was released, adults. In a recent series of interviews in a library in Southern “screen time” has been something parents and caregivers have California, several parents expressed surprise that apps found been warned against. on the iPad could be anything but games.1 For these parents, print books provide an educational experience, while iPads Screen time has been blamed for violent behavior, Attention and similar devices are viewed as being strictly for entertain- Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and now, studies in ment. While children might be more eager than their parents both scholarly and mass media sources, from the American to gravitate toward digital devices, as Sonia Livingstone and Academy of Pediatrics to the Chicago Tribune,4 have found Kirsten Drotner write, “Children’s agency in relation to media evidence that too much screen time contributes to childhood is not always publicly welcomed.
FREE THE MEDUSA PLOT: BOOK 1 PDF Gordon Korman | 256 pages | 01 Sep 2011 | Scholastic US | 9780545298391 | English | New York, United States The Medusa Plot by Gordon Korman Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Vespers 1 by Gordon Korman. Are you ready to save the world? The bestselling series returns with an adventure spanning 6 explosive books, 2 secret-filled card packs, and a website that places readers right in the action. Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, thought they belonged to the world's most powerful family. They thought the hunt for 39 Clues leading to the source of that pow Are you ready to save the world? They thought the hunt for 39 Clues leading to the source of that power was over. They even thought they'd won. But Amy and Dan were wrong. One by one, distress calls start coming in from around the globe. Cahills are being kidnapped by a shadowy group known only as the Vespers. Now Amy and Dan have only days to fulfill a bizarre ransom request or their captured friends will start dying. Amy and Dan don't know what the Vespers want or how to stop them. Only one thing is clear. The Vespers are playing to win, and if they get their hands on the Clues.
COLL014461-001 39 Clues Reading Club Maze of Bones Activity.Indd
START THE HUNT! Dear Book Club Host: Welcome to The 39 Clues Book Club! If you’re new to the club, don’t forget to check out the Establish Your Stronghold introductory activities to unite your new Cahill readers! Get ready to visit the place it all began—Book 1, The Maze of Bones—with this month’s theme: Start the Hunt! Your club members will race to piece together a clue, unlock a code hidden in the Catacombs, and even design their own Cahill-inspired gadget. Activity 1: Race to the Finish Prepare ahead: 1) Make copies of the RACE TO THE FINISH handout. (You will need four clue strips for each team.) 2) Cut out the clue strips and place each set in a container—e.g., a small box or hat. This activity tests club members’ “on your feet” thinking by challenging them to pass clue strips from one club member to the next using only their feet. Have participants divide into teams of five or more, and then have each team form a straight line. Place a box of clues at the front of each team. Club members may stand, sit, or use any other creative position to pass the strip by foot to the next person in line. If the strip falls to the floor, participants may use their hands to retrieve the strip. However, only feet may be used to pass the strip to another participant. You can either let the first team to finish read the phrase out loud to everyone, or if time permits, allow the other teams to continue until they have completed the challenge, too.
Build reading comprehension skills as you bring the excitement of The 39 Clues into your classroom! ✔ WRITING The 39 Clues is a reading adventure that connects with students through books, cards, and an online game. In the process, students will visit every ✔ CREATIVE continent and travel through 500 years of history! EXPRESSION ✔ CRITICAL How The Story Begins… THINKING Minutes before she dies, Grace Cahill changes her will. Her descendants SKILLS have to choose. They can either receive a million dollars and walk away. Or they can receive a clue—the first of 39 clues hidden around the world that ✔ DEDUCTIVE will reveal the secret of the family’s power. REASONING Now the race is on. Young Amy and Dan must outwit other teams of relatives ✔ NUMBER in the hunt for the clues—while sharp-eyed readers follow along! SENSE ✔ HISTORICAL Rick Riordan, author of the popular Percy Jackson THINKING and the Olympians series, and a teacher for fifteen years, wrote the first 39 Clues book, The Maze of Bones, and outlined the whole series. He makes learning fun and exciting! www.the39clues.com SCHOLASTIC, THE 39 CLUES, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. WORKSHEET A NAME: CRACK THE CODE Benjamin Franklin wrote and printed the first Poor Richard’s Almanack in 1732. People loved the book because of its useful weather predictions, information, puzzles, and clever sayings. Crack the code to reveal some of the sayings people still use today! Could he have been sending messages to his fellow Lucians? Reverse the Alphabet In this code, each letter in the code stands for a different letter.
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ONE FALSE NOTE PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Gordon Korman | 174 pages | 22 Sep 2010 | Scholastic US | 9780545060424 | English | New York, United States One False Note PDF Book Now they knew the truth -- they were relatives of Benjamin Franklin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and more -- geniuses, visionaries, and global leaders. Top of Page. However, you can copy formatting from a picture such as the picture's border. Hmmm, the lawyer, Mr. Beyond it was a crew lounge, with couches and cots, all empty. Note that all of the examples have a closing parenthesis after their respective conditions are entered. If you happen to have information on anyone making, selling or buying counterfeit notes, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on to stop others losing out. They go to a library to view her diary, only to realize Jonah Wizard, a fellow competitor in the search for The 39 Clues, stole it. Dan and amy are on a misiion to find the next clue through danger and adventure they find the next clue and find out they need to go to toyko. Teach This Lesson. He goes into the Salzburg Catacombs, and they follow him in. Then, in the same place, Amy and Dan find the second Clue, tungsten, and two Japanese swords. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Distance, for instance, is measured in kilometers, not miles. On the inside front cover, the middle shard has a piece of a music sheet. Open Preview See a Problem? The adventure are fast paced, almost like watching a movie. They go to a library to view her diary, only to realize Jonah Wizard, a fellow competitor in the search for The 39 Clues, stole it.