Super-selling author Gordon Korman sends Amy and Dan off on a wild chase in Book 2 of the highly-anticipated 39 Clues series. THIS JUST IN! Amy and Dan Cahill were spotted on a train, hot on the trail of one of 39 Clues hidden around the world. BUT WAIT! Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects ALSO sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. UPDATE! Amy and Dan have been seen in a car ...no, in a speedboat chase ...and HOLD EVERYTHING! They're being chased by an angry mob?!? When there's a Clue on the line, anything can happen.Think you've gone everywhere books can take you? Think again. Books are going to a new place, but you have to follow the clues to get there. Join Amy and Dan as they continue the hunt for the 39 Clues in Book Two: One False Note. The high-octane adventures will continue for a total of ten exhilarating books written by well-known authors over two years. The 39 Clues also encompasses hundreds of game cards and an online world that that allows you to play a part in the story and compete for 100s of prizes, totalling over U50,000.
This was fast paced and action packed and it was wickedly good. Unlike Alex Rider it's not overly sad and unlike Cherub - I like the main characters. As a reader, I relate to Amy but I love Dan's way of looking at things. They're a great team. Nellie, the au pair, is hilarious. She's laid back and loyal and can speak a seemingly million different languages. The rest of the Cahill family kind of suck, but what's an adventure story without a villain? Or ten? The plot is riveting - the mix of fiction and history is fascinating and I flew through this and The Maze of Bones. They're not particularly long - but then this kind of book never is - or at least never feels like it is. I can't wait to read the rest. 4.5 stars rounded up to 5.
This was full on. I love Mozart and Venice and having actually been made this book all the more enjoyable. The different authors didn't bother me as much as I thought it might. The action is intense enough that I didn't actually notice. The puzzles/riddles/clues are really clever (at least to me they are) and even though I miss most of it (unfortunately I'm not smart enough with this sort of thing...) I love reading how the clues and how they put it altogether to solve it. And poor Saladin on his hunger strike.
